Recent content by the Jester

I love it so much that it's an integral part of my custom version of DnD- saves are 1d20, roll under, higher is better; and checks are the same except on xd6, where x is determined by the difficulty of the check. Some saves and checks also have DCs, so you might need to roll under your Wisdom...

Generally years long, with lots of sessions that ranged from 3 to 8 hours. I can't really be more specific- each was different, and the rate of leveliing varied by edition and by what the pcs were doing (I have almost always run pretty sandboxy games where the risk and reward level is controlled...

I actually left one out- it's seven groups. I play in three and run four. The first one I play in is every other Friday, but we miss about one session in three for one reason or another. This one I (and a couple of the other players) play online; we use Discord for scheduling and Google Meet...

I'll just say that, while evidence and many peoples' anecdotes seem to support this, my own experience varies pretty far from it. I'm currently running and playing in about six groups, two of which are in the teens level-wise, and one of which is just relaunching after finishing up with my...

Oh man, the PS adventure was pretty bad, but I couldn't even finish reading the SJ one. So I guess I can't say which was worse... but neither one was good.

I hate it for both the bait and switch and its (IMHO) awful content. When it first came out, I thought some of it was at least funny, and tried to run it; and it was pretty unusably bad. It put its jokes ahead of being a good adventure, far far ahead, and it suffered terribly for it. But...

Not a bad idea! So far I have been using 1d10 + Dex score, which is quick and easy. But your idea is more consistent with the rest of the game. On the other hand, I wonder if it would slow things down somehow- I really put a premium on making the game move pretty fast.

Currently reading Building Steam (Pratchett), which is not as entertaining as the other books of his that I have read. Next up are Nona the Ninth (apparently the third book in the series that started with Gideon the Ninth) and Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson.

So an update. First of all, I have changed a few things; bonus dice start at a d4 now, I have removed Action Surge from fighters, and I have instituted Action Points for all characters. These work like in 4e: they reset to 1 AP after a long rest and you gain 1 AP about every other meaningful...

I'm a long time regular player and DM and I don't like the new stuff. It's got some serious power creep, it fails to offer sufficient DM support- the lack of rules for making a new monster is a particularly egregious case in point- and quite a few of the decision made (e.g. what has happened...

I haven't made it through the whole thread yet, but has anyone else mentioned Airwolf, Misfits of Science, and Stingray?

Gurpleburg Oontz ("Babbling brook, single drop" in Aquan)- water genasi barbarian, but an erudite barbarian. He reads and writes, he casts (a few) spells (from his race and the gate warden background from Planescape), his "rage" is actually letting the River Oceanus flow through him and has...

Something in the style of 3e's Unearthed Arcana- a book of alternate rules, allowing for a lot more customization and fine tuning of the game toward different playstyles.

Duskblade, ardent, runepriest, seeker, and jock are ones I can think of off the top of my head that aren't on the list yet. Yes, the jock was an adventuring class from Dragon Magazine back in the day, albeit one from (as I recall) an April issue.

These are my notes for the first adventure I'm running for one group that is playing my custom system ("DnD Jazz"): (EDIT: Maps not included. They are hand drawn and the city map is something like 3' x 4'.) ADVENTURERS’ INITIATION The pcs are the next group of possible initiates into the...