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Here are some thoughts I'm having about the campaign setting: This used to be a land of gods. The gods, in the forms of giant animals or people, kept the land protected from the corrupting influence of other planes, such as Hell and the Far Realm. In return, the people worshiped them, and that...

Note: This thread is an offshoot of one I started here, a thread which focused on preparing for Session 0 for my new campaign. In this thread, I want to focus more on the setting the players made, and start brainstorming ideas for it. Last week I had a fantastic Session 0 with four...

I always wanted to do an All Goblinoid campaign (goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears, oh my!) in which the characters would be low level grunts in the hobgoblin army. They could work their way up the system through missions, backstabbing, and dirty politics, or try to form a rebellion against the...

The Session 0 went great! All the players were super enthusiastic and overflowing with ideas. We flipped through various books and talked about what they wanted to play. Then we went through the Campaign Creation Questions. I just facilitated, revoiced, and clarified. Here's the campaign...

Is Slow House the show where the doctor solves medical mysteries, but really slowly? "It's.............. .................... ..........lupus..." ... I watched some of the first season of Slow Horses when I had Apple TV and really enjoyed it. I want to read the book series.

We are 30 minutes out from Session 0! I can't wait to find out what kind of campaign this is going to be.

Yeah, I'm just pulling in stuff like that since I've already designed it in the past and I get a kick out of it.

Here's a couple more house rules. A while back I came up with this rule for Spell Foci, which I like: Potions: Drinking a potion is a bonus action. Administering a potion to another creature is an action. Arcane Spell Focus Crystal - A crystal can be attached to a shield. Orb - There is a 10%...

Here are some house rules I'm considering introducing tomorrow: Races Ability Score Increase All characters gain a +2 to one Ability Score and +1 to a second Ability Score, no matter their race. Dragonborn Breath Weapon: Damage die increased by 1d6 (so 3d6 at 1st level), and can be used on...

I have not been keeping up with spell-related UA at all.

I'm considering changing some cantrips before I start my new campaign. I'd like to combine Guidance and Resistance into a single spell: Divine Inspiration Divination Cantrip Casting Time: 10 minutes Range: 100 ft Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You perform a divine prayer...

Well I've finally done it. After moving to Atlanta 18 months ago, I've finally found some folks who want to play D&D! I am very excited and wanted to post some initial thoughts here. I'll also be posting some house rules I'm considering. The players are all brand new to TTRPGs. Two of the...

At some point you might just have to accept that your experiences gaming are just very different from most of the people in the discussion.

Any time someone starts a poster with "so what you're saying is..." it seems like they always end it with the most extreme, least charitable version of the other poster's opinion. I feel like I'm seeing a lot of threads lately in which folks are trying to defend their own nuanced opinions, but...

I think D&D is going to grow even more in media presence and normality. It might even grow beyond articles claiming "D&D isn't just for kids anymore."

Well, I think I've said what I'm going to say as clearly as I can, and that's about all I can do. I'm bowing out of this conversation. Good luck with your gaming!

One thing to consider is that, by default, the DM does lead the story. The times a DM might be finding conflict are when the players don't have buy-in. In those times, one way to resolve the conflict is to shift the focus of the game to something the players are more interested in. In my view...

As a DM I'm just as likely to give the DC to any character, not just those that are proficient. Me: The ancient wall of the building is made from loose, crumbling stones. Thorny vines grow in patches. It's a DC 18 to climb the wall without falling, and you'll have to make a Dex Saving Throw to...

In my last campaign a random encounter had some Meazels (evil fey) having killed the sailors on a raft heading downriver. After the fey were dispatched the characters found three giant pigs on the raft. The pigs were meant for the market downriver, but instead the characters adopted them and...

Group pets are really fun. I'm not talking about official familiars or beast master companions, but the stray dog adopted by the party, or the faerie dragon following you for spare magic items. Once I ran a game in which some grateful goblins gave the characters a gobdog, a green-furred mix of...