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A computer could do both of these things. Dungeon mastery isn't just about balanced encounter design or clever narration; it's about the relationship between the players and the dungeon master. It's about knowing how your players want the campaign to develop moment to moment and letting them...

Oh. So that's why everyone seems to think Eberron is popular. ;)

This makes sense to me. I have been watching the Hasbro game shelves at my local Target for years waiting for first the D&D4 and then the D&D5 starter sets to show up, and they never have. Not super happy about the circumstances, but more exposure is good. Folks who shop at FLGSes are likely...

You’ll get no argument from me on that point. FFS. For years, WotC said no original settings for D&D5 until the old settings had been addressed. Then, Ravnica. Who doesn’t know Ravnica is an M:TG thing? Our respective planets don’t share a definition of awesome, apparently.

And yet, until yesterday morning, it was going to be either Planescape or Greyhawk. I even heard some Spelljammer expectations, because of the "clear link" from Saltmarsh's nautical content. I guess I could have been clearer with my criticism, but I thought the tinfoil hat reference was plain...

Good. Maybe now we can put away the tinfoil hats and red yarn. WotC doesn't broadcast their intentions at best and is willing to wholesale mislead their fans at worst. Lesson learned, right everyone? Congratulations, Eberron fans, although I'm not sure how surprised you should be, given that...

Thanks for bringing me up to speed. I'll, uh, just be over here in the corner crying quiet tears of joy.

I want nothing more than to just shut up and applaud. It is nice to see this sidebar any time it turns up. It is nice to see Greyhawk as the "default" rather than one of the "options." But my question is this: what does the rest of the book say on the topic? Does it actually matter? Does...

Daniel Horne -- 18 Keith Parkinson -- 22 Jeff Easley -- 25 Larry Elmore -- 12 Clyde Caldwell -- 19 David Trampier -- 20 "NO MORE CHOCOLATE OR NO MORE HUGS?" "What? I don't know, I--" "CHOOSE."

The thing I find most compelling about D&D5 is the fact that anytime I sit down with the books to do campaign planning, I am reminded in a flood of all the things it does not do that D&D4 did, or that D&D3 did, or that Pathfinder does, or that AD&D2 did... ...but when I sit down at the table...

Gyor necro'd this thread after four years, so I feel justified in re-necroing it after only six months. :) It is apparently still serving its purpose. I feel like, by Planescape's own rules, if the Greek gods did this and were successful, Carceri and Gehenna would flip, or at least Carceri...

For other things. :)

"D&D Essentials," huh? Really, guys? Too soon. In fact, it will never not be too soon. Just remove that word from the branding lexicon now. Maybe set it on fire, maybe pee on the ashes. Better safe than sorry. Half Life 3 confirmed. If we are getting a new setting announcement I doubt...

Greyhawk: Gygax's history, your future. It's tough to sum up what makes Greyhawk great in a sound bite. It is prototypical and it is not for everyone. It's flat out a different animal to most other fantasy settings, which generally follow the Forgotten Realms model, because people and events...

There's nothing explicitly wrong with this. D&D is Forgotten Realms now. Fine. But I really wish fans would stop congratulating WotC for it. Homogenization is not 'multi-setting support.' It's not thoughtful or groundbreaking. It's not even good.

Whoops, looks like it's time to pull the trigger on that Dark Heresy 2e PDF purchase I've been putting off.

Whoops, looks like it's time to pull the trigger on that Dark Heresy 2e PDF purchase I've been putting off.

Well now, this is exciting. Still a lot of unknowns, especially considering that most official Wizards 5th Edition releases are not available on DMsGuild.com, but if the final result of this is that a user gets a functional, standalone PDF of a given sourcebook and VTT support... ...that...

You're right! The acid sharks were from Dungeonscape. That makes more sense.

Used it extensively, character and setting rules both. Used them. The DSG taught me how to make isometric maps, and that a pickaxe does 1d20 damage. Why wouldn't you use it?! Used it. Sold it. Regretted it. Bought a used copy at a premium. Oh, gods, don't I wish. I was forced into...