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Accursed had a "not Europe" where a cabal of evil witches had defeated the armies of light. The game is set in a time where each witch owns their own domain. The witches now give lip service to the cabal as they scheme against each other. There is no dark overlord as the senior witch that...

Likely to be a year out at least before I get a chance to bring this to my gaming table. Oh, the problems of having lots of DMs at our table.... For the moment my plans are a bit on the broad strokes side of things. The group has a strong preference for fantasy though so when pitching new...

SWN has the "Suns of Gold" book that is about merchant campaigns. My own experience with the system, and others like it, says I don't think it's going to be a match. Running a ship is expensive, which means the party will have funds. Funds they can use to do other stuff with by just cutting...

OSE MU does nothing. Again.

Seven Worlds is a Savage Worlds hard scifi game. I drop the psi stuff as i don't care for it. Nice hard science in the world building. Burning Sands is Dune set in the Burning Wheel rule set. Lots of rules so not for every table. Shadows Over Sol might be worth looking at. Great hard sci...

Congratulations. I am very excited that my own copy showed up on Thursday night. I've been reading through this weighty tome over the weekend. Really enjoy the side bars where Emily and You step out and talk a bit about the rules playtest history, alternatives takes and comments of how the...

While there is not a social attribute I will share a bit more on how SotDL addresses this within the rules for others who may be interested. For the skills SotDL has Profession. At the start of the game each player has two professions. These are basically what they did before they were an...

It is also listed as Adamantine best seller on drivethrurpg. That puts it in the top 0.12% of products they have sold. I'd call that pretty successful. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/155572/Shadow-of-the-Demon-Lord?src=also_purchased https://www.drivethrurpg.com/metal.php

Last year I wrapped up a SotDL campaign. The group i play with rotates DMs with at least 3 different campaigns going on. Generally ever 4-5 weeks we swap campaigns. The other two GMs are generally running 5e games during this time. I have no desire to run a 5e game so I am always pulling...

I got into SW years ago. I ran an Accursed campaign and came to really enjoy the rule set. Very easy to pick up and tweak. Others at my table liked the rules and they ran a SciFi homebrew setting, Deadlands and The Day After Ragnarok. All have been well received. Some of the things that...

I wanted my latest caster to have some witch like themes. Most of it is how you approach playing the fluff of the character. Decided to go with Sorcerer/Divine Soul. Some build highlights ... Black Dragonborn - (She goes by the Seer of the Swamp) metamagic - Extend, Twin, Quick Feat Ritual...

I am not a fan of the standard 5e initiative. Takes time to setup the initiative having everyone roll just to result in a stale round robin of turns across everyone. Of the various replacements I have tried two of them stand out. SotDL - No roll. Players win. Act on a fast turn or slow...

I play at a table with ~4 other GMs so we rotate our campaigns regularly. I had taken a break from DMing for a few years and most of the others stuck to 5e since it released. Someone brought up an old evil D&D campaign I ran years ago and we started discussing if I would run something similar...

As said up thread Wall of Fire would be the go to. As you have the Twin Spell metamagic spells disintegrate or enervation would be strong picks for single target damage. Storm Sphere might be worth it as the lighting as bonus action damage can add up over a long fight.

SWN as mentioned has been easy to run ship combat after learning how to work Command Points. It did take everyone a bit of practice to get. As you are converting to 5e you might find the esper genisis starship rules helpful. EG doesn't use Command Points like SWN does, but the departments...

5E: Rules Meditations from the Oracle of Surrom

A few more sci-fi adventures come to mind I had not seen mentioned yet. Sticking more to "grand campaign" items than one adventure. Seven Worlds was a sci-fi great campaign for Savage Worlds. Interesting mix of "realistic sci-fi" and solid DM advice on how to deal with technology to engage...

Going back to the OP's ask to make the worms more impactful perhaps leverage one of the horrifying mechanical pieces of 5e. Exhaustion. If you get worms you get a level of Exhaustion. Even if Lesser Restoration removes the worm disease it cannot remove the level of Exhaustion. Worse...

I prefer my Dresden with a little pathos and human drama. The missing person? He is the BCV Don's godson. The psychiatrist? She is the BCV Don's Renfield. What the BCV Don really wants is for his godson to accept being a part of the black court, the mafia and their way of life. Problem...

I've played in 5e and DCC campaigns using either method. Still playing a 5e character with technically slightly below below average stats rolled when 5e first came out. I fail more than others at the table. Fine for me, but I can see how some might get frustrated. I do like how SotDL...