Recent content by Thunder Brother

I completed my first playthrough as an Oath of Vengeance Paladin and never once had an issue with my oath. I thought maybe that would trigger it. But nope, greater good I guess. Also it's really f*cking fun to smite things. The game has been a real treat for a forever DM.

I could maybe justify that approach. Maybe. I'll blame Astarion. "Oh No! Astarion. Why? How could you?" ;)

I really want to do a run with Minthara as a party member but I can't bring myself to fulfill the requirements. Paladins have such strong Main Character Energy I love it.

What, you don't also ask your players to perform a long jump in person every time their character jumps a ravine? Or take a trip to your local climbing gym when they attempt to traverse a cliff?

I hate hate hate inventory systems that primarily use weights. Give me slots or something similar. It's fine in a video game where the game can do the math quickly and easily, but on paper it feels like tedious bookkeeping.

A lot of them are really easy to miss. Like

That idea reminds me of the Mostali from Runequest. I took a similar approach when brainstorming my now dormant homebrew setting. For mainline dwarves, the whole concept of family is basically subsumed into professional guilds, with only juvenile dwarves being guidless. They were also...

It's a testament to the writing that one of my biggest gripes with the game is that I can't have every companion in my party at the same time. Poor Halsin having to compete with Jaheira. Then again, fights at levels 10-12 already get ridiculous enough with 4 party members. Six would be insane.

Lae'zel's companion quest is really good. Completely changed my initial impression of her. That's basically my party, with Karlach and Astarion getting about equal time depending on my needs. I don't really care for Wyll. I don't dislike him, I just like the other companions so much more.

Lotta casual wine drinking. More games need casual wine drinking.

If Pokemon is any indication, you can pump out a clearly inferior product and still rake in millions! Brand loyalty is one helluva drug.

In terms of hypothetical 3P usage of the 3DVTT, I think Skyrim modding scene might be an optimistic parallel. Bethesda allows mods through the Creation Kit, but for the most part takes a mosly positive stance on mods, when they're not occasionally screwing with the modding community. Anyway, I...

In the list of things definitely not ever happening, this is one of them. Which publisher? DC or Marvel? Already locked up tight. Image? Is Saga x D&D the next big crossover?

For me it was bringing chips and pizza to each session. Gotta grease up those dice.

Honestly, the fact that a discussion on a possible DM shortage is bringing up AI DMs feels really icky to me. Isn't this supposed to be social game?