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We never sided with the humanoids, but we absolutely made all-thief parties and robbed Hommlet and Restenford blind. Ah, sandboxes ...

The misty step copy is probably the best at high level. The damage riders are good if you have extra attacks or Eldritch Blast, the...

I would connect this to Santa’s toymakers. Whilst usually referred to as elves, the current pop culture depiction closely resembles D&D...

The area map? (no page numbers on DDB) why would it need grid squares? Or you could just do what I did and run the adventures with...

one thing i don't get about the gnome is that their two primary archetypes that DnD seems to want to focus on, to me seem to be directly...

Yeah, I’ve noticed that, it’s a tension that has been around since 2nd edition at least. Really some people like the tinker gnome...

Star Trek: Those Old Scientists

No, I’m suggesting that the module did not tell you how you should play it, and people interpreted it in different ways. Gygax...

You are assuming the PCs want to kill the orcs because they are good. In fact, there is no particular reason why the PCs should care...

The series justifies that by pointing out that the Maginot crew are cheap and expendable, and the hybrids are kids, with the lack of...

Plenty of real world see pods explode. Just not usually fruit, and not usually doing that much damage. The puzzle needs to have some...

My memory of those days, it was usually the PCs. Which fits with the Conan inspiration - thief, murderer and rapist as he was (This...

My players like halflings and warforged. And we have had a couple of gnomes. But I don't think my players are choosing based on power or...

This adventure was for Basic rules. It's didn't have good and evil, only Lawful, Neutral and Chaotic (and there was no recommendation as...

I'm sure they weren't. Most of my players weren't, and they have children of their own now! But nostalgia is even stronger in people...