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Yes, that makes perfect sense. I think my point was for some of the more interesting backgrounds, it's just the DM's role to work that into the game when it's appropriate. The tea ceremony is unlikely to be used when fighting the Bloodsack Tribe of orcs. Although it might be interesting if it...

I think it's not too hard to crack the code on why CR is more successful. You have some of the most talented voice actors around, and Matt Mercer as the DM. I haven't seen anyone working at WotC with those credentials. And beyond that, do they have anyone working there who writes the way the CR...

I'm not sure if you're trying to say you can't do this or you shouldn't do this. If it's can't, I can assure you that you can do this without slowing the game down. When you as the DM are starting to describe a scene, you just throw in what the players know outside of the pure physical...

I'm not sure how much I can simplify it, but I'll try. A character has parts to it that talk about who they are in the world. The Noble background means they are some sort of noble in the game's society. A Sailor has been to sea on a ship and not capsized it. Those backgrounds mean they know...

This is such a good point. There's so much info about the world that a character actually living in it would know that it just amazes me that the DM doesn't talk about or provide. I'm not talking about constant information dumps, but in the part of the game where the DM describes the situation...

After watching this video, it seems like Rangers are definitely not doing much single target damage. The question is, do their other abilities make up for it? I play spellcasters and I don't have any expectation of doing a ton of single target damage ... but I make up for it. Where do Rangers...

I wasn't saying that everyone loves 5.5E, I'm just thinking that everyone here loves some version of D&D. Even the people who are playing a totally different version love the game that, well, they love. Otherwise I can't think of a reason to be on Enworld. I'm not a current WotC fan, but I still...

Oh sure they would. If it's like most deals, they got half of what I paid. And that's why it was smart because it would have been $0 otherwise. I suspect I'll buy the other core books from them too. I really like what the Foundry Devs have done so far and I want to keep them making products. I'm...

I think you have a very good point here. I honestly haven't liked a lot of things WotC has done and I'm not purchasing their products from them as a result. What I am doing is supporting the Foundry team by purchasing their products. I guess that's the point where I find myself comfortable. If...

One of the coolest things I did all weekend was play in the one hour D&D event. They had events running near constantly with with either AD&D or 5E mini adventures. I gamed with a fantastic DM and we played some AD&D. We made it out with a 5000gp diamond and were able to retire from adventuring...

Ah, I suppose it's time to reset the "days since..." sign again.

That has been my experience as well. I find that I play RPGs for two different reasons depending on the system and the GM. If the GM is great, I enjoy the experience: playing to explore the world and find out what's going to happen next! If the GM is just average, I play to engage with the game...

If I'm understanding things correctly, we're discussing whether Feats should be the default option or not. It seems to me that since you have ASIs as a feat, the DM could simply say "that's the only feat you can choose." If I remember correctly, the previous edition said you either take an ASI...

This is great news. Just watching season 3 at the moment and it's awesome.

When I think about Treantmonk's videos, I take them as a starting point for discussion. I think he does a pretty good job of putting caveats into his videos that this is only the start of the conversation on optimizing a character. A lot of the things people are saying in this thread he...

Thanks for this! I knew there had to be someone still around there that I had heard of. I think that would be a solid choice. Much appreciated.

I am a huge fan of Fabula Ultima's system, now that I've had the chance to play it. The game has two kinds of magic: combat, that has specific and defined effects, and rituals, that you create on the fly. The power level of the spells can be high, so you'd need to work on that, but the system is...

Dealing with intrapersonal issues is one of the most important issues that a DM has to learn. Unfortunately I don't know that a book is the best way to handle teaching that skill. I think a video format is much better for that. I think some very general principles can be discussed, but that's...

This is my own fault. I clicked on this thread and read it. I had vivid flashbacks for a lot of these houserules over the years. Brrr! I sort of needed this thread to tell me, no matter how much I gripe about modern design (as I did in the Flanking thread), it used to be much worse. The horror...

There is a whole school of DMs who I call "DMs by random tables." It does seem to me that this style of play has fallen out of favor a lot in the last decade or so. This doesn't make me sad because it's the antithesis of how I run a game, but not using it means the DM has to do more work. I...