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Anticipating the Butlerian Jihad

I hope it becomes the standard, not only the shorter modules are easier to use and insert into an ongoing campaign, lately the quality of the short modules is way better than the campaign books. I guess it's because the campaigns are suffering from the "too much authors" problem, it's visible...

It's very easy to design a short character that doesn't resemble a child. See Barcus, Kagain, Yeslick, Quayle, Tiax etc. Or a recent example that had a sex scene, Harding from DATV.

The truth is ducks are a platypus-bird hybrid.

It's not for me as the DM to decide. It's for the player's with their actions and the dice.

Not cool, Pioneer wasn't the biggest format but enough people play it in the FLGS I use to play and it was my favourite. I'm not a fan of UB and I think it really dilutes what makes MTG fun for me. (Yeah, I'm a vorthos and although I'm not mad, I'm sad)

After I've seen many and many online debates about if Gandalf is a level 5 magic-user, a cleric, a paladin or an angel, I have a new proposal: he's a fey.

I love the cover art! It scratches my Keith Parkinson itch.

I'm a bit bummed it isn't Brazilian OSR anymore. The LATAM TTRPG scene is really cool and avantgarde.

For 5e: if you you're healed from 0 HP you're still unconscious for 1d10 minutes

Looks like they changed the badge of the Zentharin again. And to be honest, the "Z" snake is a bit silly.

I always find funny when I click to see the latest page from a thread and I can't understand what it has to do with the topic and how the discussion went that way... Until I notice I clicked the wrong thread. It's me, I'm wrong on the internet today.

Not yet, but I'll make sure to read it! Thank you for the recommendation.

I like them as mixed bags too. As I presume the "intention" behind the five factions they choose for original 5e is that each one is on a represents a point of the alignment chart: Zentharin as the most Evil of the bunch, the Lord's Alliance as the Lawful faction focused on bringing order and...

As much as I would like to believe it, I doubt the Forgotten Realms novels will be set on 1492 DR forever :(

Why everything I read about DC20 seems suspiciously close to a disguised paid ad?

Grey Box had a primer to the realms in the players booklet, and the crunchier mechanics like subduing a dragon, wilderness traveling and some adventures on the DM's booklet. I think these new books will be similar: Player's book have character options, factions and general knowledge stuff like...

Slightly related: one reference I like that depicts this turning point from the "nightmare monster" to the shades of grey approach is Metroid 2: you spend the whole game extinguinshing an parasitic alien race clearly inspired in the Alien movie. Then in the last moments you find the last egg of...

I mean, I also love the 4e's chaotic cityscape, but my players mostly solved it through the last decade and even found the real Alagondar heir in my last RotF campaign! I need some fresh chaos to replace the old chaos :ROFLMAO:

I tend to disagree. I see the presence of children and non-combatent orcs as a sign the author intended them as more than stacks of HP and game tokens. Gygax had a very "naturalistic" approach to game design. I would say that even if orcs and goblins were just piles of HP to give you XP...