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Other. The amount of HD characters have varies a great deal based on level and situation. This might provide some deterrent for lower level characters or ones who have already burned through most of their HD, but even a mid level character with full HD is going to have more than enough that...

I am going to start making D&D NFTs of course. Now that WotC has backed down, we can all just admit that was what we were really upset about the whole time.

You might also want to look at Arcane Library's Shadowdark RPG. It is basically an OSR game but with unified d20 checks for resolving everything and few other modern takes like advantage/disadvantage. The starter rules are free at the link with a kickstarter for the full game coming in a...

I have a hard time believing many of these claims. But a month ago I would have said there was no way WotC was going to try to revoke the OGL after spending two decades telling us they couldn't do it. Unfortunately, when you damage your credibility they way they have and prove the worst...

I don't think so - I just think WotC believed they had all the leverage and could dictate whatever terms they wanted. I imagine they were shocked when none of the big players signed on. Moreover, signing on to the version 1.1 means you give up the right to produce material under 1.0. I think...

It is not just Patreon - we have seen dozens of companies put out public apologies to their customers after missteps. I don't believe I have ever seen one that included anything remotely similar to "we both won." The target audience for this non-apology clearly wasn't their customers, it was...

I am not saying you are wrong for having an emotional attachment to a name or brand. Lots of people remain fiercely loyal to a sports team, even though over time it changes players, coaches, uniforms, stadiums and even cities - literally the only thing that remains the same over time is the...

The really significant part of the Gizmodo article: "According to multiple sources, these immediate financial consequences were the main thing that forced them to respond....According to those sources, in meetings and communication with employees, WotC management’s messaging has been that fans...

I will continue with 5E, but at this point I don't have much interest picking up the One D&D revision when it comes out. I do play other systems, and the latest missteps by WotC have motivated me to put more time and money in trying out other games.

The fact is, as long as they have the unilateral right to revise the license any time they want they can just add all of this back in bit by bit over time. The community may not be happy if they add, say the royalty provision back into the OGL - but how many people are going to cancel DDB over...

I am a lawyer. I have no professional expertise on this topic, have not done any specific research, and am not providing legal advice. This is based on my understanding of general U.S. contract law and other lawyers I have seen/read discussing this issue. As an overriding principle, where a...

The whole point of using a grid is clarity and simplicity. So everything needs to "snap to grid" or it just becomes pointless. If a 5x5 AOE can span multiple squares, then can't characters just stand half in one square and half in another to avoid the part of square that is covered by the...

Arcane Library has quite a few "one shot" adventures designed for minimal prep. There is a free sample at the linked website another free sample available at DM's Guild.

Making the core books longer (and inevitably more expensive) is going to raise the barrier for new players, not lower it.

Do DM's NEED to trust their players? No, the game runs just fine when dice are rolled in the open and character sheets are available for inspection. Lots of organized play games, for example, assume the DM should check character sheets before the game starts. Do I WANT to trust the players...

In my group we all do this. Then the other players all make fun of the person who pointed out the mistake for being like the kid in school who would say "teacher, you forgot to assign us any homework today."

"You all meet in a tavern" is the biggest cliché in marketing. Hope they can come up with something marginally original for the next movie.

To my mind "death sucks" is the feature, not the bug (I say this as someone who plays more than DMs). The fact that it is unpleasant and even sometimes random is what makes me as a player invested in the game, particularly combat. Yes I have had some disappointing games when a beloved...

That is definitely a cool opening! My first though is to make the old woman a former god. Maybe she was kicked out by the other gods and stripped of most of her power, but she still knows where these artifacts are that are the sources of the god's power, and can be used to destroy them...

I would say 2D with substantive, rather than graphical features. I like a fair bit of automation, but other than dynamic lighting don't feel the need for visual effects (e.g., animated maps or tokens). ATM I don't have much interest in 3d / VR stuff. That said the technology is still just in...