Recent content by talorien508

I put up flyers in my home town. I've got three players, but it has been tough to get a fourth. Originally, we played at the community center, but eventually "graduated" to my home. Which has a great gaming space. A new gaming store opened up but I can't afford to play there, but maybe in...

I'm still skeptical that we are getting a Dark Sun book, but if we do, I imagine I will use it only for the monsters. Maybe they will do Psionics justice. I have been happily running my own 5e version of Dark Sun based on the 2e lore and incorporating the 2014 5e rules. I don't need a new book...

I backed this on Kickstarter and have been waiting for the print version forever.

I think if you compare D&D versions, and I have played them all, 5e is hands down the hardest one to die in.

Yes. my mistake.

I love Dark Sun and run my own home brew 5e version using the source material from the original box set. I wasn't a fan of the 4e version and I don't expect to love any new Dark Sun version either, I guess I'm ambivalent about it. If they make it, great. If not, that's great as well, to my...

I gave it a 3. On a personal level, I'm just finding it less fun for me. I have played it ever since it came out with two separate DMs. This isn't based on any single rule or aspect of the 2024 edition, but in aggregate I am just not a fan. I'm just happier with 2014 and I see myself playing...

I’m liking what I see in ToV and have purchased the core stuff for Shard VTT. Hope to play-test it soon and see how well I really like it.

I picked up two things recently, I use terrain and minis a lot. I just got a set of planter and flower box minis. I suggested it to the Galladoria team and they named the product after me. :) https://galladoria.com/products/taloriens-noble-shrubbery Exciting for me, not sure how many people...

Hi Ian, it's Mark. For me, the rules are the guardrails to lean into when I can't adjudicate a particular event. To use your social situations example, I would try to encourage and hope the players explain to the NPC their rationale and convince them without a roll. If they make a really...

OK. I don't understand the point of view the art in these books is presenting and I need it spelled out for me. :)

Agreed. We don't. But we have things called artistic movements, like the bauhaus school, post impressionism, etc. They were interesting because they had a point of view and that's what's missing from the core books. It's generic to a fault. Which of the two covers do you like for the core...

It's always about taste in the end. He is still contemporary and unlike what I am seeing in the 2024 books, his work has style. He's a working artist today, and whether you love or hate PF2e he is their current cover artist. So obviously, plenty of people love his work and feel he is relevant...

Understood, and I get that. But , in the end, I think there is an issue with the quality of some images, and some just feel off. Again, this is just my opinion and how I feel. I think they could have done better. Some of the images actually take me out of my head rather than getting me...

I'll take another look at the DMG. I think it's more of an overall feel. I'm not saying there are no good works of art in either book. Just that I think, on the whole, they did a better job creating a cohesive artistic feel for the line in past editions. The Eberron book, at least, is going...