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Just some quick thoughts: 1) Never cover someone else's game. I think the chances of it going well can be fairly slim. It would be like if you had someone step in for GRRM and keep writing his GoT books - yes, it'll get them done MUCH faster, but... you'll run into issues like is it really...

My assumption is that it represents just being that much better with a longsword. I don't think it's any different than in 1e when you might choose a weapon based on its damage when they did damage based on the target's size (Small-Medium/Large) or worrying about what weapons went faster in...

I like Nick because I like two-weapon fighting and it feels in-line with a monster's Multiattack. It has limitations about how often and what you can use with it.

I would say it's WotC saying one thing, and a third-party doing another, or am I misreading this? If I hire someone to serve you papers for a civil matter, and they cause the kerfuffle and make your wife cry, is it my action or the people I hired?

Ahh, so we've again reached the point in the story where the controversy has led to being a way to market things to people

This is an interesting point because I have the feeling even if you're in a 'stand your ground'. However, I would imagine if you hollow point an anyone who is doing their legal job and kill them, you would open yourself up to a civil lawsuit for depriving them of their 14th Amendment right to...

The internet is indeed a funny place with this story. If I parse it together right, a Youtuber who unboxes Magic cards gets sent a box he would have every single idea is the wrong set, a set not even released yet. Wizards, fresh off their PR issues, hires a notorious (but recognized)...

Yeah, Bargle is cool, but have you ever Emirkol the Chaotic'd?

To me, this can be the problem with CoC. In ways, some sessions/adventures require not just suspension of disbelief, but for characters to not act like 'normal people coming to the reading of the will'. I'd guess most of us, if we were in town for a funeral and reading of the will, and the...

I love that. And I think that's an appropriate response for that game. If I recall right, you're burnt spies - the larger group you travel in, probably the larger profile you're going to leave and lead the problems right to you. To me, the only time not splitting the party should be the SOP...

I feel like with games like Call of Cthulhu, the reputation precedes it. The tropes are so well-established, you have people actively avoiding activities that help the story go forward, especially if they're familiar with the sources. I do think this is one time where metagaming can have a...

I love the way my friend used Death House to get us into a non-Ravenloft horror game. We were all kids who grew up in an orphanage together, including a brother and sister NPC. Some bullies said we wouldn't go spend the night in this infamous haunted house, the Wycker House. Since we weren't...

Well, first, I want to say congrats (no sarcasm) on apparently capturing the feel you wanted this second go-around. A friend and I had the discussion before about Barovia and horror games, and I feel too often character sheets are a disconnect where players feel safer than they should because...

I was running a game where it was eternal winter - Ymir got killed at Ragnarok, and his body plummeted between planes, before crashing on this world and creating an 'impact winter'. So, it became post-apocalyptic We used the original playtest for 5e artificer and one member of the party was an...

To be honest, this was my experience the one summer some friends and I broke out the ancient Civilization board game (either 1980 or 82 version) and decided we would play every night. Somehow, a summer full of it played every night - and cases upon cases of beer later - we were no closer to...

Speaking of making incredible saving throws... Back when Arby's used to run 5 for $5 (i'm old) -- my friend and I got some. I usually would eat mine plain. Decided I wanted some sauce on it. Opened the sandwich perfectly in the middle... to find some sheered bolt shavings/chunks in the...

I get what you're saying, but I believe the point that was being made was for the DMs who have to run AL out 'in the wild' For example, a local bar here had been running D&D brunches on Saturday, noon til 2, Adventurer's League. The whole point of AL and what they allowed/disallowed was so...

But, as we've discovered, there is still a truth there that applies, New Coke or New D&D. Certain people will buy it regardless, some people will absolutely reject any change, and some in the middle are indifferent. Both Coke and WotC are probably only concerned about this last group - the...

I think this is a very good post. In my opinion, it does depend on the game world and narrative you want modeled. During the creation of L5R originally, since they wanted to model Kurosawa and samurai films, there were no damage rolls. A katana was deadly enough that being cut was death. Of...