Recent content by spudspotato

I don't usually consult out of edition books when running a game, but when I do, I consult the AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide.

There must be someone out there who wants 3.5 books, because I just sold all of mine on eBay. :p Including some that were in horrible condition.

I'm probably going to worldbuild ten different settings before 5e is even released, but the default gnomelore is a tricky issue. I like the idea of them being the fey race, but only if that's their flavor, I don't wanna see fey descendants who also are tinkerers with airships. I also like the...

My setting has elves as the majority race, along with are eladrin/high-elves (I built the setting thinking 5E would probably keep 4E races, I was probably wrong but oh well). Tieflings exist as well (and are elf-outsiders, not humans) but are very rare and only come from one dynastic bloodline...

Thinking more on the issue, as a basic rule I don't want (nor do I expect) themes named after old classes. Fighter/Ranger/Scout I wouldn't want taking the place of a ranger. But I'd rather see Ranger/Sharpshooter/Scout or Fighter/Sharpshooter/Scout Fighter/Two-Weapon/Scout etc.

I want backgrounds stripped out of class, but I could see people angry when certain classes aren't actually classes anymore. IE what we've always thought of as the barbarian class becomes "CLASS: Fighter BACKGROUND: Barbarian (or savage or nature or whatever they call it) THEME: Berserker". I...

I wouldn't use them, although I have tried before. My players either forgot about them or tried to save them for important moments, which always ended up being the dire moments that would have a nice effect on the story. They ended up being remembered only when someone thought they missed a DC...

*Random tables that could generate a flock of cockatrices at level one (actually happened to me my first time playing) *Cursed artifacts that could do random bad stuff like turn your hair white (actually happened to me my first time playing) *More random magic items that shrink you in six inch...