Recent content by the Jester

The novel Perdido Street Station shows a group of adventurers and the way people view them is much like you describe. Well worth a read if you like weird urban fantasy.

I had to save it as a word file to get it to upload (it was originally Open Office and I'm now working on it in Libre Office) so it may have some formatting issues. But here you go!

I thought it was too linear- even for a 4e adventure. King of the Trollhaunt Warrens and Demon Queen's Enclave were, I thought, really good.

Credit where credit is due- as terrible as most 4e adventures were, they included descriptive text (what was once boxed text) that specifically called out changes based on what direction you might have entered from or what your Perception was. I remember several "If the party enters from the...

Anyone familiar with the randonautica app? I saw a couple of Youtube videos about it and it got me interested. I'd be curious to hear about other peoples' experiences with it, if anyone has had any.

Came to the thread to post this. We've lost another of the greats.

Dragon Delves. I'm considering the new starter set with the updated Keep on the Borderlands, but I'm playing through it at the moment, so I don't want to read it and spoil anything (even though I have read and played the original I don't know how many times).

Merry Christmas to all of you!

I love the thri-kreen, but I am 85% sure that they are a rip off of Arduin Grimoire's phraint.

Yeah, I have seen a few of his videos. Good stuff.

I'm excited to see what kind of interesting character I can build. Tied to my strong preference for rolling stats in order, I'm pretty sure I end up with a cool, fun, and high-comedy-potential pc.

Little differences in the rule set can lead to huge differences in play. That said, I think there are pretty massive differences between the 2014 and 2024 rules. From the near-universal power creep to the reduction of race to humans with funny foreheads to the ubiquity of teleport and temp hp...

Fair enough!

There is so much power creep. SO MUCH. Every class is powered up. You could argue that martials need more oomph; but if that's the case, why bump up wizards and sorcerers too? Pc choices have lost a lot of significance. You don't have to manage when to use your (allegedly limited) rages when...

One thing that annoys me is the lack of clarity on which end of each set of stairs is the top and which is the bottom. I shouldn't have to look around for clues to figure that out. I really like how easy it is to get flanked in a couple of rounds in many of these rooms if you try to hold a...