Recent content by saviirkad

No issue with mixing so far, though we largely switched to 2024. When the campaign ends and I start doing session zeroes for future games, we'll probably standardize what rules will come from which source. Like I want to use the 2014 Backgrounds, plus Tasha's ASI options, with 2024 species and...

I'm not sure if I agree with this or not, and it really boils down to if you're saying lore needs to be established for the  Dragonmarks or for the mechanics of a Dragonmark as it is applied outside of its usual lore. I do agree with the latter, in that I can't really wrap my head around not...

Assuming the best of both parties, or just at the very least that they're not each stereotypical caricatures, I would expect this DM to have a conversation about it. A DM who doesn't is waving their own red flag just like the player who hears and agrees to the setting and tone pitch waves their...

When I think of a circus troupe, it's a collection of individuals who are bright, colorful, eccentric in their movements and behavior, and generally each member fits that description while still being very unique to each other (the acrobat being unique to the strongman to the clown, etc.). But...

As a player, my preference is story-based milestones that I don't require to be visible; no XP whatsoever. As a DM I run it the same way, with visibility depending on whether drawing a goal line will improve motivation or steer planning. Like when the end of the campaign was in sight, the...

My 3.5 and 4e games never lasted long enough to level up more than once, but in 5e, since getting back into it about 8 years ago, I've been in a campaign that's taken 6 years to go from levels 1 through 18. That said, I've had 3 PCs in it. Bard died at level 3. Rogue retired at level 6...

I did want the ASIs removed from species, but felt like them being moved to Backgrounds just punted the problem rather than fixing it entirely, which in my opinion Tasha's already did. Plus I think the 2014 Background features were too big of a loss. Which is fine, like it isn't the direction I...

My own experience, which is limited, I started DMing in 2018 and my first campaign is just now nearing its end as a full lvl 1- 20 campaign. I've had other games end earlier than that, it's just the one I'm taking all the way to 20. I'm a big cannibalizer, like molding and rewriting official and...

Other mentions say they came from an unknown realm, but it's fair to assume what you did.

To be fair, the books do say the gods come from beyond Exandria. Critical Role streams have expanded upon the details of the "unknown realm" the gods originated from.