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Have you tried the new version OR? The baseline version is still dead simple, it just allows for adding extensions to do more stuff if you want. If you just want the bare bones, it has not gotten significantly more complex. Well, in the case of Owlbear Rodeo in think the issue was that doing...

The only real D&D themed whisky is Crown Royal - the whisky that came with its own dice bag.

Maybe. I already backed ToV and I am more confident of the direction Kobold is taking than what I have seem from WotC. But I am willing to give 5.5 a fair look when the dust settles.

I was 10. I overheard a couple of other kids at my school playing and was mesmerized. I went to the mall a couple of days later to buy a copy and they had both the Holmes basic set and the Metzner one. I ended up getting Holmes because it was $1 cheaper.

I tend to agree with the OP. From what I have seen WotC seems to be counting on the "cool factor" of a 3D VTT to sell their product. But I am skeptical how impressive it will actually be for anyone who has played BG3 or really any modern CRPG. Particularly if (as seems likely) their VTT is...

As Churchill once said "5E is the worst TTRPG except for all the others that I have ever tried." (People often misquote that one). I complain a lot about 5E and see many flaws, but after playing numerous other RPGs going back to 1E (and reading many, many others) I can't say that there is one...

Personally I liked SF much better than PF2. I get why it makes sense to have the two games run off the same system, but it is probably the end of SF for me.

Dwarves have French accents instead of Scottish ones. They love wine but wouldn't be caught dead drinking ale or mead.

The 5e Rising from the Last War is by far the best introduction to the setting. It is very focused on delivering the practical information you need: what are the key differences between Eberron and traditional fantasy settings, what are the interesting features of each region and faction, what...

Eberron. I have really liked the setting since it came out in 3E, but have never had a chance to play or run a game in the setting.

Congratulations on running your first session! Even better, you are coming back for more! Here is a couple of ideas for when players take things in an unexpected direction: Often player tangents can be abstracted with a skill or ability check. For example, say the PC's want to ask around the...

From the perspective of someone who buys a fair number of indy/3pp adventures I would say an adventure that was designed for an author's homebrew setting rather than one that was designed to fit into a generic campaign setting would almost certainly be a hard pass for me. This is particularly...

Ultimately the community is going to come up with a name for the 2024 edition/version/iteration. WotC is just missing out on the opportunity to choose the name itself by pretending that it is not actually a thing.

I really don't see how it is an "either/or" issue. In fact, seems like an excuse to do a poor job balancing a game: "it's not bad balance, it's good fun!" The OP example of wildshape is a good example: druids can do the fun thing, it just happens at a higher level. By the same token it's...

It sounds like maybe you are going in with the mind set of "I need to entertain these people" rather than "We are are all here have fun together." Yeah, a GM has a responsibility for prepping the game, but everyone involved should have a responsibility for making the game fun for the rest of...

Owlbear Rodeo is very simple to use, and you can get up and running really quickly. The base game is free, but the upcoming 2.0 version will charge like $3.50/mo for storage if that is what you want (you can also just store the maps locally and upload them when needed if you don't want to...

To the extent 5.5 introduces a "pitch clock" to require players to take their action within 20 seconds of their turn coming up, I am all for it!

I have been a fan of Shadowdark for a while now (including talking it up here) so it is great to see the Kickstarter doing so well!

Personally, I like what I have seen so far from PBF: 5E cleaned up a bit and rebalanced, but an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude.