Recent content by Ondath

I certainly don't mean to argue that the way my players play is the only true, modern way. However, I have experienced this with different groups rather consistently. Someone rolls a 1 or a 2 with their Hit Die and they immediately regret rolling for Hit Points. Initially what I did was "Either...

Well, modern players don't see hit points rolls as a casino. They see it as a fundamental aspect of surviving the game's expected difficulty (and I can't blame them given that the game is designed around players having average hit points and dealing average damage and monster having relative...

I think taking the average is too samey, but getting a 1 or a 2 on a hit die roll is disproportionately annoying for players, so if you give them the choice, they will try rolling once and then stick to the PHB average. I've devised a middle way which goes like this: everyone has to roll, but...

I guess we'll have to see what kind of adventures he produces for the MCDMRPG when that comes out!

Visiting Candlekeep would've been honestly fun. I also want someone to recreate Baldur's Gate 1 (and 2 but even dreams have limits) using the BG3 engine, and that would've been far easier if Candlekeep was already made.

I suspect she might be offed to show how strong Vecna is. D&D Socials posted sth like "Who'd win? Vecna or Tiamat?" followed by another "Who'd win? Vecna or Strahd?".

Is there any chance WotC could get another company to make D&D games using the BG3 engine - similar to how Obsidian made Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout New Vegas? I feel like Tactical Adventures (the small French company that made Solasta) could make a decent 5E/OneD&D game if given the...

I understood why they made the choice, but I really wish they made at least one DLC to expand the level range (to 15 or beyond) and also reincorporated stuff like the scrapped upper city. But I honestly can't blame them given how WotC and Hasbro have proven themselves to be unreliable partners...

That is hilarious. Imagine going to the other end of a continent after your homeland was conquered by Nordic/French warriors, you serve a completely different lord... And you have to fight these Nordic/French warriors again!

But how am I supposed to feel smug and morally superior in my cynicism by typing "Well a company's duty is to maximise the value for its shareholders, you're an idiot for demanding anything else ever" for the 100th time?

Dude is everything alr- Oh. Carry on, interesting tidbit indeed!

Also, in terms of highlights as in "the best books of the era", I think the run of books from March 2016 to May 2018 was a great time to be a 5e fan. Back to back, we had: Curse of Strahd, still one of the most popular 5e modules, Storm King's Thunder, a great adventure, Volo's, a significant...

While many people rightly criticise 5e's "natural language" approach as well as the vagueness of its rules right now, I think those were the right moves to make in 2014. Sure, 5e is still a complex game, and the designers ended up iterating on the "natural language" in a way that it no longer...

How do some of you people find the time to post all the time? The best I can do is sporadically check the forums at work, but some people are up 24/7, adding 5 pages of posts to threads that are as long as essays, all throughout the day. Do you not sleep?

I don't know about Wyll, but what I heard is that Shadowheart sneaks in to your camp if you don't recruit her, and if she dies, the artifact gets on your hands regardless.