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Infinite Shahrazad subgames! :love:

Genuinely what does this mean? I just buy Commander boxes and play with friends. I feel a bit out of the loop here.

As it should be.;) I've played "casual Magic" for nearly 10 years, and have never played another format. That's how i learnt it, and that's how it should be. Wait, have i become a "grognard" now?! I'm not even 30! :eek:

The in-fiction logic behind melee weapons (both magic and non-magic) harming intangible creatures is, to me, the idea that repeated strain from disrupting their true/ideal/platonic form eventually causes the animating magic to fail. Magic weapons make this happen faster. I generally don't...

Fizban, cuz Dragons are cool!

The Industrial Revolution And Its Consequences Have Been A Disaster For The Barbarian Class

Personally, the moment combat is about to start for any reason, it goes to initiative. Various circumstances simply determine the "Surprise" situation. I don't let anything completely "skip" or otherwise bypass the initiative mechanic unless it's completely and utterly incidental (i.e if a level...

That's what i felt too! This sorta thing combined with the Island/Tropical/Pirates vibe would be right at the top of DnD Settings i'd like to see material for. Sort of like a larger and more in-depth Planeshift: Ixalan combined with some more extensive "Pirates of the Caribbean" style stuff...

Blood Hunter is a very "moderately powered" class, from what i can tell (and the subclass everyone wants to play, Lycan Order, doubly so). I've never had anyone ask to play it but I'd probably allow it. It's "complicated" for a martial class, but less so than most any spellcaster. The "new"...

Are you looking for official races or fantasy art that all explicitly all have this, or DnD races that could have this (i.e Simic Hybrid, Warforged, Changeling, Tiefling).

Great to hear it's successful, but i do wish they'd do more.

I initially voted Ikoria from the list, but now that you've reminded me, Ixalan would be incredible! And i imagine a lot of stuff from such a book could be repurposed for running Maztica in the Forgotten Realms, too!

While i can absolutely respect the time you took to write this, ultimately i disagree completely. I don't think you can just divorce the "it's not fun" issue. In my mind, many of the "solutions" you present are to simply play (or "embrace") the aspects that make it not fun, and i don't think...

I was gonna say, i respect it for its place in DnD history, but this kind of art is definitely not for me, having grown up with the pure magic of digital fantasy art. Sort of like the Model T compared to a modern electric self-driving AI car.

That moves along to the rules for skill checks though. If something is impossible, you automatically fail. The most extreme example being trying to "hide" while crouching in front of someone, Skyrim style, but other factors could also make hiding an impossible check, depending on the situation.

Right, and in an ambush scenario that makes total sense, no issue. This thread seems to be about the various ways to rule hide-attack-hide-attack-hide-attack within a single combat.

I think this is the best approach.

Personally, i generally roll with the idea that if someone can clearly see you or where you are, you can't hide regardless of anything else. Exactly when these situations occur depends on the environment and other factors, so is situational. I'm pretty put off by Skyrim style stealth tactics, so...

It's fine to think that, but i think for ease of frame of reference, it helps to be aware of the most popular understanding of the character.

Spellcasting items all cost very little and weigh very little. After the first time they get "gatcha"ed, people just buy 10 and that's that. The only thing that changes is that people who care about their character not looking dumb feel worse.