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Wow, you made my head explode again. I had no idea she'd written the Catacombs guide!

Ok, so this is a bit long, but ultimately quite fascinating (at least to me). So, recently, I discovered a website called www.adventurelookup.com. Whoever created this thing deserve a good backrub, or something, because it's awesome. It's a database of D&D modules. So, I was using it to do...

I'll look into that module. What I've cooked up thus far... The main villain is an alchemist (in 5th edition, that's a wizard, basically), but I'm just calling him "The Alchemist". He's affiliated with Talos, Talona, and Malar so far. Malar priests are on board because of the tarrasque, and...

Solid advice. I think I was already heading down that path. In my mind, I've expanded the "BBEG wizard/lich" into a whole cabal of vile religious factions, each with their own roles and agendas. That's expanding the scope quite a bit. I just have to work through all the moving parts.

I really like some of these ideas. I think what I'm going to do is carry out some of these ideas to their logical conclusions and see where they head up. So far, in my thinking, I've decided that the plague victims end up "dying" once their strength hits zero, but they're not actually dead (at...

Hey hivemind, I'm working on a new campaign and I've got a decent handle on the beginning and the end, but it's the middle part I'm trying to fill in. (this is 5e) Summary: Cultists unleash a plague on a town by tainting the food supply. The resulting plague drains strength. Then, they start...

Hmm, that's a VERY interesting idea. I actually have a friend that works at AOL. I should reach out...

I already PM'd them. No response. They do appear active, though perhaps they are simply ignoring us for some weird reason.

I don't want to completely dismiss people's recollections (since there are several). Although it is telling that the phrase doesn't appear online in any searchable form even though there is reliable data on here, usenet, and rpg.net going back to the early 2000s. I mean, it is curious that...

If we're talking more broadly, I'd have to say that the index in the PHB and DMG actually, and completely suck. My other biggest criticism of the PHB (for example), is that the rules are just buried in places. As a long-time DM, but new to 5e when I first picked up these books, I wanted "the...

That's pretty silly alright. WAY, way back in high school, I played Ultima VI over the summer. I figured out that Dupre (the strong one) could, if he emptied his backpack, carry a canoe in it. If my party walked up to a river, I'd take it out of backpack, drop it in the river, put all my party...

I think the addition of a "spell component pouch" in the equipment section kind of encourages people to basically ignore the rule. You just buy that pouch, and you're golden for the rest of the campaign. Unless it's stolen, I guess. Which, I think is mostly OK. Some components are rather...

Whatever you make, have him only speak in haiku.

I also feel like game is getting a lot more diverse. I joined a local facebook group (two, actually) for D&D, and one of them, I actually facetimed with a girl who was trying to learn how to be a DM. She was A) a girl, and B) Asian. Which, from a historical perspective on the typical demographic...

I have a big fishing tackle box full of miniatures, and a small fishing tackle box full of smaller, more common things that I take to conventions (mostly it has PCs, and a few common, small monsters). I've also started to display some of the larger ones in my china cabinet in the kitchen area...

Morrus should start a poll asking if people at any point in their entire lives, had accidentally pooped their pants, even just a little bit. Would be interesting to see the poll results on that one.

Incidentally, I found posts on rpg.net going to back to 2001 (although I'm not sure how far back it actually goes). And the earliest reference there for "murderous hobo" is still 2007. That's at least a full 6 years where it apparently hasn't yet entered common parlance.

I don't want to dismiss people's recollections, which is why I'm interested in understanding where those people are from. If everyone who recalls using the phrase happens to come from north-central U.S., perhaps the origins could be traced to a specific Gen Con, for example. But it seems...

That user Sage Genesis appears to still be active on rpg.net. Not sure I have an account over there. Maybe I'll register and PM him to find out if he invented it then, or if he got it from somewhere else.