SkidAce's latest activity

Often, I find that it is helpful to pair sticks with related but distinct carrots. Helps the players feel like you aren't just making...

My giant alligator got clobbered by an upcast Inflict Wounds that crit. There was much rejoicing/sadness that day.

Yeah, we've had similar. But its rarer than long rest interruptions. (statistically this makes sense, longer you stay in one place etc...)

It has, yes. Had a TPK* because of one, for example, because the GM jumped us with a bandit attack while we were taking a short rest to...

Do events ever cause interruptions of a short rest in your games?

Important point to make. Everyone is different; tailor your game accordingly. (y)

I like your rule, but would like to mention that it is dependent upon the table. Our current group has several people with anxiety or...

Since you can't benefit more than once every 24 hours, the benefit is pushed back every day! 6:01am, then 6:02am, etc. Gods forbid if...

Well, me personally I've never felt the specificity of just giving "hearing and smell" to its Keen Senses as anything worthwhile...

If we're living in the recoil from the 4e period, and D&D's the most successful it has ever been, then I think it may indicate that this...

How about the fact that, say a dog lists keen senses (hearing and smell) and detects something it couldn't see? Not to continue the...

An effort was made to give more creatures a distinctive ability of some sort, and (more importantly) to make distinctive abilities bonus...

And the roleplaying cues might be missed by new DMs. (Dogs better stats cause of SMELL might be overlooked)

Overall they have been given a needed boost. There is also a scattering of cool new abilities. But I tend to like the spellcasters in...

One of my favorite D&D supplements is the 2e Vikings Campaign Sourcebook (part of the Historical Reference series). David Cook did a...