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The problem with 5E is that the baseline is magic. Animal Friendship is the default for resolving befriending animals instead of an Animal Handling skill check. Mundane mimics the magical instead of spells supplanting skills. It is fundamental to 5E. Changing that paradigm is beyond the scope of...

This is an interesting tack to take. What if you required certain foci to cast spells at the creature? You need the Book of Ashanti to cast spells/cantrips at Demon Lord Zrag'gt. Pennythimble, Marquis of the Unseelie Court requires a cold iron wand to break his spell immunity. This makes the...

So your group wants 'all killa, no filla'? Like an Action RPG? That is a different ask than a 32-page adventure. Fill the 60% empty halls with random mooks, echoing other monsters in the dungeon. Vary the CR from laughable to challenging. Should keep the group hopping without making you burn out.

I get wanting lower magic settings/style after playing for a long time. Part of the wonder missing from magic is umpteen campaigns of having spells slung around by PCs and monsters. Even a campaign with rare spellcasters and wondrous items will seem less magical simply from a 'been there, done...

This thread has taken a serious tangent... Charisma, Wisdom, or Intelligence fighters. We have subclasses that accomplish this with some hefty caveats, Hexblade being the most notable for Charisma. So it already can be done in 5E, but typically it is to allow a spellcaster to be at least...

I understand the feeling. Not the wrecking part per se, essentially a campaign is like a big dominoes setup; it is meant to be knocked down. The feeling I get before a campaign starts is more like the parent of a toddler, I am constantly checking and safety proofing everything that could go...

Acererak is exactly my concern for using Vecna. ToA is a decent adventure, cultural issues aside, but Acererak is a generic villain. Why not use the actual history and setting available villains? Save Vecna for Planescape or gasp Greyhawk. Do not turn him generic. Equally, if they did use Szass...

I do believe there is a great design space for a simplified caster like the warlock. This is the niche the sorcerer should have had, but that ship has sailed. Maybe psionics could fill this gap or a set of primal casters like a shaman. Limited spells with modifiable effects and additional powers...

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. - The Necromancer's Mantra I like this idea. It also would play well with my plan of running Phandelver in Greyhawk. The problem is that Vecna would feel shoehorned into Forgotten Realms. Szass Tam fills the mastermind chess playing lich for FR and would tie in with the...

Orcs as the champions of good? Cool. Long ago when the world was new, the gods fought to claim the world from the Demon, the Aberration, the Fae, and the Dead. Their victory was total and the time came to divide the spoils. Moradin claimed the mountains and hills for the dwarves using his...

While my statement was an allusion to the Mark of Cain, shame is not assigned to someone, it is felt from within. LaNasa needs to be made an example for a better world.

I echo Darjr, the cover is gorgeous. The fighter character sheet gives me all the right feels. Excited for B&B!

Why are we feeling bad for rooting on the Corporate lawyers? Do we want a plucky young lawyer to fight this? No, we want an army of Goliaths stomping and extirpating NuTSR. The cause is just and we want the best methods possible. Legal scorched earth. I want LaNasa's children's children feel the...

Sacrosanct why have you invoked my name? Oh... Personage eh... Butt-Kicking for Goodness!

On the one hand, if you and everyone at your table are cool with having always evil humanoids, have at it. Do what works for your group. On the other hand, the fun of having humanoids is they are humanlike, good and bad. Demons and Devas are caricatures of sapient creatures. They have no free...

I will also recommend I2 Tomb of the Lizard King. Great module. Lots of great memories of running and playing it. I also enjoyed Ssscaly Things from Dungeon #70. Lizardfolk and ruined towers in the Mere of Dead Men north of Waterdeep.

True. 1E, 2E, 3.xE, and I am about to run my family through Lost Mines of Phandelver set in Sterich but starting in Keoland in Gradsul in place of Neverwinter. King Kimbertos and House Rhola are trying to expand the Empire again by helping their poor cousins in the March stabilize the war-torn...

I'm usually a nostalgia guy, but these leave me flat. I think we are spoiled by the sheer variety and quality of monster art these days. The price point is steep but these are not meant for table use, this is a collector-focused release. I know a few people who will grab these when they are...

It's simple. You don't have someone who is colorblind pick house paint colors without having another set of eyes look it over before you work on the siding. D&D Design needs to have a Sensitivity/Inclusivity editor on its team. The ideas going into this version of Spelljammer to allude to...