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I use d8+d12, myself. I like the flat probability from 9-13 and the d12 is the coolest due and doesn't get used enough. I've found in practice it greatly benefits PCs who are good at stuff as it's really hard to roll low (and high). I keep my DCs mostly in the 10-15 range with the maximum...

Take a look at Superman IV and tell me that money didn't affect the quality of the movie. No one can do that with a straight face.

Primarily the few times PCs have needed to keep their balance. Hasn't come up too often, though.

In 5e I've only ever had action declaration on your turn. I do, however, now require players to promptly declare and expeditiously resolve their actions. Combat turns take 15-30 seconds to resolve now and I'm happy.

If Perception were an Intelligence skill animals would be awful at it. Therefore, it should stay a Wisdom skill. If it's the kind of thing an animal could detect, it's a Perception skill check. If it's the kind of thing a human would be better at detecting/deducing it's an Investigation check.

Someone posted on this very website these awesome maps. Free. In color. http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?599323-U1-Sinister-Secret-of-Saltmarsh-MAPS Took me a small bit of effort to resize them for 1" = 5' but they look great when printed! I reduced the saturation and increased the...

Some animals, like the goat, have the Sure-Footed property that grant them advantage on saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone. It's a bit odd it doesn't grant the advantage on checks as well.

I wouldn't object to "flee" causing the target to usually use its action to dash and draw an Opportunity Attack. It's basically what Dissonant Whispers does and that causes damage. And which is better, fleeing now with a reaction or later with an action?

You can buy U1-3 cheap as a pdf. U1 is easily the best of the three. In any event, you can get them each for $3. The Dungeon adventures are okay, so you really aren't missing much. There wasn't anything stopping you from playing them already.

"Kills the page count" This is a load of bollocks. I have my conversion for Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh up on my screen. The module is 32 pages plus cover maps. If I only include the monster blocks of the conversion the entirety of the stats is a little over a page. Every creature is...

I almost always DM my 5e games. Having sat in on a few 5e games DMed by others I've found that if the DM hasn't taken the time to extract the monster stats then combat grinds to a halt as the DM has to look up stats. It's even worse if the combat has more than one type of monster or the creature...

I think it has to be a thing in 5e. I mean, "gorgeous" isn't really high on the list of things necessary to run an adventure. And I find 5e adventure books terribly laid out and not at all easy to use. So I assume WOTC's primary purpose with their adventure books isn't for people to actually...

It's like they want to have their cake and eat it, too. Play upon nostalgia of old adventures and old monsters but not do the actual work of caring about their own 40-year history. "We don't care" is the WOTC philosophy. If you don't care about your company's own history, stop strip-mining it...

The Rogue is a standout in the exploration or social pillar in Heroic tier simply because you get your Expertise at level 1 and you have lots of skills. And at level 1 you get a resourceless +1d6 in combat. It's just that the farther away from level 1 you get the less beneficial the Rogue's...

I think your ratings are more like 50/25/25 Combat/Social/Exploration. Frankly, I think it's better than 40/30/30. It's not just that combat takes up, generally, more of the game and the rules, it's that player choice and not abilities matter more in the Social and Exploration pillars. At least...

Last campaign I DMed there was a paladin PC that took defensive fighting style and used a sword and shield. As soon as she could (5th level) she bought plate armor. She wanted a defensive PC and got it with AC 21 in this case. Another PC in the party was, for a time before deciding Gloom...

I'll second the call for Basic-Expert-Companion-Master-Immortal.

I'm jealous of your mint Rules Cyclopedia.

MST3K raised a little more than Veronica Marsh ($5.76M to $5.70M) and about $600,000 outside Kickstarter. So far that's the most any video/tv/movie Kickstarter has raised. I think MST3K did about $2 million its first day. EDIT: Am I reading the Kickstarter correctly? Backing it doesn't...

I've found LEGO minifigs to be a far better and cheaper option than D&D minis. Unless you like to paint, and I don't as I have no skill. It's fairly easy to build a small army of figures for your PCs to use and you have the added benefit of interchangeable heads, torsos, headgear, and weapons.