Recent content by Nathaniel Lee

I like that they're eliminating the one- or two-handed design pattern for monsters. I haven't had a single instance where I've had a monster switch grip in the 7 years I've been running 5th edition games. While that's just my experience, it feels like unnecessary complexity in the statblock to me.

While I agree with the notion that more tactical options can be interesting, I don't really fault them for that here. I think thematically the idea of it originally having a lower AC when it was prone might have been the idea of the "turtle on its back thing" with less armored flesh exposed...

Only if they include Vehicle Team Voltron. ;)

Cool! Thanks for the callout. I had never even heard of this game before. I might have to check it out. I have the original DW on my shelf, but have never gotten a chance to try it out as a GM. My one experience with it was playing in an introductory session with a former coworker. It would be...

I'm very excited for this conceptually. Practically speaking, though, I'm doubtful I'll be able to use it as I abandoned high-end gaming rigs a long time ago.

I'm super stoked to see Loot Tavern and Griffon's Saddlebag here. I've been pulling in Griff's stuff as homebrew for years now, and I've started doing the same for some of the stuff that Loot Tavern does. Not having to do that anymore will be helpful. :)

It's all just a ploy so that WizKids can sell more $100 dragon minis. ;)

Thanks for surfacing and highlighting this. It's an admirable approach, and it definitely goes into my consideration for backing this particular campaign.

I think Starbuck in the reimagined Galactica is a great example of when it's nonsensical to get outraged about changing an arguably significant aspect of a character's identity. I think another example of silly outrage is all the hate that the Lord of the Rings television series got from some...

I doubt that WizKids could have gone through with this without explicit approval from WotC.

The issue — at least for me personally — isn't that they're reinterpreting or deriving a new piece of art (the miniature) from the original (the painting); it's that they're making all this hoopla about how it's the 50th anniversary, that they're celebrating the OG characters / creatures of the...

I think that it's fine for WotC, WizKids, etc. to create derivative works based on Elmore's original art, at a broad level. The problem I see here is that they're hyping up the 50th anniversary of the game, and specifically promoting how this particular series of miniatures is honoring the...

I've enjoyed the nearly four years that I've been using Roll20. It's a helluva lot easier to set up and run sessions there than in person, for sure (although I do miss in-person play). Of course some quirks here and there, but especially with the Beyond20 plugin, things tend to run pretty...

I watched the video when it came out and heard what he had to say. I'm hopeful that the promoted intent translates into the finished product, but we've gotten no previews of that content... 🤷

I was, of course, being super hyperbolic about there being no rules at all in the DMG, but my point still stands that there is really very little in the DMG that isn't "fluff". We're basically talking Chapters 8 and 9 here, and Chapter 9 is entirely variant and optional rules. I certainly...