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But i think this is one of the reasons why many people are "afraid" of unleashing technology in their (high) fantasy; our own history teaches us that technology grows at an exponential rate. From roughly 1750 on, the "genre" of the game changes every 50 year, every 25 years from 1850, and then...

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." - Elminster, probably...

Not sure about what they “should” be, but I know what I’d like them to be for my (mostly medieval-ish) campaigns. My ideal levels of techs are all over the place: I don’t mind anachronism when compared to real-life eras. In true Tolkien style, technology levels are relatively static, with...

I will bring a pen and a pencil to our pen&pencil games (and while we’re at it, an eraser too). No more “hey, can I borrow a pencil?” for me in 2024!

I see two great shapeshifting archetypes (which in context of 5e could become subclasses of a single shapeshifting class) A shapeshifter specialized (or even restricted) to a single form, akin to lycantropy (presumably a combat-oriented one), and one that can shift swiftly between multiple...

A few more games have been played. It’s been fun! One change I decided to make early in the transition from TOR to Star Wars was to drop the Eye of Sauron and Gandalf Rune symbols on the Feat Die (d12). My reasoning was that they didn’t match the SW universe (in retrospect that could easily be...

I like medieval fantasy up and including high-fantasy à la Tolkien. I don’t mind magic as long it is not too too prevalent. Actually, I don’t mind D&D’s high-magic as much as I dislike the fantasy-supers of high level play. Sci-fi is usually hit-and-miss. As a genre I love it but individual...

didn’t see the D&D-specific-ness of the thread, so my post isn’t as valid. Lots of good stuff abovethread that I’m not going to repeat, but I’ll add the following: it’s a young hobby only becoming mature. 50 years ago, D&D players were pioneers. RPG is a rather recent media. It was always...

At least he seems to have a centered hand grip on an embossed shield; art often show shields with a boss being strapped to the forearm. As for the rest; it’s for show. Like every single microphone in every single movie is going to feedback as someone comes close, or car tires screech in dirt...

Do we know if the Vecna adventure has been printed yet (or scheduled to be printed soon). What happened in 2014? Did they print the adventure first then delayed its release until PHB was ready to be distributed?

USA forever? Is that on every American stamp?

Forget the rest, you’re printing money with that alone…

The Kobold is my favourite too, along with the Moana-style warrior lady and the tielfling. Honorable mention for the completely doofus-looking Gaston-lookalike knight with flowers on his shoulders…

Although as a bonus, they speak dwarvish. I think…

There are several types. Some are mechanical. In D&D, we get used to "your turn = move + action + bonus action" in any order, and move can be split. In other games, your move has to happen before your action, and once you've stopped moving, you won't be able to move until your next turn. Other...

This is what makes or breaks the deal for me. I'll play along with a pre-made character for a one shot but if I'm committing to a campaign, I want to create my own character and know enough about the rules to make informed decisions. Usually, I end up purchasing the game's corebook but i like...

I mean yeah, my favourite solution would have been half a dozen templates unifying ranger beastmaster’s animal companion and Druid’s wild shape features, each allowing three special abilities distinguishing between specific animals within their categories, but that’s not the way they chose. The...

I mean, obviously D&D alone didn’t teach it all, but it was one of the earliest motivations and main source of English writings I had access to (that and my dad’s Scientific American mags).

The English language, actually. Not all books were translated to French, or else were hard to find, so it taught me English.

They weren’t, but they do have an opportunity now to make them balanced for player use (if only for the benefit of druid wild shapes and conjure animals spells). I’m curious to see whether they will attempt to address that.