Recent content by vicberg

I would totally agree with this. But, it was a situation where I don't know what it is I don't know. My newness to the system worked against me. I've never experienced a situation of multiple players wanting to change mid-campaign and I was caught totally unprepared. Therefore, I never set an...

What made the entire experience actually very amusing, before I blew the game up, was that one character died (no small feat in 5e) the session before, and there were tears. Lots of them. And I thought, I've done my job. These guys are immersed. Right? Then I find out a few days later...

Lord Mhoram, you're absolutely right. This isn't my first rodeo in being a GM. I started in 1983. This was my first foray into 5e, having taken a long hiatus from D&D (GOT 3.5 was the last D&D I ran) and I didn't limit feats or multi-class. If I ever jump into it again, I certainly would as...

Because 5e doesn't enhance immersion in the game. It becomes a game onto itself and the focus isn't on the story or the character, it's on how many dips you make into other classes, what feats, what spells you have what your damage output is. It becomes a war game. Combat systems are there to...