Search results

Agree with all of this and this is my experience DMing as well. And none of that requires a WotC defined Adventuring Day with a set number of encounters to achieve, hence the change in the discussion to pacing. The pace will change based on a lot of factors. The only downside is that a DM...

I made the comparison to highlight the fact that player decisions about risk/reward drive the decision to long rest. As you mentioned, there is rarely consequence for long resting as much as you want in BG3 (if you have the resources) and yet when I played, I constantly pushed an adventuring...

Yes, it's still important that the DM pace things out, but that will vary by group and situation by their risk/reward calculation. For example, in BG3, my wife likes to long rest after just about every encounter that she can rest after, whereas I like to push it as far as I can between long...

So if I had to guess, the reason that the adventuring day guidelines were removed from the DMG is because WotC realized that it's not DMs who determine the length of the adventuring day, it's the PCs. Depending on their personal taste for risk against the rewards being offered to continue, PCs...

Don't know if it's set up this way, but what would really be helpful is if it was broken down like this Hard - A challenge for PCs at near full resources, potentially deadly if at half or below Medium - A challenge for PCs at half resources, potentially deadly if at low Easy - A challenge for...

This is so spot on. Like, the Stealth/Hide/Invisible Condition rules are so well done for 95%+ of situations that new players will run into, and completely easy for an experienced DM to rule in a way that makes sense in a specific situation. I agree that there is purpose behind the designers...

My username dates back to my early 80s arcade days, with their 3 character limit for high scores. Instead of my full initials 'ONB' I added in my love of Star Wars to become OB1 (sometimes OBI if I couldn't choose numericals).

Love that they're breaking the treasure tables into the types of monsters that would likely have that type of treasure. Super helpful for designing adventures around PCs desire to get a specific type of magic item. As for the crafting rules, I'm a little surprised that at a minimum the...

Oh, and I lost track of the 3rd Elven ring this season. The Elven king and Galadrial have 2, who has the other?

Gandalph get's a B from me only because of the decision not to drag out the 'mystery' of who he was for another season. That 'reveal' didn't work nearly as good as the Sauron reveal last season, but I thought they at least were able to tie it to the arc of his character (even if it was a bit...

Thought they really stuck the landing with episode 8, the Galadrial, Sauron, Celebrimbor, Adar and Durin plot lines were all A+. Elrond, Numenier, the Hobbits and Gandolph I'd give a solid B.

I think it's the 'commonly want in the game' part that's the problem. Experienced DMs simply have too wide a range of want's to make this efficient. That said, I think it would be great if they give some specific examples in relation to building your own campaign, and would love to see their...

I think that since 2014, WotC's focus has been on onboarding new customers first, appealing to veteran players 2nd. I think they correctly surmised that veteran players tastes fracture at a level that makes it difficult to create a product that appeals to all of them, and so instead work to...

For me personally, magic items, the lore glossary, and the art are the big reasons for purchase. For the hobby in general, a solid tutorial on how to DM D&D. We know that lack of DMs is the biggest choke point for the hobby growing, and a book focused on teaching new DMs (as the 24 DMG...

Right, and I'm saying that the best person to write those rules is the DM of the game that wants to use them, not WotC. Providing a set of 'official' variants works against the desire to give the game to the table that it's being played at.

Exactly! And a Google search will be far more effective for any specific DM to find something relevant to their game than 100 pages of variant rules in the DMG would be. Another cool way to emphasize this would be for the Greyhawk setting guide to have a few variant rules laced into it.

Right, but how many DMs want variant rest rules, slow natural healing and full encumbrance? Ask 100 DMs what variant rules they'd like in the DMG, and you'll probably get 100 different answers. There are thousands of knobs that could be turned by any DM, depending on what they and their table...

Regarding variant rules, it feels like rather than give pages and pages of rules that only a small percentage of DMs might use, that they will reduce it down to perhaps two 'master' rules. DM Rulings (in the moment) and DM House Rules (permanent changes). Give a couple of play examples for...

This thread made me think of a related question. You choose a specific weapon, not the property to know, right? So you choose Dagger (Nick) but that doesn't mean you can also use a Light Hammer (which also has Nick) unless you swap it out on a long rest, right? I can't find anything that...

Love that in chapter 2 they are going to give advice on running Social and Exploration encounters in addition to running combat. My guess is this will be the section where they also talk about DM rulings over rules and thus making the game work for you and your table.