Recent content by TiQuinn

I don't know - I'm looking at the D&D Beyond survey, and based on that and if that's the right survey you're referencing, if you're saying Halflings and Gnomes drop out, so do Half-Orcs, Genasi, Goliaths, Aasimar, Aarockra and custom lineages. It's hard to see the numbers but Halflings are just...

I like it sprinkled on my pineapple pizza.

If such percentages actually dictate whether they are kept in the game or not. I'm not sure those stats actually matter in this context. I still feel like it's a solution in search of a problem.

I think sometimes reducing choices just to make things more compact ends up hurting the overall product. I know some folks get into the whole gnomes vs. halflings debate but generally that's just out of preference and fun. I don't think anything is really gained by trying to roll them up under...

As long as they're up front about it when selling the campaign and getting the group's buy-in, I don't see any issue.

The only preference that I have is that it doesn't take forever and a day to level up. I'm agnostic as to the means of leveling up.

Honestly, George Lucas didn't do that either. When he created the Mos Eisley cantina, he was going for a vibe. That wretched hive of scum and villainy was about pulling people into a weirder world, and it was channeling a lot of "Rick's Cafe American" energy from Casablanca. He didn't start by...

Yeah, I don’t know that many of the species in D&D 5e make sense to necessarily have a distinct homeland. Tieflings, aasimar, genasi - these are all offshoots of humans who have a unique multiplanar heritage. They likely wouldn’t have a single homeland; they would appear amongst the general...

I’ve gone back and forth on this one but every campaign where I’ve let go of the concern that I have for what I like to call the menagerie of PCs usually ends up being inconsequential unless it involves an ancestry like aaracokra that has an early flying ability, and even then, it’s more just a...

My kids are grown up now but I still remember those days, and I might have to pick this up just for the laughs. What a great idea for a parenting book!

We’re planning on running a full campaign with it starting next year. We’ve just been doing some one shots for the past few weeks to try out the system.

We haven’t played Demon Lord, so can’t make the comparison!

Last night, we bumped our PCs to 7th level to try out the Master path abilities in our final session and fought a CR 32 monster - monster scaling is different but that’s pretty tough. The spells and abilities are insane but it was still incredibly challenging. My death priest who could teleport...

I found out recently that The Warriors is based on a Greek play by Xenophon called Anabasis about Greek mercenaries who had to fight their way out of the Persian Empire when Cyrus the Younger is killed while trying to take the throne.

“I’m shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Casablanca is just a warm hug for my soul. I adore that movie.