Search results

  1. ccs

    D&D 5E What exactly is Feywild in your campaigns?

    In my games? The Feywild is definitely a place. It gets talked about & hinted at a bit. Sometimes bits of it overlay the prime material for awhile. And supposedly the satyr tribes migrate back & forth to it seasonally. These comings & goings are often linked to wild bacchanals. But to...
  2. ccs

    D&D 5E Will you enter the Dungeon Master Challenge?

    Nope. I might work cheap, but I won't work for free. And producing entries capable of winning would definitely be work with a very high likelihood of zero reward. So no thanks.
  3. ccs

    D&D General My Problem(s) With Halflings, and How To Create Engaging/Interesting Fantasy Races

    You are confusing NPC halflings with PC halflings. Sure, most halflings (the NPCs) don't pursue such careers - but this can also be said of most NPC humans, dwarves, elves, etc . But the PCs? They're a different breed.... You'd have to ask the players "Why is your 1/2ling a _____?" 6 of my...
  4. ccs

    D&D General My Problem(s) With Halflings, and How To Create Engaging/Interesting Fantasy Races

    No, Tolkien* sued TSR over them using the term Hobbit. Much later WoTC bought TSR & thus inherited the D&D term 1/2ling. * Well, the Tolkien estate actually as the man himself was dead by the time D&D was being sold....
  5. ccs

    D&D General My Problem(s) With Halflings, and How To Create Engaging/Interesting Fantasy Races

    Indeed. Goblins & Kobolds are the xp generating monsters for low lv adventurers. You exterminate them, loot them & lv. up. Order 66 is in effect once the party is safely out of sight of the towns watchtowers. :)
  6. ccs

    D&D General My Problem(s) With Halflings, and How To Create Engaging/Interesting Fantasy Races

    As the player of a good many 1/2ling characters over the decades, I disagree with you. (my very 1st character was a 1/2ling - specifically inspired by Bilbo) Yes, Halflings exist in D&D because of the massive influence that Tolkiens' works had on the formation of the game. That is a fact. But...
  7. ccs

    Most Important Questions to Ask at Session 0

    I always start by asking the group: 1) What type of game do we want to play? Fantasy, sci-fi, etc. 2) Now that we've chosen the genre, what system do we want to use? And I have a list of the systems for each genre that I'm willing to use as well as a few that I'm not willing to run. If it's...
  8. ccs

    D&D 5E Is it better to prevent or inflict damage? (psi warrior, battle master, others)

    It'd depend entirely upon the character I'm playing.
  9. ccs

    Rank your Treks!

    1) The Original Series Enterprise The Wrath of Khan The Voyage Home 2) Deep Space 9 Voyager - but we have to ignore the 1st season or two.... Discovery Picard 3) The Search for Spock The Final Frontier The Undiscovered Country The Motion Picture 4) The Next Generation First Contact...
  10. ccs

    The Greatest TV Shows of All Time (Kinda): The Top 10

    Sadly I'm not psychic. So until you provide me a comprehensive list of everything you've ever watched (that qualifies for the rest of your rules) I'm unable to participate. :(
  11. ccs

    D&D 5E New Drow cultures coming in Starlight Enclave, the Lorendrow and the Aevendrow

    Your right. I've never had a problem with the Drow. They are the scary evil xp yielding monsters out of the FF/MM/etc, vaguely inspired by Norse myth, with a completely alien approach to society meant to stand opposite "good" elves. As a DM I will use them as plot devices to challenge &...
  12. ccs

    D&D General How Was Your Last Session?

    A refreshing break from weekly prep now that the 5e campaign has closed & one f the other guys is running some PF for a bit (I.E. however long it takes to complete book #2 of the AP). We've resumed the PF AP Ruins of Azlant (think that's its name) that he'd been running last year until the...
  13. ccs

    D&D 5E Introducing the greenest of players to D&D

    That's a funny way to type 1932. :)
  14. ccs

    D&D General The RIGHT number of dice

    I imagine my current standard would suffice. In my D&D bag I have: One tube of Red/White/Blue dice: d4/d6/d8/d10/d12/2d20 + % One tube of bright yellow with black #s - same combo as above. And a pencil case with another+3d4, +6d6, +3d8, +3d20 (including my original d20 - no way I'm leaving this...
  15. ccs

    Games You Missed Out on When They Were New

    Ars Magica. This one I never got to play until 2014. I like the setting & concept of play. The people I played with when it was "new" though would never have given it a chance. Unfortunately the game I was finally in (as a player) largely ignored the setting, completely ignored the play style...
  16. ccs

    Anyone headed to GenCon 2021?

    I doubt the situation will have improved next year. •The anti-vaxers won't have changed their stance. •We'll be reading about the umpteenth even more virulent strain of this crap. •Those of us that are vaccinated will still only be (at best) 90% immune. •And despite this? Things will have...
  17. ccs

    D&D 5E Two New D&D Books Revealed: Feywild & Strixhaven Mage School

    Sure they did.... *WoTC knows damned well that the info will leak to the public as soon as it's provided to Amazon. *You're all excited for these books, right? *You're all going to watch the WoTC show regardless.
  18. ccs

    D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie: 'A Sigh of Relief' & Regé-Jean Page Plays A Paladin

    Am I alone in that nothing I've heard about this movie raises my expectation above "low"? I mean, I doubt I'll see something =/worse than the ScyFy channel crap, but at the same time I'm not expecting anything more than mediocre....
  19. ccs

    D&D 5E celebrating pride and lgbtq+ players 2021

    And it'll only get worse. Imagine once it expands to cover the entire alphabet & starts spilling out into symbols or Greek or Cyrillic or something.... Probably just have to abbreviate to human. :)
  20. ccs

    D&D 5E celebrating pride and lgbtq+ players 2021

    Ah, thanks for clearing that up. I will amend my statement to "You have definitely missed their point." As in you didn't even understand it. You & they are talking about two entirely different things.
Top