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Another Canadian here. While written Canadian English takes some conventions from British English and others from American English I'd say that in terms of general spoken usage we're closer to American. With the shorter distance there's more exposure through travel and media consumption. Bonus...

I voted option 3 as I'm very liberal with item swapping and components. If you have it then it is an option for you without having to waste a turn swapping things around. Casting a spell with a sword and shield out? Go for it. Have a sword and shield out but want to switch to your long bow? Sure...

Unlike the Orcus mounted on terrasques scenario the Tomb is technically winnable but there are plenty of people who'd disagree with you that it's fair.

I do the handwave for the game I'm currently running. Those that are present continue on and next week the character just pops back into existence. Encounters are generally still "balanced" due to the adventure is suitable for 4-6 players. Though anyone that's run a 5e prewritten campaign knows...

So I looked to my book and the section in the PHB differs slightly than the quoted above from the basic document. Sections 1 and 2 are identical but section 3 goes into less detail about rolls.

You pulled from the 5e basic pdf rules so now I'm curious. Does an equivalent section not exist in the 5e PHB or DMG? If not that would be surprising to me since 5e has a reputation for being easy for new players to pick up and this discussions seems important specifically for them.

AI are great at generating content when it follows clearly codified rules. Like spawning enemies, or putting together a random map. However, they are still terrible at generating stories which I think makes them still pretty terrible DMs for table top RPGs. Computer can generate sentences that...

I've had this same thought myself and I had planned to sandbox up chapter 3. The blog posts really got the gears turning in my head so thanks for the links. I'm also currently planning on adding a decision point in chapter 1 to break up the railroad there. My group chose to have a dark secret...

I'd be interested in finding out how much effort is going in to make it feel like the world acknowledges events that happen. Since playing through Disco Elysium I just generally get the feeling that other RPGs feel a bit hollow in comparison. A perfect example would be how in Divinity Original...

Since we're talking about only Original Dungeons & Dragons I've never played it. I have tried a couple of retroclones but found that they're not my cup of tea. I would consider giving it a go if I had the opportunity to play with a DM that had a really interesting campaign premise but since my...

I voted for other. Generally in our games most loot found during adventuring is expected to be shared. But what does sometimes happen is PCs will get personal side quests, or gifts from NPCs they've befriended that would be personal to the PC. Those types of rewards are the result of individual...

A Werewolf in Sheep's Clothing: A werewolf and a wolf in sheep's clothing. Roc Gnome: A roc and a rock gnome. The Ultimate Box: A gelatinous cube and a duodrone.

I usually try to veer away from a full TPK into other consequences that still allow the game to go on. Capture, being looted, being forced to make a bad deal are options. Sometimes if it looks close to a TPK but the other side isn't looking too good either I might have the monsters propose a...

The conjuration wizard represents the whole conjuration school of magic rather than just the summoning subtype. Minor Conjuration and Benign Transposition are both generally useful utility abilities that fit the theme. And while they aren't the best at summoning that doesn't mean they are...

I've given this a bit of thought when converting the beginning of Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus to take place in Ravnica. In Magic since only planeswalkers can travel between the planes most angels, devils and demons are native inhabitants of the planes they are from. They even have...

All of our long term campaigns have begun at level 1. Sometimes it's for practical reasons like running a published campaign that starts at level 1. But even for our homebrew campaigns we've done this and never really talked about changing it. Might be something to bring up next time we have a...

I'm currently running Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus and while we're only a few sessions in there are a couple of minor things I noticed on my read through. The initial hook is very railroady. It even mentions how Zodge sends a hit squad after the characters if they do not do as they are...

I've also noticed issues with the published adventures ranging from small to concerning with the exception of Lost Mines of Phandelver. I think this is mostly due to it's smaller scope covering only levels 1 to 5. It knows exactly what it's doing: being a straight forward adventure suitable for...

Interesting to hear that AI driven DMing is being explored but as the article indicated it is a long way off. AI can understand the structure of language but we've struggled to give them any comprehension of meaning or context. Knowing what the words you're spitting out actually mean is pretty...

This reminded me of a campaign that I always wanted to run based on Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles. For those unfamiliar it's essentially a setting that encourages finding and exploring new dungeons. The world is covered in a substance called miasma that turns living things into monsters...