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It's harder these days to get players to wrap their heads around the idea that an encounter might be over their heads, and that running is a perfectly viable option. In my wife's recent campaign, twice we've had to back out an encounter that was more than we could handle - and if I hadn't been...

Well, ugh. That puts it in the "thanks, but no thanks" category :(. I'm already inundated with plastic dragons anyways.

I cheer for D&D's dragons not being limited to having one fixed appearance - pre 3E, they didn't really have a unified look and Elmore's depiction vs. Parkinson's vs. Easley vs. Sutherland's were often quite different - and I was okay with that. However, that said there are certain dragon...

Same here - the new dragon designs mostly did not appeal to me, but if the actual mini stays close to the render, I might pick this up just for a display piece.

This has been the reason bookmarks have existed for ages. No organization is going to end up working perfectly as we all have our own organization idiosyncrasies. We can fight about it until the cows come home and still not have a good answer. Some want the book for consultation at the table...

Vaguely sounds like Incarnum magic, might be worth digging through that 3E book if you can get your hands on it. Might be better fitting as a Pact granting a limited form of Alter Self (Pact of the Altered? Pact of the Aspect?) that is interlinked with Invocations, rather than revising the...

Just take a look at Masque of the Red Death; it's done most of the work for you in that regard.

Look through many RPG products I own with the like of "page XX" references in them*, I understand why they don't - though it would be really nice if they did. * And my own troubles getting HomeBrewery & Word to properly paginate references

I've gone back to using the 3E Outsider to handle anything that isn't elemental, fiend or directly celestial. That covers ethereal, astral, slaad from limbo, modrons from Nirvana, etc. Subtypes can be used to differientiate what plane they are from. So, for example a Blue Slaad would be...

I do wish those cards were all the same size (3" x 5" would have been my preference). That would have made it a lot easier to organize and store.

Yes, I've already seen the video(s). My statement stands. It's still a gimmick.

This happened with Pathfinder, when 4E stopped making books. The next D&D book isn't until August or September and the 2024/25 core rule books have been out for close to six months. If Daggerheart material continues to top the charts for the next few months - especially when the new D&D book...

Yep, the Gas Spore is exactly where I expect to find it... Whatever method was going to be used was going to be imperfect. I wish they had stayed with what I was used to.

I think you're overestimating a gimmick. 4E had cards, and at least two 5E starter sets have had cards in them as well. I didn't buy Daggerheart for the cards, and so far I myself haven't been impressed with their inclusion. I admit I might be in the minority (I have a hate-on for MtG), but...

I imagine it will be a mix - possibly cross-compatible material. More likely though, I think they're being brought on for oversight and experience. Chris managed Dungeon for many years, and Crawford's been behind keeping the D&D designers churning out stuff. We've seen others who have left...

Wonder if things could have been leveled out if the artifact had lost power, self-imploded or otherwise no longer been a threat. Beyond that though, how did the players take to the A5E system itself? Was there enough time to get a feel if the system was working for the group?

I have no idea - I've avoided WotC forums after dealing with Gleemax.

They're all very nice - but what's going on with the wagon picture? Is she falling out? Did the orc push her?

If I recall correctly, mutineers were sometimes dealt with marooning them on a deserted isle or setting them adrift in a rowboat at sea. Commonly with minimal food or water (or possibly none) and a single musket for an "honorable way out" instead of wasting away. Being hung by the neck from...