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So principally it was you as DM that felt that this lacked tension and was unfun?

First off, apologies I got this wrong and am obviously more tired than I though and fixated on it. Did the players find this underwhelming? or was it just you?

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Then perhaps play such a game. I know, you think this is trite advice but you are fighting the system in using 5e (any variant of 5e) for this purpose. I am not sure what those games are, depending on the system crunch required. In 5e the PCs are big damn heroes. They are very hard to kill and...

I find that the players love these kinds of spells. If you really find it a problem, then talk it out with the players and agree not to use them. As a DM I do not see my job to kill pcs it is to make them feel threatened (even if the threat level is actually quite low). If you really want...

Dunno, I like Solasta, I find BG3 more fiddly but that is just in passing, not why I responded to this post. I tried project Sigil and got my players to try it. It did not go well. It was really not ready. However, I partly agree with you D&D rules are difficult to automate but I also think...

For a game like D&D no, as lore to rob or for your specific campaign possibly. Cool lore can be very cool, depends on execution.

Agree to differ, I still think it is too early to say (not that you are wrong as such, you could be right) but I think that some one like a "Product Game Designer" as describe is needed. The total lack of ability of different parts of WoTC to coordinate has been noted here many times in the...

I think that you are correct in that the "Head of Game Ecosystem" is the real lead designer and I agree that there are big plans I am not convinced that this means 6e. The "Principal Game Designer" looks to me like managing multiple products in different niches. This could be video game, media...

Just to add to this, if you want to dabble in FantasyGrounds an Ultimate subscription licence can be a good way to dabble. The Ultimate licence, allows the player to join a game with the free unlicenced demo version of the application. All you really need to know to get started is how the Combat...

I still like FantasyGrounds and it has been improving a lot over the last years. Still has a steep learning curve, but the documentation and how to video support has improved a lot.

On the topic of the Mighty Nein, yes, it is different character wise and thematically but the style is similar.

I dunno, I find woke incredibly useful, If I see woke on a headline or thumbnail, it will be culture war rubbish not worth my time.

I am pretty much the same but I very much doubt that it will happen organically. If it ever happens it will be like government mandate. Like device chargers in the EU.

On a more cheerful note, written or in film, the scene at the end of the Two Towers where the cock crows and the horns of Rohan can be heard in the distance always brings a tear to my eyes. (ok in the movie they leave out the cock crowing but keep the horn call).

Not quite the same but also similar, this reminds me of my experience with Krzysztof Kieślowski's film "A Short Film About Killing". An arthouse movie I went to in a small theatre in Dublin. It is an unrelentingly bleak movie. There is a murder scene in it, where half the audience (of admittedly...

Used Skype for one group up until a few months ago, finally switched them to discord. And to OP, no, I have no other suggestion than Discord. Used Teamspeak years ago but no idea if: it still exists or supports video.

Actually so, would I, now that you mention it.

I would love to play in Wild |Beyond the Witchlight

This is what i believe is the central weakness of the Skynet premise. It is really a human fear. Humans (at least some) seek to horde and control resources, it is a way to ensure one's offspring have access to resources. I am not sure AI's will do that. An AI that is self-aware and...