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It's looking like Fabula is shaping up to be the next game I run. We've talked about having our game be a follow up to Final Fantasy...

The specific "Roll 2 d20s simultaneously, and use the higher result" mechanic was an Avenger class feature in 4e. I can't say it was...

It's certainly hard for the guy in my Eberron game playing an artificer. I let the other players update to the new versions of their PC...

Oh yeah I feel you. I had to delete my Reddit account so I'd stop getting exposed to world news. My players are super hyped about our...

I'm going off a similar gut level and, as shown in the CR 17 dragon encounter, it looks like it lines up with expectations -fairly-...

Also: Running away is not actually an option, in this scenario. Even assuming the players disengage and dash every chance they get...

This is an absolute mismatch of expectations on both ends. New players don't know what they are and aren't capable of. New DMs don't...

There’s a fascinating video on the history of Del Ret and modern fantasy. Del Rey both made and destroyed the fantasy genre at the same...

Mothership!

Ooof, I didn't know that about SoS (they're...not good).

Yeah, Eberron as a setting can support a lot of campaign options, it's one of the things I find so compelling about it. To the point...

I think that verisimilitude remains important for modern audiences but it's hardly uniform. While it is a trite point for me to make...

Not design specifically, but I wonder if there's a large section of modern audiences that have active disinterest or even vehemently...

In part because even if the serial numbers were filed off Eberron is way too big of a Thing to be a singular frame. It would be pretty...

There is a bit of that in this video. Baker talks about how potentially multiple campaign frames would be required for playing Eberron...