Recent content by Nicholas Reed

I think a good solution for duet play, on top of this new Blessing, is just have the PC roll Initiative multiple times and take those turns in the counter. "The suit of armor suddenly lurches forward. Roll Initiative four times, give me each number."

Honestly yes. "Generative" AI is here to stay forever, and the time to debate its existence was before it's birth. But it's here now, and being used already in pretty much every entertainment field, whether it's disclosed to the public or not. To try and police that will drive a person insane. I...

My ideal party size for all the years I've DM'd is 2-3. It makes the campaign so much more personal and high stakes. My peak 5E campaign was a 2 person Ghosts of Saltmarsh campaign, and it was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. I've run for as many as 8, and it just turns into a...

So what about older 5E adventures that make use of those removed stat blocks?

I have never once in all my years of D&D had issues at my table over ASI being tied to race, orcs as pillaging monsters and minions of insert Dark Lord here, etc, nor any issues with heroic orcs and their stories. I honestly think this kind of thing is just conjured up by people who meme about...