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I don't know that there is a huge following. It is a 30 year old campaign setting. There have been enough seeds planted in a variety of 5E products to herald the return of Spelljammer so there is some buzz. The appeal, to me, is simple. It is a setting that combines nautical swashbuckling...

I am getting very excited for this release. I like the addition of the Astral Sea, but I understand those who dislike the change. I am psyched to see new ships beyond the standard fare from the past.

Is this the first confirmation of air being a resource in 5E SJ? And that it can be fouled? Very cool. I worried Helms were going to hand-wavium air for Spelljamming vessels. Glad I was wrong.

They have replaced Crystal Spheres with Wildspace Domains. There is no hard shell, you pass a shimmering veil and you are on the Astral Sea, able to go to other Wildspace Domains or tour Dead God husks and crystal monoliths. The Astral Sea is the Astral plane, so planar travel with portals seems...

It is not 2E Spelljammer, but it looks close enough. I never liked the Phlogiston, but I loved the concept of the 'Flow' within it. Replacing the Phlogiston with the Astral works for me. I am not sure about the change of Wildspace from the Big Empty to a Space Ocean teeming with life and color...

It is bizarre to look at now. I started with Basic at a summer library program in 3rd grade. I asked for the B/X set the following Christmas, but my older friends were getting the PHB. I had dice and modules and used their books until I could get my own for my birthday and using paper route...

A rulebook with just rules is dry and will not grab new participants. The trick is to layer enough story in with the rules to keep interest and open up possibilities. Halflings are small, dextrous, and lucky folk who live in agrarian secluded societies. Gnomes are small, dextrous, and magical...

I have played halfling characters in every edition back starting with basic. When I started, I was much younger and smaller than the people I played with, so the draw to halfling was natural. I loved Tolkien and all fairy tales. Halflings filled that niche. So I have a very soft spot for...

What do I think WotC will do vs, What would I like WotC to do? I do not work for WotC and am not a telepath so ... 5.5E will keep Half-Orcs and Half-Elves. They will probably head up a section on mixed-race characters and how to achieve them with lineages. More options, no deletions. Formerly...

I started with Moldvay and after a summer of play at the local library picked up the PHB, MM, and DMG for 1E at Christmas and my birthday. All still have the Joy Department store stickers still on them. Later, I had to purchase my books in 'seedy comic book dens' that my mother was less than...

I think you're right, but I also think you can change the tone without completely decoupling for D&D with V/WP system. D&D is always going to feature a majority of combat, the rules are mostly about resolving combat, so a wound system needs to be minorly punishing or at least recoverable. We are...

I would love a fleshed-out Vitality/Wound points option. Mainly, it would open the door to more mechanics within bounded accuracy, like a spell casting system that used vitality to fuel powers and a fatigue system that was not so punishing. To ameliorate the impact on melee combatants perhaps an...

There was a great Halloween issue of Dragon (pre-Illithiad) #150 that was focused on Mind Flayer lore including a visit to a potential Mind Flayer 'homeworld' in 'The Sunset World'. It was a planet under a dying star cold and barren with the experiments of the Illithids eking out an existence...

Why would the Illithid want to extinguish such a wonderful supply of energy? The trick is converting the Sun's energy to something more amicable to the mauve skin persuasion. A lens/shield around the star to keep the energy harnessed for experimentation. Maybe have full light preserves for...

Ration fun like someone lost in the Sahara rations water, a few drips to make it last. Dry description and flat characterizations enable the fun to really stand out when it finally makes an appearance. One or two fun things per session with the remainder being a roll call like revelation of...

You know you're old when you are in the grocery store and the music is just playing all the right tunes.

As grognards begin to cross into the hereafter (not for a while I hope), Old School will become later and later. Old School is whenever you first learned the game. Particularly when rules were so dense, esoteric, and conflicting to new players. Old school D&D felt like an accomplishment to...

Anubis 52 Athena 51 Boccob 51 Lugh Lámfada 48+1=49 Odin 51 Olladra 50 Sehanine 43 Selune 51 Takhisis 43-2=41 Yondalla 51 We are almost to Lughnasad (Aug 1) cannot disrespect the god so close to his holiday. Tiamat by another name is still a monster, not a deity.

Runehammer 5E Hardcore Mode

Can we just focus down the Platinum Dragon? Leave him to rot on Krynn.