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FWIW, the poor monster creation rules in 5E (compared to how fun it was in 4E) is what started me on the road to trying out new systems. Monster creation is probably my least favorite part of 5E prep. It's a slog, it's unintuitive, and it isn't fun. I used to daydream about 4E monsters at...

Yeah, Bastions are a player-facing tool they put in the DMG. I get why it’s not in the PHB, but put it in the first supplement, not the DMG.

It's not just D&D that does this, but I really hate the concept of 'multiattack'. It only barely solves the swinginess problem of the d20, but moreso just bloats hit points and encounter time. Instead of giving you cool things to do, it's just "do the same thing, but this time - twice!" It's a...

I like what I'm seeing, mechanics-wise. I still think the statblock format is weird, but maybe I'm just used to the old version. I still find it silly that there is a "MOD" and a "SAVE" and presumably a list of skills in some monsters. I think it could be immensely cleaned up to just give the...

Without actual details, it's hard to say. What was the Toughness of the enemies? Did the PCs build towards combat? I've never played Lost Colony, so I can't speak much towards it, but while I wouldn't say SW is fast, I'd put it on-par with 5E (past level 5, at least). The swinginess is a...

Do you think it's burnout? I can only speak for myself, but I get the block when I'm stressed, burnt out, or bored of the system/setting. What works for me: have someone else run a mini-campaign take a break from the main campaign, and run something smaller - new system, new setting play...

Yes! I've got a group all the way up to 19, and the best part is: combat is still scary. My party of Legendary heroes boarded a pirate ship, all cocky, and were nearly blown apart by pirates wielding plasma miniguns. If I have a complaint about late-game SW, it's that it gets modifier-crazy...

Spoilers for Curse of Strahd. I obviously did not run Curse of Strahd like Chris Perkins would've, but it's still a 10/10 campaign memory. We all talk about it often.

I think fundamentally I like randomness. I've fallen out of love with it in terms of chargen (though, I think it kinda depends on the system). In play though, my table has a saying: "the dice get a voice". I'm a big fan of Nat 1s being failures, Nat 20s being automatic (great) successes. The...

The goldilocks people you're referring to are "millennials" 😂 Jokes aside, I admitted that was conjecture. My friend and I run a TTRPG thing for a licensed therapy clinic, and we work with a lot of Gen Z/Gen Alpha kids. We wish they'd crack open books more, but they were handed an iPad in the womb.

I did, but thanks. It has no bearing on the discussion at all. Exception-based design isn't why the DMG is bad.

Who's lecturing who now? We're just talking past each other at this point. We're not going to agree. I'm setting a reminder, 10 years from now, to see how the wider community views the 2024 DMG. Should be fun!

I'm not going to go tit-for-tat on this, because I think this conversation has run its course. A lot of what you're saying is: well that's how it's always been done D&D is big and complicated, so it has to be that way People are learning D&D via YouTube/Twitch/Google because 2014's DMG is...

The Keeper Rulebook is the core rulebook. Yes, there is an investigator's guide, but it's basically the inverse of how D&D does it. So I mean, I guess that makes you technically correct, but when people ask, "how do I play CoC?" the answer isn't, "well first, buy the Keeper's Guide and then the...

I think I just disagree with this entirely, strictly for the reason that: D&D is the exception, not the rule, when it comes to requiring a separate purchase for DM advice. I don't deny that GM Advice is needed; I disagree with the "vehicle" in which it comes. It'd be like buying a car, (the...

I think that's WOTC's intent, but the argument then becomes: is that effective? If the advice isn't actually that helpful or actionable? And to specifically reference the point of this thread: is it what I want, as an experienced DM? Decidedly no.

I get that, but as someone who got into D&D ten years ago (and my experience is the only one I can go off of), I read the DMG back in 2014. Cover to cover. Then I went and searched through the same advice on reddit, and got more actionable advice from the internet (stuff I still use to this...

I mean, same thing could be said of advice that could be found in a quick Google search. Basically everything in Chapter 1, most in Chapter 2 (barring "improvising damage"), most in Chapter 4, most in Chapter 5, most in Chapter 6 are all things that can easily be found on the internet, and...

I have never been in a group where anyone other than the Game Master has bought the books. The book is either passed around the table, or the DM has an Master Tier subscription on D&DBeyond (and thus is sharing everything on that site) or a PDF is shared with the group (depending on your system...

I surely hope it’s more than just repackaged content that we got back in 5E. I would prefer it to not be like Call of Duty, charging you full price for minor changes/modifications.