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I ran a modified Dread game over the weekend, where I added a layer of dice rolling. Failed checks resulted in pulls, and number of pulls increased with the number of prior failed checks. This simple addition if ability scores created a mechanical differentiation among the characters and worked...

A morningstar in a polearm shop? Surely you are pulling my leg, sir.

Here's how I'm houseruling the missing info. Weapons and Order of the Beef skills apply strength to attack rolls unless specified otherwise. Order of the Chicken and Order of the Sides skills apply arcana to attack rolls unless specified otherwise. Graceful type weapons and the Order of the...

Ok, I'm trying to prep this to run tomorrow and there's some holes. The Strength and Grace stats alude to modifying attacks, but the attack rule doesn't mention modifiers. Arcana is for caster attacks perhaps, but it is unclear what is or isn't a spell. The Graceful weapon property has no...

I am currently in a 5e game and will be adding a pf2 game. The two systems specifically appeal to the two sets of players in terms of complexity, mechanics choices, and combat structure. I expect 5e to continue be my main system, as I gravitate towards less rules heavy systems.

True. WotC isn't guns blazing on this. But I'm assuming based on Frylock's actions that his intent in all this is to make WotC take him to court.

The idea that stat blocks for established creatures are self-evident doesn't hold up. If I gave Frylock and a WotC staffer identical narrative information on a previously un-stated creature in the public domain, they would not generate 100% identical stat blocks. There would be real notable...

The cypher in the image reads "FUN AND GAMES ARE GREAT DISTRACTIONS A?? SMALL THINGS CAN HAVE CHAIN REACTIONS" (The question marks are because I couldn't figure out the numbers in that spot due to "staining" on the paper)

I'm going to expand and point out that basic attacks in monster entries are TOO WORDY as it already is. All I need is: Claw. +4, 1d8+3(7)S. CON save DC 14 vs +1d4(2) poison.

When DMing, the stat line is preferable. Narrative sentences just add additional read time when scanning for key info.

I had a Victorian era ancestor who raised the same concerns over the growing trend of men playing checkers.

I have been reading PA since the start, and while Gabe occasionally says something ignorant, PA is overall a bunch of charitable progressive Seattleites. In addition to the wecomic and conventions, they started the Child's Play charity, and have a line of video games and tabletop games. The...

I came looking for this. Flying Snake swarms will destroy a 1st level party. I have a party of PCs that still talk about the snakes in hushed tones at level 11, lest they appear without warning.

Hopefully this is enough in the guilds section to run the setting. i mean the entire sitting is one mega metropolis. Like the 3e Sharn book vs the 3e Eberron book.

Remember kids: D&D is not a charity. Play with people who make you happy.

First off... There's little point in complaining that WotC is pushing FR, when they have stated time and time again that is overwhelmingly popular compared to other settings. The first rule of D&D is keep D&D alive. Remember when TSR oversaturated and rolled out too many settings? While those...

My favorite D&D moment from Adventure Time: https://youtu.be/CER2s9hLMxs

It is a very knowing joke. The show was fairly progressive, and despite the absurdity of relationships between cartoon pigs and elephants, magic dogs and rainbow unicorns, etc...there was some "controversy": A small subset of conservative Americans complained to the network when a season 3...

I'm going to toss out Curse of Strahd as a suggestion, IMO best-written official 5e module thus far. Some of the reasons I think it might meet your needs are: an entry point at 3rd level, a "fish out of water" set up for the PCs so no need for PCs to know setting lore, and a straightforward...

The topic of bloat (and by extension, release pace) is part of what Mearls was getting at. I was just sharing my personal experience that the pace of book releases has outstripped my responsible spending for the first time in 5e. The problem is I really really really want to buy $175 worth of...