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Efreet are bad because that's the way they are described in the Quran. They are basically the bad djinn. A 'good' efreet would likely just be a djinn. Marid are also bad because that's the connotation in Arabic (adj. defiant, rebellious, recalcitrant n. rebel, insurgent, demon, evil spirit...

The first campaign I made everyone long rest had anywhere from 1 to 12 encounters in the adventuring day. Classes were Ranger x2, Sorcerer, Monk, Druid, Wizard, Paladin, Rogue, Barbarian (though not all at the same time). The 12 encounter day had everyone running on fumes (the rogue wasn't in...

Some time in 2015 I turned every class into a long rest class. I might have been able to keep the short/long rest as it was written but I really didn't trust myself to balance the game. Players with with short rest PCs loved it. They were vastly more likely to use their abilities, which is what...

America is closely linked to Europe by history, politics, ethnicity, language, and culture. The heritage of the United States of America is clearly European dominant.

My "originality" skill is fairly low so I'd be surprised if this hadn't been done before. But if it's new to you and you like it, feel free to steal it.

Add a bit of difference to Dwarves in your game: Dwarves have skin color of a base metal (lead, copper, nickel, aluminum, zin, tin, etc.) or its alloys (brass, bronze, solder, pewter, etc). If a Copper and Zinc parent have a baby Dwarf, he just might be a Brass-skinned dwarf! Keep a dwarf...

I've read Alf Layl wa-Layl (1,001 Nights) in Arabic and I don't claim to have a degree in Ancient ME History. That being said, I'm an Arabic linguist by trade and I and my D&D-playing coworkers (Persian or Arabic linguists) think Al-Qadim is pretty cool and when I showed my gaming inclined...

Just let me know if I'm supposed to hate all those vampire books and movies that are completely divorced from Eastern European culture. Or maybe we can celebrate the kind of cultural fusion and borrowing that has gone on basically forever.

I think the "take a monster from a culture because it's cool" is a good way go. Only associating a particular creature with a particular culture isn't my preferred style. Now, I love having real world analogues in my games if only because it makes it easy for players to dive in and get a sense...

This. And it became clear to me in my favorite D&D campaign (had a great DM) and from games that don't have levels, like when I GMed d6 Star Wars many years ago. I thought I was a bad SW GM but they players were having so much fun fighting imperials that I'd get repeatedly asked to run games...

Huge amount of stuff in 64 pages. I fell in love on first read. And an awesome foldout map didn't hurt. Current supplement writers should take note. Aaron Alston's supplement writing won't win awards for its prose but he's fantastic at putting piles of interesting, useful information in a small...

I want a setting that will get official support with more releases. I don't really have faith WotC will come out with more material for a setting than a single book. It's happened, but I don't count on it. That's why I've bought 3rd party material such as Midgard from Kobold Press. Picked up...

The art for UK2 and 3 are terrible but the modules are outstanding. Most of the output by the TSR UK team is great. I bought copies off eBay in 2015 of UK2 & 3, U1, and B10 and ran them all in the same campaign I ran X4 & 5 mentioned above. UK2 & 3, like the other adventures from TSR UK that I...

Red Box Basic and Aleena dying. 1e AD&D DMG Ages table. It was at the beginning because the DMG had sections in largely alphabetical order.

I'm interested in the Dungeon Delver's Guide. Another book I'd like to see is one with lots of new Cultures and Backgrounds. I don't find new Races (Heritages) and Classes interesting for some reason but I would like lots of new Backgrounds.

I've owned B7, X4, & X5 for decades and finally got to run them using 5e rules several years ago. B7 reads better than it plays. There are just far too many rooms that have nothing in them. Cut that down and what's left is really good, though. I think the players liked it. X4 & and X5 were...

You can dispense with capping rolls at 15 and allow an occasional 16 or 17. It's a little easier and the average is 12.50 if you do so it's still within your desired overall average.

3d4+5. Any score above a 15 is set to 15. A 14 and 15 will both have a 15.63% chance of being rolled. Average score is 12.42. Alternative #1: Any points over 15 that are lost by the above method can be added to any other score. Average is 12.50. Alternative #2: Any points over 15 that are lost...

I voted 6-10. It's probably 5 or 6 pages so I went with 6. You really can, despite what many RPG rulebooks imply, pack a lot of information into a few pages. Especially if you eliminate fluff text and pictures. Most of my pages are a list of the races/cultures and the rarity of...

Tracy Hickman's I3 Pharaoh is a textbook example of concise organization. It's written to be used at the table. Also great are most of the TSR UK modules. Bad art, but great design. I've been reading the Southlands and City of Cats Sourcebooks for Midgard. The books at least clearly try to...