Recent content by Nobleshield

That will break down the minute they see It's not the books they think. Trust me that would have been my original thing; I wanted to run castles and Crusades. Pretty much the only people I had interested were my wife and a couple of friends because nobody else knows what the hell it is. Telling...

Interesting. Never thought of it that way. So just to confirm then the idea is that everybody is always there "behind the scenes" and the session just kind of focuses on whoever shows up, with whoever didn't doing something else "off camera"? And that would also justify them being the same...

That's pretty much how the old school approach would work. It relies on having a mega dungeon for exactly that reason. With the aforementioned you always have to return to town, which in those days would also facilitate a possible random encounter check. Returning to a safe spot I would think...

Thank you for the detailed response. I guess the only thing I don't get is wouldn't the point of having people drop in and out require you to start and end in a safe area? Otherwise if you and in the middle of something and the next session half the group isn't there and two people are brand...

That's sort of an interesting approach because the old school style specifically wanted a mega dungeon, well, just a dungeon in those days, precisely because it wasn't something you could complete. So the gameplay loop was that A group would explore a part of the dungeon and then have to...

I've DMed in the 90s just not 5e

I really, really do not like this. All it's going to do IMHO is confuse newbies when they get past this and have to play the "real" game and have no clue what a character sheet is or how to fill it out, etc. I get what they were going for, but it seems like it'll just cause more confusion. now...

Doesn't sound very "West Marches" to me...

I'm considering starting an open-table D&D campaign at my LGS since several people have come in the past couple of weeks asking about regular D&D games at the shop (there aren't really any) or wanting to learn to play; usually I'd be trying to push "OSR" style games or older editions (my...

Didn't expect such defense for these clowns. No wonder I haven't come to this site in like 20 years.

Isn't this the same company currently begging for money over the Diamond fiasco? With what money do these grifters think they're gonna put out a new edition with???

I never played 5e, but the art in 2024 I think is horrific in 90% of cases. it looks too bright, too happy, almost AI generated. Plus it seems like they contracted out to any random artist on social media/DeviantArt rather than have specific artists to keep a consistent visual style; it's all...

I picked up the ToV player's guide over the 2024 players handbook (not a fan of wotc and most of the art is hideous) a few days ago. I have not played 5e at all so I don't know any specific differences but I am liking what I read. I'm not a fan of the lineages and heritages though because...

So it's backward compatible but not really, like how nobody used 3.0 books when 3.5 came out even though you technically could? Does the new PHB only replace the 2014 version or does it eliminate the need for things like xanathar's guide or Tasha's? Guessing the other supplements and adventures...

Am I the only one who hates this multiverse stuff? That's the sort of junk that leads to shoehorning in everything in a book to every setting whether or not it makes sense.