Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
What's New?
Latest activity
Register
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
You Don’t Have To Leave Wolfy Behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' Your Companions Level Up With You!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Thomas Shey's latest activity
Thomas Shey
reacted to
Faolyn's post
in the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
with
Like
.
In a manner of speaking. I have pre-planned. I have improvised. I have not felt any different about the results. Neither felt more or...
Wednesday at 4:57 AM
Thomas Shey
reacted to
The Firebird's post
in the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
with
Like
.
Agreed! If the presence is fixed, then the roll could, in principle, have been rolled at any time. I could do it years in advance...
Wednesday at 4:48 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
The problem is a lot of rules consider "resolution" just in terms of success and failure, without spelling out what those mean.
Wednesday at 4:47 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
You'd like to think, but that seems to be the first place a lot of people's brains go on a failed climb check unless the system...
Wednesday at 2:46 AM
Thomas Shey
reacted to
MNblockhead's post
in the thread
VTT/online-play Etiquette and Horror Stories
with
Like
.
I think for most is that they just find it more social. The game is about hanging out with people as it is immersion. I kinda find...
Wednesday at 2:45 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
I'm not saying otherwise. I'm just explaining why it still feels like a game to others; because their "win" conditions are different.
Wednesday at 2:43 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
Eh. That's more an issue of detail; if you've described it as a rough climb, and used a higher than normal DC, I'd say that's informing...
Wednesday at 2:42 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
The degree of detail GMs describe can, however, vary considerably. I wouldn't be in the least surprised to hear a GM say "The cliff...
Wednesday at 2:41 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
Yeah, but that's still a win condition for them, so...
Wednesday at 2:39 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
Today I learned +
.
I bet they'd have some similar problems in London.
Wednesday at 2:30 AM
Thomas Shey
reacted to
trappedslider's post
in the thread
Today I learned +
with
Like
.
Rome’s Metro C line has been under construction since the 1980s—and it’s still not done. Not because of engineering errors or budget...
Wednesday at 2:30 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
Captain America: Brave New World - Official Trailer (2025)
.
That was me, but Secret Invasion was filmed before Ironheart, so they could well have already figured out by then that no follow-up...
Wednesday at 2:29 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
.
I'd suspect there are plenty of people who are trying, in narrative games, to "win" its just that the win condition involves arriving at...
Wednesday at 2:22 AM
Thomas Shey
reacted to
AlViking's post
in the thread
D&D General
[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
with
Like
.
There's no point because its obvious to me it can be viewed as a simulation because I do. But I'm not ever going to convince you so I...
Wednesday at 2:21 AM
Thomas Shey
replied to the thread
Captain America: Brave New World - Official Trailer (2025)
.
That still would have been after Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which is where Karen last appeared.
Wednesday at 2:20 AM
Top