Search results

The RPG Paranoia's catch-phrase ("The Computer is Your Friend") comes to mind; all of us responding so far are doing so on electronic devices. Hmmm ...

I like this product. It is well designed, nicely using existing and a few new NPC templates, and adding a number of equipment variations from MM base information. It ably fulfills its purpose.

As I recall, the books never explained specifically how Gandalf killed the Balrog. What we know is that Gandalf destroyed the stone bridge, plunging both himself and the demon into the chasm. Might the monster's and the wizard's deaths have been simply the result of falling damage? Poor beastie...

There was a starter box with 6 minis (including a medium-size, young green dragon) and a 2-sided battle map, and a rules booklet to get you playing quickly. I'd be dubious of being able to find the box-set now, but I know the rules were (are?) available online. Check the WOTC website for...

Cue Dylan: (En)Tangled Up in Blue.

It's excellent for fleshing out settings for 5e games, as noted above. The simple rule of thumb if you use any NPCs/Monsters from the 4e Neverwinter Campaign Setting is to divide the creature's level by 3, multiply by 2, and adapt as necessary/desired. I especially liked the were-rat thieves...

As prisoners, the PCs will be w/o their gear. I'd suggest, if a player wants to be a wizard, that he/she use tattoos for the "spell-book". Their drow captors would be unlikely to recognize the tattoos as spells, and the PC would be limited to low-level spells w/o material components until such...

Wonderful intro - my thoughts keep returning to this and I start chuckling all over again. Sooner or later I will "borrow" this and drop it on my players!

Good to hear.

I'm finally getting around to creating a PC Wizard using Arcane Archer. Wanting the character to start out with proficiency with the bow limited choices on race either to one that grants such proficiency (elves) or a human (using the variant build, with the two +1 ability bumps going to Dex and...

I'm in the audience for this, and looking forward to the show.

About this: avoiding the Spellplague taint is okay with me, but I'm thinking the Sundering could be made to work for AQ. Since the pantheons for Zakhara are distinct from those in the rest of the FR, perhaps AQ was sheltered from the problems of the rest of the world by its own gods and...

Re your OTOH, ProgBard: In the game Rock, Paper, Scissors (Lizard, Spock version, too) it's always seemed to me to be a place where Art and Math are interwoven.

Two other sources, adaptations for 5e from material originally produced for 13th Age, have additional Backgrounds that might add useful flavor in a 5e AQ setting: Midgard Heroes for 5e (7) Background Page Corsair p.18 Darkling p.19 Fey-Touched p.20 Guild Merchant p.22 Master...

Re: Astrologer - check out Seamus' http://collegeoflore.com/astrologer/ astrologer Background. It's not an archetype, much less a class, but it might still be useful. Mind you, although I browsed some Al Qadim material back in 2e days, I never played in or ran any games in that setting, so I am...

Also, one might assume that since warforged (one of my personal favorites) are "officially" specific to Eberron, their inclusion likely awaits the roll-out of supplements related to that game world. The announcement that the next world to be so explored is Ravenloft gives hope that Eberron may...

This /is/ better - much more streamlined in its ambience. By eliminating the additional spells, and tying any included cantrip or spell directly to an archetype feature, it is distinctive from other class archetypes. It carries well the feel of a pragmatic caster in dangerous world. Here's...

One question: What is the correct pronunciation of "bheur"? It's a well-done conversion, btw.

Overall, I like it. Some questions: Wild Empathy: Does the 1/2 proficiency bonus (rounded down) addition to Animal Handling get added to that skill only if the shaman does not have proficiency in it, or even if it's already a proficient skill? Spirit Form: This feature does not address the...

Sheesh. That does seem broken. It's not just you. Well, one thing is that I would not be distributing any +2 items until 3rd tier, but that's just in my campaign, and that would only reduce attack/damage rolls by 1. A question: Did your group roll for abilities, or use the point-buy method...