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On a positive note, I’d like to have a Redwall campaign style game. Not necessarily Bloomburrow, but something with anthro races build from the ground up and not trying to convert MtG to D&D (I was very disappointed with Strixhaven trying to shoehorn MtGs magic system to D&D).

Too bad, if that is the case. She doesn’t seem to like fanfic either, but in my opinion if you can’t handle your fanbase adding to or making stuff, don’t put it out in the public.

I used to want Dark Sun or Birthright, but after recent releases - I don't want WotC within 100 yards of either.

Is this another case of foot-in-mouth syndrome for WotC?

3E. It was supported in all aspects - class, spells, magic items, and everything else. Though 5E is worthy of mention by going past alignment to bonds, flaws and ideals.

For 5E, I like inserting the BS logic that since undead have ties to the negative/shadow plane they don't register to darkvision because that sort of vision is "stripping away the darkness*", and thus supresses the essence of undeath. * D&D has always treated both cold and darkness not as the...

That was done in 2E with the 1st level spell Cantrip, and it wasn't worth bothering with. I like having them as extra little tricks you can play around with without eating into the spell economy, but I don't want them to be unlimited in their use.

I've loved cantrips since I first encountered them in 1E's Unearthed Arcana. But I am not enamored with 5E's implementation.

Xanathar's, or Monster Manual Expanded II. I'm hoping soon it will be my Bestiary Malfearous or Amberos Campaign Guide - working on revisions to both (rejiggering CR's for the former, reviewing/updating lore and reformatting for the 2nd).

I used to be a forever DM, but because I wanted to - and from many player stories I'd heard about other DMs, didn't trust other people to run the game. Though, every once in while I did get to do other games than D&D. I don't fit Matt's definition of "Forever DM", but I still feel the title...

Oh, I used to love the fact that for 1E/2E Infravision, undead didn't show up because they were the same temperature as the air around them. :devil:

As long as the rogue is able to get sneak attack on their turn and is either using two weapons or getting advantage to better the chance to land a blow, they seem to be fine (at least for the levels I've played) in combat. Using strike-disengage-move out of melee gives you a longer life and...

In my opinion, if your players aren't using damage cantrips you aren't throwing enough encounters at them between rests. Leveled spells should be for clutch moments, surmounting non-combat obstacles* or about 1-per-combat. Or at least, that's what I'd like to see. * That the group doesn't...

For me, doesn't really solve the problem. Someone has to be there to cast it, or you start wondering why every trap-filled dungeon has glyphs with this on it. For me, the problem is it's a no brainer issue. If you have unlimited Guidance or Mage Hand, there's no reason NOT to use it every...

Yeah, recently when I was putting together a one-shot 2E game for my family I used the 2E Core Rules apps to build the characters, rather than try and dust off memories from over 20 years ago. Got stuck making my wife's Halfling Cleric who had Wis 18. Only to discover that Halflings can only...

I think they may be going on the axiom "free as in free speech, not free beer".

I wonder how difficult it would be to extract the assets (minis, walls, etc.) for other (personal) uses. Or if any other product currently existing could even read them in.

Always more to learn, but the books I've been putting together for my own Frankenstein version has got me pretty familiar with the rules - at least in theorycraft. Actual play/DM experience is a lot lower, but I'm getting there. Still, several hundred hours of messing with this stuff in one...

I go with uses per long rest - either using PB (preferred) or spellcasting modifier.

I'm testing with some tweaks - Darkvision 120 ft., and while the aura lasts a minute, a given character only gets the THP and removal of fear/charm once during the duration, not every turn. Still getting the cover for a minute seems fairly helpful and probably more than it should do considering...