Recent content by Xamnam

Yep, tried to cover this in my disclaimer, but you did a much better job of making this facet clear.

Yeah, I really like this blog post by John Harper about "crossing the line", and the difference between asking a player to take ownership of their character and their experiences, versus taking ownership of parts of the world. Of course, there are folks who will love to take control of the world...

Thanks for posting these! I still don't love the font choice, but aside from that, I think these are just stunning.

As the patron saint of both adventurers and luck, I would argue for the inclusion of Tymora.

Of your strong opinions I see consistently, this is the one that really makes me bristle every time. I disagree fervently, and I thankfully have almost never played with folks who treat games this way. There are tables and games this is good for, but it's far from a universal truth. I want to...

For the vast majority of my games where this question is relevant, exceptional feels too strong of a word for where I want them to start. However, I do want them to be interesting, competent, capable. They're not uniquely special, I just want them to be Level 1, not Level 0.

Well hey, maybe grousing here did something, I just got my initial shipment and tracking email!

So very anxious to receive my copy.

I'm always naming the different types, but depending on how much energy I have and where in the evening we are, I might parcel out individual values, or just combine them all into a lump sum.

I'll start by saying your point's fair, and I understand the argument! I think it's a very worthwhile goal to make sure the text of the book does not come across as final, complete, and limiting. However, to treat your example too literally, 10 is far too short of list to serve as compelling...

Not if that's not what the game/system/table/campaign is seeking to emulate.

Honestly, all of them, but the three setting books are definitely most interesting, and HotB is distinctly behind everything else.

Honestly, I probably use New vs. Old more than any other distinguishers. But, if it comes to the poll options: 2024 / 5e24.

Here's the list from the world generator for my homebrew world, ordered roughly by prevalence: It doesn't cover Tieflings, as they don't have a significant local territory, and it is certainly not exhaustive beyond that. Any of those would be fair game for a player to roll up a character as...