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Absolutely; I don't know anyone who uses those things. -HM

What, "Other fantastic community-run websites" wasn't good enough? ;) -HM

That happened to me, and it took months for them to fix it. -HM

I fully admit I used to think it was silly. But as I played more, concentrating on combat got a little old, so I decided to inject a little more life into the game with more descriptions of what I was doing, and a little acting. I've decided to go full-on DM lately (which I've wanted to do ever...

Vin probably doesn't play much at all anymore, so he's potentially out of practice when it comes to D&D. Plus, when he played "back in the day", it's possible that the focus wasn't on role playing. Personally, the games I play in have much less role playing than what I see on Critical Role...

Well, the screen itself is actually just the regular WotC one for 5e, although it isn't clear what the "shell" is that he had in front of it (the part that faced the players). -HM

I use this for iPad. It's decent. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/initiativeboard/id498834300?mt=8 -HM

Do you let them keep the dice or just use them for the session? Usually our new people have played d&d before, but one guy who's come the last two weeks is brand new to the game and uses others' dice. -HM

Granted there's not as much gaming going on as at Gen Con, but there's still two adventures being showcased very regularly. So this whole "WotC will use Gen Con exclusively for gaming, while PAX will be exclusively seminars" has already crumbled.

I do wish that the Basic ruleset was free. Granted $2.99 isn't a lot to pay, but if WotC offers the Basic pdf for free, why should I pay for it here, when I already have to pay for the license to use the program? -HM

I know you added race to the descriptions of the Core Class and Character Customization packs, but it's not listed in the description of the Basic Rules Pack (it's only listed in the description as being in the Basic pdf that WotC provides to anyone free of charge). Are the four basic races...

I wonder where the races are...the class packs, the character customization pack, or they're somehow embedded in the ruleset that you get with purchase of the Fantasy Grounds license. -HM

It depends. I think the DM needs to know how this stuff works from the get-go so he can be prepared for any kind of player. I have a player who is technical, and played B/X and AD&D 1e, but nothing else since. I THOUGHT he'd be interesting in understanding the details under the hood for 5e, but...

Yeah, I couldn't find them in the DMG either. I guess that's almost worth the money! ;) -HM

Are the "Quick Finds" and "Something Happens" tables hiding in the DMG somewhere, or are they exclusive to this screen? -HM

That would be great. I'm curious to see if player/monster/NPC actions or something else is on that last panel. -HM

You know how the brain works: I'm personally convinced I saw a different picture, but once I realized the interior shot here was of that convention, well, now I'm dubious. -HM

With my luck it was probably the image already shown. I apologize if my post sends anyone on a wild chase for nothing! -HM

It was an interior shot, but I think it was at this convention. -HM

That would be horrible, hah. But yes, I know, that's not much to go on, but I know there was another photo of a WotC employee, using the screen, as he was DMing a game at some convention. Somewhere. Sort of recently. On Twitter. Go find it! ;) -HM