Recent content by UngainlyTitan

Yes, I am aware of the conventional views on elves and for the purpose of a given campaign that is ok but when I put on my world building hat, I find it unsatisfying and uninteresting. I think elves should be really weird when you dig into them.

If Elven memory is as reliable or only marginally more reliable elves could experience a past where their own memories are unreliable guides. Be a hella interesting thing to explore.

I thought he might, but it has been a while and I have not read them all, I do remember him feasting and being in company, so to speak, but not specifically the payment.

That too.

No need for a monitor, apparent screen size is set by the headset. So, if all you have is a 20-inch screen with the headset it would look like and have similar screen real-estate as a 40, 50, 60-inch screen. Virtual home cinema, VTT games, whatever. I suppose a keyboard and mouse can also be...

Like many things, it is all Tolkien's fault. If Sam Gamgee had not asked for rope from the elves, we would not be having this conversation. But, rope, he asked for, and so, later he had to have need for rope (per Mr.Checkov). Conan never asked for rope,if needed rope, it was there in the scene...

I would very much agree with this, of the old material some is effectively depreciated. Xanathar's or Tasha' are not worth buying now but all the other books are viable. No reason not to run Tyranny of Dragons or Storm King's Thunder with the new monster manuals, or what ever adventure takes...

Can verify that they have been working on the UI, as someone that has complained often about it.

Hell, I use both if I have the books and I run form VTTs. If looking for stuff to fill out an adventure or to plan what next to slot into a campaign. I check what I have in books first. It is easier to flip through. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to buy every book and now adays only buy...

I would go with normal resurrection does not work, only resurrection via Withers, and he cannot rid you of the parasite as he has his own plan, which includes the PC ending the threat of the Dark Triad and the Nethermind.

I am also very curious about sharing resources with players? Rules, off line character access or world building?

So how are they monetizing going forward? They have put a lot of work into it so far and I am concerned about free services and how they pay for themselves.

Probably, though BG3 tops out too early for it to really mesh. I have not read Decent into Avrenus but I understand that chapter 1 in Baldur's Gate is somewhat disconnected from he rest. Would staying in Baldur's Gate work better and run in parallel with the Avernus adventure?

This and this. A lot of the traditional resources that have to be tracked are stuff that if you do not have then your characters rapidly loose effectiveness and are not replenished by the game loop. A lot of the abstract resources are enables of boosts of on type or another on top of the base...

You can play it that way and many do but you can also give narrative weight to all of these actions. Think Hong Kong martial arts movies or action anime. Though the anime is often much more stylised.