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I'll probably buy some and read them on my surface 3 pro, but I really prefer reading on my smartphone, which I have with me everywhere. If the material is good enough, I will probably buy it anyway. Epub btw is really only html+css+images in a zip file. Pretty simple stuff, and the reader (for...

Any chance you would do a simple layout optimized for screen reading in addition to the print layout? For instance epub? For me, having to print something is probably enough to stop me from buying. At least for the articles, it shouldn't be much work at all.

The articles and adventures looked interesting. I still haven't quite gotten the pricing structure, but suspect it will be clearer when this goes live. I really hope this becomes succesful, so good luck! :)

I reformatted the 4e powers so that instead of having a stack of cards I just had a single A4 page with all the powers and stuff for my level 15 wizard. It really helps to have all the information on one page instead of either spread over 5-6 pages or 12 power cards. I think part of the reason...

This is my experience as well. For instance, the way I am doing initiative now is to have a cardboard triangle for each monster with a number on it, and one for each PC with the name on it. We roll for initiative, and then I sort the cardboard triangles in a line in front of me, first initiative...

This is one of the things I noticed when running 5e as well. I think the reason is the faster combat that lets you run through that mini-dungeon in an hour or two instead of more than a whole session. This leaves more room for story, which makes it more important to the players and makes the...

Personally, I kind of burnt out on all the options for 4e (and 3e for that matter). It made me want to look at a simpler game system. Now, if they put the splat book stuff in Dragon Magazine and mark it as "optional" instead of "core" like they did with the splat books for 4e, I think we could...

His criteria for vetoing a character was that: That the character class is an assassin is not someone would know in character. He presented the character as a Fighter, and obviously behaved like one. Seemingly and apparently reliable. In other words, the character wouldn't be vetoed.

Let characters spend a HD as an action. Remove the ability to spend HD from the short rests and keep them 1 hour long as before.

ad_hoc I actually like your last example. Pre-generated series with random selection.

It's an interesting option and I think you got the numbers about right, but I wouldn't use it at my table. I like the status quo where no character can start with more than a +3 modifier in a stat. Taking a feat instead of a stat gain at low-mid levels will come as a trade-off.

Yeah, I only DM-ed the first 4/5's of the module and skipped the dungeon crawl because I really didn't see the point. I thought it was even more redudant than you and skipped the whole thing. ;)

I don't agree that it has a lot of filler encounters, (or more precise, that they felt like fillers while running the module). I think the encounters felt quite natural. Some encounters were a bit too easy, but that was mostly due to it being a bit sandboxy. Should work better in 5e than in 3e...

As you don't get extra attacks just from picking up a pole arm, but need the Polearm Master feat, I think the most obvious reason is that you want to pick up some other feat, or stat gain. (If you don't use feats, you only get the reach, so you can fight from the back ranks. Quite situation...

@Jumblejacks have you checked out page 142 and 143 in the DMG? It has tables that you can use (or use for inspiration) to make any magic item unique. A table for: who created it or was intended to use it?; What is a detail from it's history?; What minor properties does it have?; What quirks does...

How can the players see my crits and maxed out damage rolls while I am using this screen? How can they sneak peak at my maps and monster stats? :D

I can do so in the character builder for my Essentials Mage (which is a subtype of the Wizard).

I am DM-ing for a group of seven players. One of those players would get really upset if his character died. The other players would handle it well, and if it was a *fair encounter, even enjoy the situation. It would probably make it feel less like I am holding their hand. *When I say fair, I...

I hope the 5E licensing comes through. One thing about 5e is that it actually takes less time to get through an equivalent amount of story compared to 4e/3e due to faster combat. Should create a higher demand for adventures. I am not sure if I find articles about rules so interesting, while...

In the starter set, there is a sign warning about plants and zombies. One of my players immediately thought of the game...