Recent content by Wulf Ratbane

Why bump this again? Well, because it is Tolkien's birthday again. But mostly because, this time last year, I committed to (actually, finally) finishing a novelization of this Story Hour. It's taken 20 years (of procrastination and rumination) because a D&D game is not, in and of itself, a good...

Why bump this again? Well, because it is Tolkien's birthday again. But mostly because, this time last year, I committed to (actually, finally) finishing a novelization of this Story Hour. It's taken 20 years (of procrastination and rumination) because a D&D game is not, in and of itself, a good...

Tolkien's birthday is a fine day to bump this Story Hour. It's hard to believe that the first post was over 20 years ago.

I'm in the same boat. I backed them the first time even though I did not then and still do not play 4e, PF, or 13th Age. If I could have had a 5e version, that's absolutely what I would have chosen. I hope they make the 5e PDF available for prior backers.

RETCONNED! (imc)

Which version of the playtest? Better yet: link?

Tell me more about this "two sneak attacks in one round." Strictly for educational purposes, of course.

Thanks for the interest guys; it's very gratifying (even after all these years). I don't want to derail the thread but I don't want to leave it unanswered, either: Story Hour is very unlikely. I just have so many irons in the fire, right now! Setting aside my day job, I am thrilled to say that...

This struck me the other day as I was pondering the new inner workings of 5e. I think that, because the game has shifted many previous "save or XXX..." effects over to straight hit point damage, maxxing hit points is going to be an essential (and widespread) tactic. Bounded accuracy (and...

Got it, thanks, Ari. I'll see if I can find some time tonight to expand it, and if so, I'll email something back to you. Otherwise I may just wait for your next update. :)

Yeah, that would save me a ton of work.

Tinkering with various caster builds, I quickly recognized I'd like a quick way to categorize spells-- school, class availability, cantrip or not, ritual or not, higher slots or not, type of save/attack roll, damage type, etc. 1) Does anything like this exist yet? If so, where? 2) If not...

Because the people who play wild mages expect to experience the defining :):):):)ing feature of their class.

My solution would be not to play with you. Simpler and more effective. That's why the wild mage is a non-starter in any incarnation. It slows down the game, it puts too much focus on one player, it's highly likely to "divert fun" to the wild mage at the expense of other players, and it wreaks...

Assuming that guy gets past the town guard... And actually makes it down the street and into the inn... And somehow makes it over to my table in one piece... And somehow convinces my companions to let him join our adventuring party... Me? I'm going to spend my every waking hour trying to...