Recent content by UngainlyTitan

Apologies, I meant "Many here appear to disagree". First off, I do not use it often because, in general I tend to take the party from their current location to the other location they want to go to, and each location is a traditional map and key situation. If I want to make more of the a...

It is not a bad way to view HP, but ever since I read the War Spell series by Georg Huff and Paula Goodlet, I have started to think of hit point as an interaction between living things in danger and the magic field. That they are a magical boost to awareness, reflexes and speed that allows one...

No but it is a lot of work in any 3d editor I have tried it in. More than I would want to bother with for an encounter map.

A mix, I voted "Premade", because I tend to use published material but I am no respecter of setting or lore. For setting I will use the maps, maybe the gods, maybe some NPC, some lore and maybe some other lore from somewhere else. Adventures, I use more of, but the players go off script then the...

I think that they are really only doable with some kind of AI. Draw a 2D map and the AI makes it 3d. Use some kind of natural language interface to tweak the map, perhaps add elevation. Provide the DM the ability to add custom decor (or the AI can do it). Or something that would work at...

I tend to think so but may here appear to disagree.

I believe that rangers should have a "scry the land" ability. A spell or ability to generate a topographical map of the area around them out to a days march. Hunter's Mark should be castable on spoor of a creature they are tracking (sympathetic magic) to indicate what way did they go from here...

That is fair but it seems to be a problem in large organisations. Microsoft and other large software outfits suffered a lot from it back when I was a developer (probably still do). Of course, sometimes their best products came from such solo runs. It may be that it was started before the...

I would agree with the ranger assessment but not with the others.

Why does it make no sense?

Nothing No No Both, the damage per extra level was originally 2d8 You make the save or remain restrained, though I would allow a teleport type effect, if successful break the restraint. This bit could use some clarification.

As far as I can tell it is a feature of management change. The movie studio buying and selling is under 2 different CEOs as far as I remember. A new person comes in and reverses or partially reverses what the previous guy did, is pretty common. Especially if the company is under pressure from...

Oh! I have been on this forum for over 20 years, I can well believe that there are a lot of home brewers and world builders out there. Sounds like a great campaign.

There is no real way to say from where we are now. Until we see somethings in action it is difficult to say that what this appears to mean to us is the same as what it means to WoTC management. Strictly speaking Exodus is not part of the D&D brand, even the ttrpg is a game based on the 5e...

Yes, no, no, I mostly run pre-published material, either campaign arcs or something stitched together from shorter adventures. We are all here to have fun, if the players do not want to go there, I am not going to force it. I am not creating art, and am in the least bit precious about the...