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    D&D 5E Does Eberron need to be high fantasy?

    I'm curious what makes Eberron high fantasy for some people? For me it's anything but. It's influenced way more by stuff like pulp serials, Indiana Jones and film noir than it is Tolkein-esque fantasy. Evil and good are muddled with shades of grey, where a lawful good cleric can massacre a...
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    D&D 5E Modern/sci-fi elements? in MY fantasy?

    Aw man that sounds awesome. Literally all of it. I was trying to figure out how to fit in clerics and paladins in a post-apocalyptic/sci-fi game set on Earth. I'm not quite willing to go down the route of "you were worshiping an ancient AI/alien all along! Hah! Hah! Hah!"...but after playing...
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    D&D 5E Modern/sci-fi elements? in MY fantasy?

    I'm curious how many of you guys have played in, or ran games, that had explicit alien technology in them or involved interactions with modern Earth ("modern" meaning anytime from 1900 to 2015). Even though I've only lived for 23 years I know damn well old D&D has explore science fiction and...
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    Questions about the Strange

    I'm not talking about foci though, I'm talking about the powers that Vectors, Paradoxes, and Spinners get. They're quickened regardless of whether they're on Earth or a recursion or the Strange.
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    Questions about the Strange

    I really like the premise of this setting but there's some questions that keep nagging me. -Are the people in recursions actual living creatures or are they just really convincing packets of data from the Strange? -What dictates what is considered "Mad Science" and "technology that is...
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    Eclipse Phase: how complex are its rules in practice?

    So I'm stuck in one of those limbos where I really like a setting but can never find anyone interested in playing it. So until that day comes I'm curious, how complex are Eclipse Phase's rules in actual gameplay? I'm not talking about character creation, since I'm well aware of it and the...
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    D&D 5E D&D fantasy & sci-fi

    Wait, what? What sneak peek are you talking about?
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