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In the last week-and-a-half I saw both Phoenician Scheme and Life of Chuck, both of which are excellent...just fantastic. I went in knowing nothing about either -- not having seen either trailer, and that made them both even more delightful.

Well, I am often wrong, but on this I was right; simply because I listened to what Jeremy Crawford said and didn't listen selectively. Despite years and years of complaining and fretting here, I noted what Crawford actually said about psionics and other options and I noted that he never closed...

I am still reading through the Dungeon Master's Guide a little at a time and I am finding neat ideas unobtrusively threaded throughout it. For instance, the section on Death (page 62-63) has a brilliant little idea of extending role-playing to the experience of dying itself and has a...

I do not tend to enjoy a fictional world that is glutted with magic, so I am with you. Because I am fortunate enough to have my own group of players that meet at my home (and therefore not subject to expectations from players who expect this or that), I simply created a relatively low magic...

It is likely a matter of personal preference, but to me a giant form of a naturally-occurring creature seems like it would be beast if it has beast-level intelligence. However, if a giant form of a creature that is a beast is highly intelligent, that seems to suggest some magical origin. Given...

Nice response.

I have always enjoyed the presentation of planes in D&D and I like the section on planes in the Dungeon Master's Guide, just as I liked the section in the 2014 edition. The planes are unique terrains for adventure and are tied to both magic and creatures in D&D, so I appreciate the attention to...

Thanks for sharing these, Dave!

Nice! Although, I think Shardstone's suggestion of Elphaba as a Wild Magic Sorcerer seems a little more on point. But the rest of your suggestions are the best.

Good call!

Hi everyone and happy holidays, in particular happy Christmas and Hanukkah for those celebrating. I took the family to see Wicked a few days ago and enjoyed it. Some of the characters stuck out to me as fun to translate to D&D. Elphaba strikes me as a chaotic good Chthonic Tiefling Storm...

Holy smokes! That looks crazy bonkers fun. I didn't expect all the other characters to be appearing (I have not followed the specifics of its production).

I really, really enjoyed those! They are terrific as a way to integrate young children who are also complete novices into a campaign with experienced players...kind of a throwback to Basic D&D simple class design existing within the much more sophisticated D&D rules environment.

I like the contrast of colors. But, I am not an art critic. I do know this. If this was a Wizards of the Coast produced set, there would be an outcry of complaints from the art critics here, no doubt. But, congrats to Critical Role and I hope the new game is terrific!

I began with Basic D&D & 1st edition AD&D in the 1980s. I played 2nd edition extensively for a decade from when it came out in 1989 to the late 1990s. Around the time 3rd edition came out, I had stopped playing D&D, although I still played a little bit of Vampire. I came back to D&D for about 6...

Nice post, thanks for it, Lord Twig. I was so overwhelmed with knee-jerk negative reaction to the 2024 Ranger a few months ago, I figured they dropped the ball on it. But then I started looking at how, when combined with Weapon Mastery, very interesting (and iconic) builds work well with the...

I met Gary Gygax and had a great conversation with him about fantasy films. He shared his view of some things that I was still thinking about nine or so years later when Fellowship of the Ring hit the theaters. At the time and to this day I treasured the opportunity to meet him. He invited me to...

Hmmmm....I just watched the Bengals-Chargers games last night and both of those teams (except perhaps the Bengals kicker), offense & defense, and both coaches, are operating at the highest level. The game was an absolute delight to watch. The Bengals did not lose that game, the Chargers managed...

Super cool...thanks for sharing. Boy, I just love that Complete series of books and, especially, the related historical series. A couple from the historical series are instrumental to my campaign (5th edition of D&D) today.

??? To me, it is as if I am reading a different language where some words are familiar, but I simply can't understand what you are writing, Micah. I would respond, but I have nothing to say, which is why I am not responding to Phat. If Phat thinks that ...then I cannot continue this...