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Having put these builds into play together, I can say that the synergy is amazing. We played two combat encounters, one either medium or hard difficulty, and one lethal encounter, separated by long rests. The maneuvers I chose were Rally, Goading Attack, and Riposte, but I never used Goading...

Hi everyone, This Saturday, I'm going to play 5e for the first time since the playtest. We're just going to do a one-shot, but if we all have fun, we may play a campaign with different characters. My fiancee is going to play a Barbarian, and I'm going to do a Battlemaster Fighter. My...

Thanks to the success of the current Book 2 Kickstarter, Book 0 is now available to the public completely free. You can grab it and check out the gorgeous art here: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/109112/Shadows-of-Esteren---Book-0-Prologue Book 2 is a great book for GMs, since it has...

Our DM's wife apparently once ran an epic 7th Sea campaign whose greatness can never be recreated

I don't know which mechanics you're considering "video gamey," but if it's things like the 4e Fighter's marking ability, I don't see why that has to be any more video gamey than your basic attack. The player is under no imperative to describe his character's attack--he can just say, "I attack...

I'm glad I could make your life momentarily more interesting. :D

They don't disappear in six seconds because someone shouts at you, but instead someone shouts a reminder that you are a "big dang hero" and you decide to suck it up and stop being a pansy until the battle is over and you can take a rest to cry about all of the horrible, nightmarish things you...

That's part of the larger, systemic problem that I addressed in the last part of my post, that women don't have the agency that men have in defining mainstream culture. A man can pretty much do whatever he wants and be assured that he will fit into a more-or-less mainstream niche, while women...

Healing someone by driving an iron spike through his skull. :) Alternatively, instantaneous healing as opposed to gradual healing (e.g. healing 1 HP every round for 5 rounds).

I wasn't aware that the "fake geek girl" label was being thrown around so frequently as to have become a problem until just now. My first exposure to the phrase was in the context of people scoffing at the use of "generic sexy woman + video game paraphenalia/references" in order to pander to or...

I really like the details about the lairs of Legendary monsters. Dangerous and interesting terrain features were a key part of 4e encounters, so I'm glad to see them emphasizing this in Next's set-piece encounters, as well. As for the dragon itself, I'd have to see how it works out in play, but...

One of the more interesting facts in this case is that her books are surprisingly well-reviewed. http://www.amazon.com/Erichs-Plea-Book-Witchcraft-Wars/product-reviews/1453600973/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 The first book has overwhelmingly positive reviews, and even the...

Because humans are easy, and they are so widespread that there's always one convenient for a quick tumble. Elves are the snooty race that never put out. EDIT: I consider the above to be an idea, musing, and rotten tomato simultaneously.

So Background traits can be given out to PCs like Alternative Rewards in 4e? I like the sound of that. All in all, the downtime system is probably the one thing they've talked about that I feel overwhelmingly positive about.

Our DM's wife is part of our group. She's always arguing with him about rules and mechanics, primarily because she's a bigger fan of narrative rulings rather than precise rules. Sometimes I feel like he could give a little more leeway, especially when the rules are hazy on the specific...

Go for it. As a player I wouldn't feel cheated by it, especially since they're only level 1. It sounds like a good way to make a hook for further questing.

Shadows of Esteren is my new favorite low magic, low fantasy system. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1176616619/shadows-of-esteren-a-medieval-horror-rpg-prologue http://www.studio2publishing.com/shop/index.php?cPath=205 If you want a setting where magic and monsters are very rare and...

I don't know about that. I think there are enough people with different moral codes that people can justify different solutions in different ways. But speaking of black being white and up being down, I'm going to turn my attention toward the Underdark for a minute. I had a thought on an idea...

If it all comes down to trusting people's "moral intuition," then I don't think any argument is ever going to get anywhere. Some--probably some of the same people posting in this thread--would argue that one's "intuition," moral or otherwise, is just the socially inculcated set of prejudices...

It implies no such thing. It's not a mathematical "solve for X problem" -- the purpose of thought experiments is to make people question their own certainty about morality, which presumably is something that you would approve of. If someone says, "I know exactly what is right and what is wrong,"...