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After letting it sit with me for a few days, I think I can say I don’t like the introduction of a natural 20 gaining inspiration. I do think it will result in inspiration getting used more, but I think “how do we get inspiration to be used more?” is actually a flawed premise to begin with...

Thanks for sharing the experiences you had. I am planning a one-shot for this, but will be using my own agenda cards rather than any premade ones (I bought the hardback, not the starter set). I was planning to make my agendas a split between good agendas, bad agendas and funny agendas, with more...

I think every time a mage tries to take over the world, somewhere, somehow, a plucky band of adventurous types is called together. Their quest: To defeat said mage and restore world order once more.

Reading through the UA yesterday, I am not really sold on Ardlings. Firstly, I’m not a fan of the name, does anyone know it’s etymology? “Ard” to me makes me think of “hard”, like the Orc ‘Ardboyz of Warhammer. Secondly the spectral wings feel at odds with a lot of the animals (e.g. a Toad)...

Yes, I think combat is a lot of fun in D&D. Now, I have played in campaigns where combat is not fun, so in my campaign I make sure not to make the mistakes I have seen of other DMs. Firsty, in Theatre of Mind (my preferred way to play). Distances are crucially important. Distances are the...

My main reason for ignoring the encounter recommendations is for pacing of sessions. We play once every 2 weeks for 3-4 hours and a combat encounter usually takes at least an hour to play through. If we were to fight 6-8 encounters in a "day" it would take probably 2 months of real-world time to...

First things first, I would suggest you don’t dash the goblin. Instead have it also stand 35.1ft away from the fighter, (perhaps finishing with a little dance to mock the fighter’s cowardice.) As mentioned above, this causes the fiction to change. Now the fighter and the goblin are having a...

I would happily get rid of it, or make it a class feature for classes that should have it (rogues). The image of adventurers stepping into a dungeon, torches lighting the way is iconic. In my campaign, the only character without darkvision is the human rogue, and it makes him feel the least...

My initial reaction is the exploding dice is at odds with the scaling of dice. If the strongest fighter has a d20 and the weakest a d4, the stronger fighter is going to have their dice explode 5% or the time vs the 25% of the weakest. Even if the averages mean the weaker fighter will likely not...

Thanks for the article and the link. It is a fascinating resource! For me a stratagem in D&D is when the players making a witty and unconventional decision. To empower that sort of decision making in your games you need to provide tidbits of information about the enemy to spark their...

Depending on how weird Bob is, you might not have a clue even if you've known him for 20 years. Player 1: Hi Bob. Player 2: Hi Bob. Bob: Are we ready to start the new campaign? Players: Yes. Bob: Good. We start the adventure on a flat expanse made entirely of wax. Player 1: Err, okay, who am...

Is choosing a random direction covered in 5e? If not, I have the perfect dice. blows dust off old Warhammer scatter dice

And yet, here you are :ROFLMAO:

I don't agree that D&D is crying out to be a free kriegsspiel game. I think when they say a game is about "rulings over rules" what they are trying to do is hone the focus of the game onto its core gameplay loops that are the most enjoyable (character building, combat, leveling up, acquisition...

My campaign is with my 3 siblings. It's been a great way for us to stay in touch over the last year. With lockdown ending my youngest brother has gone back to study in the States and my other brother already lives in New Zealand (we're from the UK), so soon we're going to have to see if...

I put all kinds of loot on my monsters. Coins, gemstone, copper rings, silver necklaces, arrows, bolts, vials of poison, armour, brooches, wooden toys, bone fetishes, potions, spell scrolls - you name it. Not that every goblin has a bag of diamonds, but there is a bit of loot on almost every...

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Thanks. Ah, I had presumed something like that happened. I guess only reading the first 3 books gave me a skewered perspective as I very much remember him being the main character.

The trailer looks cool, I’ll definitely give it a watch! I read the first 3 books in the series (15 years ago) but recognise nothing in the trailer lol. Where’s Rand?

I found it! X Files or the Lone Gunmen spin-off Check out these mad lads Why aren’t we all playing D&D like this?!