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If nothing else, Paizo's management should now be clear that there is a problem and trying to evade or minimize it will be a threat to the Company. I also am union-skeptical, but the presence of a union does mean that management cannot ignore a subject the union thinks is important.

Fully agree about the first point. Something that tells you "You do / don't have COVID" while being as easy inexpensive and reliable as a pregnancy test, would go a long way toward controlling the germ - and address the 'Expert's blessing required' bottleneck problem. A medicine pack to take...

Your staff caught fire from the mis-cast spell. DM see Heat Metal to work out what happens to the Caster next. The spell doesn't do what the Caster expected, but he does get a cantrip-like effect.

A game set during The Rise of the Republic would be interesting. A bunch of cultural regions interacting with each other (or holding each other at arms-length) but not unified. And a much larger "Unknown Regions" that flanks "Known Space" instead of vice-versa.

Moderna already has their next R&D project: make the protection stick long-term. And they do owe their lab teams some hefty bonuses. Imho.

IIRC, J&J requires only normal freezing temperatures, not a super-deep freeze. If it can be preserved and effective in a level of cold that can be supplied by packing in dry ice, that is a leg up for distribution to places where electricity (and freezers) are scarce.

Iron Mountain Iron Mine, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. How an underground city might be laid out. And open to the public.

It could be possible for all the planes to be on a planet, but you lose something by putting confines or boundaries around many of them. We think of the Greek Gods living on Mt. Olympus and going for a walk to wander the world and meet mortals, but other planes (and inhabitants) need more...

Tangent: With several tens of millions of COVID-vaccinated people to survey, a straightforward question could be asked: When did you get your shots, and how far apart were they? Please get an effectiveness test and report those results. Most childhood vaccines that require two-plus shots are...

Genesis "Home By The Sea" - haunted house with ghosts. The house itself is a trap. Maybe the Stradh Death House module or the Saltmarsh pirate hideout could be modified. Several Pink Floyd album sides and songs could be converted into an "escape the nightmare" adventure. "Big John" down in...

I have paid $50 for the 5e PHB and about $30 for a (slightly-used) copy of Tiamat when I took over as group DM. I expected the adventure to last for a year of live play. The PHB is a "forever" purchase. Softcover adventures $20 - $30 based on how long it is supposed to take to play through...

4e build-a-balanced-monster, plus a description of melee, single-target, and zone attacks which are level appropriate. Use one (non-iconic) monster as the 'design example'. In the DMG and a shorter version (modify an existing monster) in the MM.

Have you had previous experience with this DM hogging spotlight or solving the group's problems for them via a DMPC? I've played a DMPC. I started in the group as a player. When our DM finished the IRL school year he moved back home. The group asked me to take over as DM. (I consider this a...

I never got into Planescape much during original release. But there are some cool concepts I would like to drag-and-drop into another campaign. Ex 1: Powerful wizard wants some hirelings to 'go on safari' to another plane and bring back a trophy beast (because bile of frumious bandersnatch is...

Both Pathfinder and D&D 3e Heroes of Horror sourcebooks have the magical Portrait of Dorian Gray (under a pseudonym). Which may help inspire creativity, maybe even provide design ideas.

One of the problems we face is distrust (often earned) of Experts Telling People What To Do, so a product you can buy when you find out you were exposed and take at home without having to get Official Permission first, will be a good thing. If this can be advertised to the public in the same...

Are the PCs starting at low levels? If so, they are sent on a simple fetch quest: their patron has rented an airship. The captain will take you to the Elemental Plane of Air; find and capture an arrowhawk (from 3e Monster Manual) and bring it back; the feathers are useful to craft Rings of...

At the end of Rime of the Frostmaiden is an obelisk that uses a 10th-level spell to poof you back in time. But who really knows how it works? The obelisk activated (by some other adventuring group) and the ripples (or loud crashes) were felt on multiple planes. The PCs are sent by The Powers...

As written, this is true. Which is why I suggested a different goal for the trip. Set aside the Tomb and the Curse, get a chance to really look at a place full of "you cannot find this, back home".

Tomb of Annihilation has a built-in search-and-map capability, if your players like doing that. If the deathtrap tomb turns you off (it did for me), how about tracking down a legend about an abandoned dwarven mine full of ore and rare-metal ingots - which forgot to mention the resident dragon...