D&D fantasy or RPG fantasy is terrific, but it works for games in a way that it cannot for a narrative like a novel or movie.
I would argue that an ensemble is harder to identify with and follow than a single chief protagonist or pair thereof.
Fire-and-forget spells seem clumsy in a...
Another Request
When that Latin speaker does come along, they can help me with my translation:
My campaign features a city and empire called Mand, analogous to Rome, so how does one say
"For the Senate and People of Mand?"
Would is be "Senatus Populosque Mandus?" Mand?" Mandii?"
Declension...
"Principia," as in "In principia erat Verbum?" ("In the beginning was the Word") "principia" is roughly equivalent to "the first." I think to apply it in the way we do "principle" is too much of a stretch.
"Episcenium," though, is an inpired choice.
"Artificum" is "makes," but as I was...
standard dice are how big?
I see 30mm dice and 55 mm dice, and little bitty dice, but, for comparisons sake, what is the standard size for RPG dice, say, those found in the D&D adventure game or most FLGS?
As terrific as they are, they would be more useful compiled into one volume.
The 3.0 DMG stands up as an outstanding guide to how to D&D. Dungeoncraft was (and still is) a wonderful series, but Monte's were the best and all worked together to encourage constructive DM thinking.
consensus +
The only thing I can add to the "What Ari said" consensus is an idea I think many will hate, but which WoTC would love: AD&D.
Hear me out.
The basic "how to try out D&D for $20" game has proven to be a staple. The Core three are wonderful and I hope they're here to stay. I...
If I wanted to build a do-it-all bad mamajama archanist, could I do better than a wizard/warlock gestalt?
I could give a wizard a bunch of reserve feats, opening up that second gestalt slot for some other practical task, but I can't imagine anything that would surpass wizard for miscellaneous...
Oh, boy, do they ever!
Nothing gets my goad like swift/immediate spells. I tell you, the GALL! The unmitigated temerity of those swift immediate spells! I could go on and on about them, but my doctor said that I should . . .
Oh, wait. . . you're talking about AoO! no, I don't think they...
I'm excited! It looks like were quickly coming up on Carroissa's Appalling Dash, one of my favorite spells from CoW. Clearly, this was an intermediate step towards Expeditious Retreat. I dig on stuff like that.
BTW, does anybody know how to get a hold of Den of Thieves(or whether it is...