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You make the 'loths very easy to oppose philosophically by peeling back the glamour of evil and showing them as they truly are: sadistic, self-indulgent, and nihilistic.

Does this iteration of the All-Father take into consideration his imbibing of the Mead of Poetry and quaffing his fill from Mimir's Well?

WotC needs to leave Planescape alone unless they're going straight to the source material and simply updating it for 5E compatibility. I have no interest in someone's reinterpretation of the original. Modify the numbers/mechanics only as necessary to work with the new system, but leave the...

Escaping from Tolkien is analogous to escaping from a prime-quality surf and turf dinner: a dose of novelty on the menu helps you appreciate the greatness of the original when you return to it once more.

Imagine reading a lot of Larry Correia "Monster Hunter International" books... ;)

Player Backgrounds Require each player to submit a reasonably detailed background on their character before the campaign begins. If their history is at odds with what you're in the process of shaping for your milieu, contemplate the history as presented for a few days and offer the player an...

If free speech is what you desire and you're inclined to "notice" certain double standards, join GAB.AI and you'll find yourself in good company.

From the SYFY article: Additionally, upcoming reprints of earlier books like Volo’s Guide to Monsters will remove negative racial penalties, like orcs having minus two intelligence. “We have learned our lesson,” Crawford said, explaining that orcs and other “monstrous” races were supposed to be...

Many of us went 'round and 'round on this subject on the BioWare forums back in the early 2000s. It seems that video gamers expect to be able to beat every single encounter by using the right tactics. Even when there are obvious hints provided, they keep on trying to do the impossible because...

I've never really warmed to his style, but I do enjoy his creativity.

No, I'd say you had a pretty fair idea of what you were doing. Maybe there were a few moments when your players didn't find a clue you were dropping or misinterpreted what they did find or maybe you had to scramble when your players zigged instead of zagged, but they haven't come across in the...

The excrement has officially hit the fan... Well done!

Better a disclaimer than a re-write of the content to soothe the outrage mob. Gods above, I'd hate to be a kid today...

And D&D drifts farther and farther into the land of moral relativism and Political Correctness... Whatever. :rolleyes: So long as players and DMs agree to a system of some sort and recognize that the DM is the final arbiter within the milieu, things should work themselves out.

Four months and counting: are you well, Shemeska?

Gary Gygax wrote a detailed article detailing the differences between Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil, and Chaotic Evil that was included in either the "best of Dragon I or II". That was a worthwhile read. We never had much in the way of debates or conflict over alignment as I was the DM in our AD&D...

Stranded on Athas? I have a bone to pick with you regarding such circumstances... Here's hoping that all and sundry are staying well amidst the lockdown.

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The Vancian system works just fine if the DM has a spine. No-rest areas because of wandering monsters or regular security patrols by the opposition work wonders. A fixed minimum number of encounters is blatantly artificial. There's no reason that a party couldn't have three combat encounters and...

Might we expect a similar gift on the weekend of Valentine's Day? Hope, hope, hope...