Recent content by Ondath

So is the idea that there should actually be 3-4 Medium difficulty encounters in an adventuring day, and the Oft-cited 6-8 encounters actually has the assumption that some of that 6-8 will be easier stuff? I think an interesting point of comparison might be Shadow of the Weird Wizard by Rob...

I've got a few questions for you two if that's alright: @Steady Vane and @tomedunn I've been trying to understand the game's key assumptions about how combats are supposed to go, and I'm wondering if you also found the answers on some of these assumptions. So from what I understand, we know...

Given its very quick character creation and the fact that each adventure is supposed to last around a session, I'd say it's actually a pretty good fit!

Ooh, I need to check those!

I checked, and I've played ~33 sessions of D&D in 2025 so far. Since my games usually run around 4 hours, I'm easily in the 60+ hours camp...

I'm currently running a homebrewed Level Up campaign, where I allow character features from O5E (such as spells that didn't get transferred to Level Up, O5E subclasses, etc.). I'm very interested in using Level Up Gateway as it starts moving towards a full release, but I wonder: Are there any...

While running today's Level Up game, my wife (who co-DMs with me on this game but plays an Aspirant cleric in my other campaign) realised that our player running an Aspirant cleric had much weaker abilities than she remembered. The current version of the archetype on a5e.tools says that Fighting...

One example of a dead game in my experience is Continuum: Roleplaying in the yet. It was an already niche game from the start, its one planned splatbook never got published as far as I know, and I never see the game being discussed.

They are, and we find out about this in She Hulk of all places! My wife and I recently re-watched the Daredevil relevant bits of She Hulk after liking Born Again so much and my goodness, it was bad. I'm very happy MCU realised their lighter take on Matt wouldn't work and returned to something...

I think the GM never rolling would only work in systems specifically designed for that (like all the PbtA variants). If the game system normally assumes both sides will roll dice, it's for a good reason, and the GM losing that probabilistic variety will rob the table of interesting moments.

I really don't think Sigil should've been disqualified, so I voted Other. It's unique to D&D and I quite like the premise of a philosophical neutral ground as a city with many factions. The closest thing to it is Ravnica in Magic: The Gathering, where I think Ravnica has better cohesion, but...

I posted a very similar thread two years ago, and while I agree with your grievances, I really don't think trying to simulate languages naturally is a good task for most TTRPG groups. People just aren't interested in that kind of language geekery, the amount of worldbuilding it requires is too...

Huh, I must've missed that UA. Does that mean the infusion system is definitely gone in 5.5e?

The Incandescent Grottoes has some minor issues, but overall I think it's a very fun low-level dungeon. Also, I have to say I love OSE's layout as a no-nonsense rules reference book. Though I think Dolmenwood is better in terms of being accessible to non-OSR players. The OSE rendition of B/X...

Is it me or did they completely change the infusion system with replicate magic item? I couldn't see that feature, but I also didn't see any mention of infusions being removed.