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I think it's a freaking fantastic idea, and one which goes to show why I prefer tabletop RPGs over CRPGs any time I have a choice of either. Talk about making an indelible change to the campaign world...

Side note: I can think of very few nerdier things that arguing over the attack matrices from a game published in 1979. Perhaps only exceeded by arguing over proper nested loop control in the ALGOL 60 programming language, or something... :) I have to agree with others that "rules gumbo" seemed...

I've known some to say that the desire to play off-the-wall combos sometimes stems from a desire to escape the mundane nature of a 9-to-5, spouse-and-kids-and-the-family-dog life than many people have. Have you ever wondered if people who live extraordinary lives, like say Sir Christopher Lee...

I voted #3, but I include elements of 4 as well -- a DM should be able to make any restriction, BUT with the caveat that it should be known in advance of character creation, and should work really hard to work with the players for anything that they feel need to be altered mid-campaign, rather...

In my case, Dragon Heist and Mad Mage are two of the few scenario products I've bought (the last was Tales from the Yawning Portal) -- but I haven't reviewed yet because I'm too busy prepping to run Dragon Heist. I'll definitely put up a review once I'm done, and probably closer to Christmas...

I have to say the concept of the biohacker leaves me a bit cold, feeling like the description could have been filled by alternate class feature picks for the mechanic; however, the vanguard and witchwarper sound pretty cool and add a lot of flavor. The Vanguard feels ripped straight out of Mass...

Kev ran a fantasy GUMSHOE game at a previous NC Gameday (This year's, I think?) so I shouldn't be surprised. Given TimeWatch's quality, this should be a lot of fun. As for suitability, I've stolen GUMSHOE's core "proficiency gating" mechanic many times for other games, pathfinder and 5e...

I just read over both pretty carefully, and I don't see anything against it, with the caveats that: 1) it takes two separate spells to do this (couldn't use one spell to fuel both abilities); 2) you need to be 7th level (level 5 hexblade and level 2 paladin) to get it rolling. But yeah, it's a...

One of the greatest assets to 5e is its ease at conversion of old AD&D materials (the early 1e stuff, anyway) to 5e equivalents. I have successfully converted the old modules B2, C1, UK4, and A1 to 5e over the past few years, and largely the challenges have stayed the same (I had to alter a few...

Actually it makes perfect sense to me that on average people who are stigmatized would have developed social skills to compensate for their stigmas - class clowns, over-achievers, people who are considered “hard-nosed” or very imposing because they had to stand up for themselves to avoid getting...

Umbran explained my thoughts better than I could, so ditto. 🙂 Just because the themes those races represent feel old doesn’t mean they’re still not a relevant thing, and not well-represented by those races. A while back I was on a kick of tossing out all the “non-standard” races too, (no...

I like it! Not too powerful, and offers some variant tactical choice. Two corrections: It's missing the type of saving throw. WIS, perhaps? Maybe (if you want to give it some interesting flavor), perhaps it's a save of the same type as the ability increase picked? In my opinion, there are too...

Also, don't forget as a balancing mechanic that you don't have to give away the farm in a feat; you can always say, "+1 to {STAT} and plus the following effects:" That way, you can limit the scope of the extra powers a bit more and not feel like you have to give tons of abilities to make a feat...

I think the deities included were part of what turned me off, because it reminded me of my early campaigns where I would grab this god from this setting, that god from that setting, make up a few new ones in between because my setting was so unique and original, and call it my own. This...

In some Hallmarks, Cracker Barrels, etc. I've seen those little paperbacks that list notable events and creative works produced in the year someone was born - It's funny to look back to one from, say, 1960, and see: -First TV Presidential debate -Roy Orbison "Only the Lonely" -1st contraceptive...

It can surprise someone to know that World of Warcraft is almost 15 years old, and that Everquest came out 20 years ago - neither feels "classic" or "retro" to me, but then we've also seen THREE separate Spider-Man franchises within that same time period, reminding me how damned old I am... :)

Well, according to It's a Wonderful Life, ...or something like that...

Mordenkainen’s Sword - when cast by anyone but Mordenkainen, it performs as the spell. If cast by Mordenkainen, it does double the damage listed and doesn’t suck. ;)

Also, if you have a budget in mind, or don’t know what the gamers wants that well, a bookstore or Amazon gift card is a great gift, to make the rulebook or other item cheaper for them at least. If it’s budgetary, just tell them with an accompanying note what it’s for, and that will personalize...

Yeah, 21-year-old me and his friends would have done that with glee (and possibly beer), but forty-something me and his friends now have less table-time, weaker CON scores, and a need for a little more plot and RP than what the mega-dungeons of old had. I may still pick this up, if nothing else...