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I agree with you, but it's not "real world science". I had to veer away from that because all my initial players in 1974 were wargamers :D Dragon's being blown up with barrels of gunpowder, steam engines and ships / trains, cannons etc. were on the way if things worked like the real world. So...

Bingo. None of that other science stuff either. Creatures are composed of the four elements and spirit. Diseases are parasitic spirits. Things fall down because they are supposed to (if not held up by forces / magic). The world is flat (it's a giant table set in a crystal sphere that contains...

Maybe, but the people I play with at the table are the important ones to me. I've always done my own adventures (there were none in 1974 and the habit stuck) and my players have always enjoyed it. Tailored to my world, the settings ongoing events, and my players.

Sigh. FEAR. "More Beer" popped into my mind instantly.

The UAs are aimed at book material. And what happens if you put in unpopular material? If it's books fewer sales as people weigh the cost versus what they are getting. Now, for something like D&D Beyond it might work better, WotC might (at some point) consider the cost / benefit ratio of...

Here I am trying to down-size my collection and there's another Kevin Crawford book... PDFs are useful but physical books are just more so much more... satisfying :D

Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.

That sounds really promising,

Under getting started... if there are 12 classes, and 48 subclasses, then shouldn't it be 4 subclasses for each class (and not 2)? Or is it 2 subclasses for each class and only 24 subclasses? I'd imagine it's 48 with 4 for each class... Sorry to be pedantic, but I haven't looked at it yet and...

I started in 1974 and there were no modules etc. I had to do my own. Easy at first, it was all about dungeon crawls. I never got in the habit of buying modules. I leaned heavily on my habit of buying every fantasy novel that came down the pike and reading a lot of mythology and history (not...

I noticed after marking it, but I didn't think it was overly important to go back and change my "0". I tend to leave my mistakes up for all to see :D The discussion since then has centered around running / using them anyway. And it's been over a year since I bought one...

Probably the difference between "run" and "purchase". I've never run one, so I marked "0", then thought well, I buy and read some. Poach some subclasses, spells, monsters, etc. And, oddly enough, some make an interesting read.

That and they didn't think there was a market for adventures. Miniatures were about the rules set. Scenarios were either historical or point buy. The first fantasy rules I played was Chainmail with the fantasy supplement... 1972 I think. We played historical miniature campaigns that involved...

There were no adventures / modules when I started D&D (summer 1974). No settings either. You made your own. Later adventures and settings were produced. Judges Guild was prolific and there were others. EPT came with a built in setting in 1975. That was unusual, but then the game was quite...

I've never run any adventures I didn't do myself. I said "0" above as a result. That's not quite right though, I enjoy reading modules (weird I know)... and I have a number of 5E hardbacks that I bought for spells, subclasses and monsters without ever reading through the adventure path. I prefer...

And coincidentally I just retired. Time to revive my mini painting habit :D On the other hand 3D printers have opened up a wide variety of minis too... so we'll see what I end up painting.

Agreed, and I think every table varies today as well. Between 3rd party material, play test articles, the 2014 / 2024 game books, and homebrew I don't think it could be otherwise.

Is this the same Katherine Kerr who has 20+ fantasy books published? If so, it might have been worth a mention (if it's not common knowledge / already mentioned or a different person). Given her medieval / celtic fantasy bent (the Deverry series) I'd say it's likely. I found the coin article...

I noticed. Washington state government. That was a general comment referring to anyone who does what he did.

Morally I agree, for the most part :) Still, as a practical point on becoming employed... not the best idea. Those jerks also have a responsibility to their corporation and shareholders as well as their own rears :D. It does make hiring more difficult as well. Also, somebody who trashes one...