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I'm pretty sure if we keep saying "Warlord", Morrus is going to suffer some kind of stroke. Myself, I'd enjoy an Engineer-type class focused on non-magical gadgets, trinkets, and jury-rigging stuff on the run, like a fantasy MacGuyver. I also love alternative spellcasters, those using new...

That's deep, man.

Just so you know: Recent discoveries have proven that people who don't show electoral preference for fictional worlds involving multiple parallel realities have a 47% higher chance of suffering wedgies from strangers in highly uncomfortable situations. I only wanted to share that piece of info...

It was hard not choosing Al-Qadim and Dark Sun, but I had to vote for Planescape and Spelljammer (which I guess counts as one vote for Planescape, and two for Spelljammer and every other setting except Ravenloft. Maybe only one for Dark Sun, depending on whether you think the phlogiston sailors...

Oddly, as we've grown older and our lives become busier, the seven of us that make up our regular gaming group have started dedicating more time outside the table to the game. We keep detailed campaign journals filled with timelines and referential pictures; the players are constantly sharing...

I have no idea what the next big leap is going to be. All I can hope for it does not result in diceless games being the norm. Nothing against people who enjoy it that way, but I cannae be playin' without rollin' 'em bones!

Excellent! I went with the Pirate option; the Bounty sounds like a very good deal (I love maps), and a leather-bound core book is always a great addition to a collection. I briefly considered the other options that included extra books, but I'm not quite convinced they are that cost-effective...

Hmm, not quite sure I liked the trailer. I'm still hopping we'll see something like Melissa McCarthy in Spy in the sense of a fun and unexpected spin, but judging solely by the trailer, it's a movie I'd probably watch on Netflix and skip on the big screen. I also admit to be a bit confused with...

Absolutely not! How many PCs should die is entirely a matter of both your own and your group's play style; as long as it feels fun and proper, it's good DMing as far as I'm concerned. Myself, in 21 years of DMing I remember killing about a dozen PCs in total: 4 were supposed to die as part of...

I think it feels magical as long as the DM and players put an effort to make it feel magical. I don't think it has much to do with the number of spells available or how easy it is to use them now compared to the old days; you can cast spells all day erry day and, as as long as everyone makes an...

According to Kicktraq data, the KS has been closing on a projection between 800K and 1,200K, going flatter and flatter as the days go by. So perhaps we'll see it finish in the 1 million mark? Of course, one never knows with these things; lots of KSs get a sudden bump at the end due to the...

"A den of stinking evil. Cover your nose, Boo! We will leave no crevice untouched!" There's nothing that cannot benefit from more Minsc and Boo.

Amazing. This belongs in a museum.

Backed it last night. It's evident there were lots of unspent fandollars accumulated after so many years without any 7th Sea!

Scott Holden, from DriveThroughRPG (who are also partners with Wizards in the DMs Guild), sent the following email yesterday to all publishers, clearing some doubts regarding what you can publish under each licence and how exactly they are different. I thought it was a pretty good summary of...

On average, about once a month for 6-8 hours, with the same group I've been playing the past 15 years (20 years with two of the members). We also go away for a whole weekend of roleplaying, boardgames, and bbqs at my lake house once a year in January. My ideal schedule is once every three...

29) A way to keep everyone invested when a conversation involves only a single PC for a long while is to have the rest notice things from an outsider's perspective ("You notice the Mayor is fidgeting with something in his back pocket"), or giving them intel on the stuff they overhear. This will...

1.- Foreign hordes are invading the land; local chieftain starts attacking neighbours in order to ensure the survival of his people. 2.- Vigilante priest starts murdering corrupt rulers. Knows he is damning his soul because of this, but believes that's a fair price to pay to ensure others don't...

Profion was such a fantastically exaggerated character that I try to include a variation of him in most D&D campaigns I run. Much in the same way as Raul Julia playing Mr Bison in Street Fighter, you can see they are having a great time.

While solo play is not my thing, I could see some people enjoying such a product. "Gnomes 100, Dragons 0" comes to mind as a very interesting solo adventure. After all, it's essentially a very sophisticated Choose Your Own Adventure.