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They act as a primer for the players and a way for them to think about interacting with the world. Bastions, in a sense, do support sandbox play. They give the players something outside of the DM prepped adventure to do. I think you can argue that Bastions is meant to expand and support sandbox...

There used to be a lot more across the older editions to support this as regular play such a hirelings and level titles. I think that assisted in getting players to think in terms of what they can do outside of their character alone. This changed with 3e and has continued to slide. I find it...

Well, the point of the thread seems to be "don't let Hasbro affect whether you play 5e." Hasbro's actions only affect whether I play 5e when considering content. For instance, I will continue to play 5.0. I will not adopt 5.5. So WOTC's design decisions affect whether I play their current...

I am tired of the term "misinformation" just as I got tired of the term "my truth" and it is often the same people using the terms. Two people often often draw different conclusions from the same facts or view events through different lens or experiences. People can watch the same live video...

That has happened in the past. Almost all the major civs are shattered right now.

I also use ley lines and magic nodes in my setting. (a bit like valdemar) Arcane casters can tap those at higher levels or attune to them in some cases if they accept the risks. They have to be in range to use them. Finally, I yanked the astral/ethereal and Wyrd system from Deverry. I am...

Yes. Wizards are rare in my settings. Large cities or major kingdoms may have a higher concentration but even then they are few.

Duplicate post.

There are no rules around who can become a wizard or sorc other than some rules around stats. Of course, those rules are for the players. The DMG remains silent on this one for NPCs so I follow the all powers not designated to the rules are awarded to the DM philosophy.

My current campaign is my version of the Bronze Age collapse. The southern civs were just destroyed by a volcanic eruption, tsunami and 9.7 quake. The campaign started far to the north after a year of winter and no one knows what caused it yet but the area is getting attacked by pirates and...

It makes perfect sense. You have to be able to manipulate magic before you can be trained. Every one of my worlds require someone to have Spark or Talent. The same goes for clerics and paladins who must be blessed by divinity. Casters are rare in my worlds. Many may have talent and are never...

I am pretty sure Backerkit eats fewer dollars and most people have to use it to manage the after process anyway. Others like Monte Cook and Goodman have switched.

Alternatively, new GMs should not run sandbox campaigns. They should get their feet wet by running modules and discovering how to run a session and learning their own style. I can see why the DMG focused on new DMs would push them into the best path to learn how to be a DM

Do you know how difficult it is to get players to make decisions? I try to allow agency and tell them they can pursue their own businesses or build keeps etc. I never get anyone to make the effort.

Agreed. I thought it popped.

I have never heard of that app but I have not used Roll20 much. I grew to dislike their interface although I have some content purchased there.

Yes. I own the basic licenses and the PF1e stuff on it.

I just spent way too much money getting stuff I thought I had backed and missed.

True. I think it would be cool either way. I have been wanting to play older editions again but I also want new fancy tools to use with them. I still have e-tools and my 2e disks but I would sub to a modern site in an instant to have a DDB-like experience for older editions of D&D.

Yep. Think of the data mining. They could release the player created monsters into the wild and the most popular ones get taken for official releases. This way, they crowd source a lot of design. It may not be great for the current devs though.