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I'm not really a fan of Greyhawk and if all WotC came out with was another standard hardback I wouldn't buy it. On the other hand, if it had a deluxe set with nice production values like a box set with a few booklets, maps, handouts, etc. I'd definitely buy it.

Pledged at Collector Level. I swear I've backed far too many 5e Kickstarters but I've loved them all. The Monte Cook Ptolus Kickstarter came with a nice cover (not faux leather, but nice) and ribbons. It's very nice. I like the ribbons. So nice I'd pay for a deluxe 5e PHB that included all the...

Thinking about this, it occurred to me that there was one time I was flattered there was a DMPC and the other players enjoyed it, too. My favorite campaign way back in college during 2e I played a Bard who worked for the King. We became moderately powerful and then I moved. The DM kept my PC...

I'd absolutely do this, too. If for no other reason than my own sanity and the players' sanity. It's so much easier to use rules that already exist. E.g., random encounter gave the PCs a dog that the random encounter NPC gave to them. When the PCs decided to keep the dog it immediately was given...

Came here to say "War Machine". I still use it as it's not too hard to adapt to 5e. The 2e monster ecologies are good, too.

These new stat blocks seem very poorly thought out, as others have mentioned. When I've converted old modules to 5e I summarize the monster stat blocks in an Excel spreadsheet and they look similar to the condensed version you'd see in 1e. With spells, it's looks a lot like what Sacrosanct...

D&D combat is too long because players take too long to execute their turns so combat needlessly drags. When each player spends 30 seconds on a turn then combat is more fun.

The best thing I've done as a DM was to ditch most short rest mechanics, triple their usage, and run everything off of a long rest. Then I modified long rests and healing rules and 4-8 encounters per day saw lots and lots of resource usage and I think the players felt like they were all...

I finally got around to reading that massive Ptolus tome I got for the Kickstarter and it's excellent. I'd say there's actually too much stuff in there. Not the page count, specifically, but there's layer upon layer of bad guys and factions and STUFF. I'm only about 100 pages in but I recommend...

First dice I ever bought were Gamescience dice way back in 1984. Still have a few. I love the dice and have a bunch more sets I've bought in recent years.

BRB, going to make a PC called Tigra & Bunny that casts nothing but Thunder spells until someone gets the reference. We're Tigra and Bunny and we like the boom. (also, I'm old enough to have heard the song when it originally came out)

I left the tab open on my screen and completed it over three days a little bit at a time. I can't imagine doing it at one sitting but maybe they figured that people would only say "yes, I've played that class/subclass" to only a few choices.

Soon after 5e came out I changed the bonuses to +2/+1/+1/+1/+1/+0 instead of 6 +1 for the base human. Also, changed the bonuses for non-humans from +2/+1 in the listed stats to +1/+1 and then add +1 wherever else the player wants. The only outlier is the Dwarf that gets +2/+2 and in that case...

The game allows someone to use the Help Action to grant Advantage in combat. Doesn't matter that the enemy can see the person granted Advantage. The rule leaves open exactly how such Advantage is granted. If the game allows such Advantage to be granted, no die roll necessary, I'm okay with a...

As a big fan of Mystara I really appreciate all your work. The Guide is simultaneously large and not large enough. On the plus side, combining all the various Mystara resources out there into one book makes it a good source for a DM to provide players a summary of a particular location and leave...

If I were playing a Rogue and the DM ruled I could never Hide in combat I'd leave the game. Way back at the beginning of 5e I had a DM who said my Rogue/Arcane Trickster couldn't use Mage Hand to unlock a cage even though the ability specifically calls out picking locks and disarming traps at...

I'll only rate what I own or have played. Top Tier Lost Mines of Phandelver (So good I've run it thrice) Mid Tier Candlekeep Mysteries Tomb of Annihilation (It might have been better but I played this at a FLGS and the random assortment of players didn't make for great play. The DM, a player...

The latest WotC survey about M:TG and D&D asked about if I would recommend either. I said I'd recommend D&D but the books look like they are written for people who have played the game before, which was fine for 2014. I also mentioned how poorly laid out the DMG is. It's not a good book on how...

I made sure to say I played halflings. I also answered honestly about M:TG. I played decades ago, had fun, and have no desire to ever play again but I'd recommend it to others as it's fun. Just not for me.

If the PHB included magic items how many just wouldn't have bought the DMG at all?