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The real shocker to me is the ever-increasing sales on the starter set and PHB; even though admittedly designed as evergreen, doubling or tripling sales year over year? Growth of 49% from one year to the next? I’m extremely impressed.

I used to think so, too, until I started watching the second campaign from the first episode in January. The first campaign had been ongoing and was hard to get into, and until I made myself sit through a couple of episodes, I could not see the appeal. The appeal for most people come in not in...

Not to get too deeply into it, but When I was growing up I never had the impression that Dark Elves were supposed to have black skin — thanks to Errol Otus, I always pictured them as having deep violet or navy blue skin, similar to the shades of color of the black light posters that were...

I think we have our answer -- Paramount, who has the license for a D&D movie, needs to negotiate with Critical Role Entertainment to secure license for a Dungeons and Dragons movie set in Taldor'ei. I have a feeling Matt, Marisha and crew could come to an arrangement for a hunk of cash and a...

Honestly, if someone has said something that I would find so revolting as to personally block them, chances are they've pissed off the moderators enough to ban them and erase their posts, by that point. :)

Plenty of stories... PLENTY OF STORIES. There's even the "I am no mere Hedge Mage!" meme on the Happy Jack's RPG podcast -- a 5e boss wizard fight that ended in one round with a well-rolled fireball and a failed dex save. :) For my own misadventures: -- In a Pathfinder Jade Regent game, a...

There can't be more than one way to "hit a vital spot?" There's a difference between "landing an arrow in fat or muscle" versus "landing an arrow in or near a joint or groin" versus "landing the arrow in a major artery or in the jaw." My experience has been different -- I've seen tons of both...

The only problem with Dragonlance is that parts of it (first book, for sure) feel VERY derivative of Lord of the Rings. Running from Dragonarmies, escaping via the Crystalmir Lake water crossing, journeying to elven territory where they are tasked with a quest, then entering Dwarven ruins via a...

Crazy idea, but asking in all seriousness: What about a 'reboot' using the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon for inspiration, going all "Connecticut Yankee?" Maybe even have Eric, Diana, Sheila, hank, etc. but fleshed out as actual late-teens with problems, teen romances, all that jazz? Kind of...

A disclaimer: I don't really enjoy horror games - I feel enough helplessness and discomfort watching the daily news, and part of my reason for RPGs is to offset it. However, if I were to run such a game, I think the three things I would focus on are as follows: Get buy-in from the players for...

I would say, "yes," but not by a dramatic amount. For instance, some feats eliminate opportunity attacks, without the character needing to multiclass to gain such a feature, or add extra damage, which , depending on the class features, has drawbacks which can be overcome. However, I don't think...

The one about the first campaign setting would have been more interesting if it had been the first PUBLISHED campaign setting, which, if I'm getting my facts right, was Actually Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Arneson was publishing snippets in a fanzine as early as 1972 or 73, but the...

I think the best question to ask is: What lessons can we learn from Marvel Studios' treatment of comic book movies in bringing these stories to even people who are not comic book readers? I know the markets are somewhat different, because there are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS more people who have read...

Because they could didn't mean they SHOULD have, :lol: but point taken.

Quite true; I'm looking at the current generation of Crit Role watchers and stream viewers, and finding that a TON of people coming newly to the hobby are far more interested in the exploration and role play aspects than mechanical concerns, and IMO this has a lot to do with removing a lot of...

That would be a fantastic name for: A) A dive bar in the Spike B) An industrial metal band in Starfinder Problem is now to decide which is cooler. Thank you for that! With their top 40 hit, Past of our Futures:

Hey Russ, a quick question for next year, something I was unclear on: Could we have nominated more than one during that phase, or were we supposed to stick to one nomination per person? For me, it doesn't matter anyway, because all the ones I would have nominated ended up on the list anyway...

If you had asked me this question, I would have designed something that looks a lot like 3.5, as it seemed the perfect D&D at the time to me. If you ask me now, I'll probably redesign 5e, with only minor tweaks. They're always giving me what I want before I knew I wanted it, it seems. I even...

Better yet: Meta the Meta RPG, where you design an RPG about designing RPGs. I left about 30 minutes into character generation... or actually, I never left and have been generating a character for 40 years now. I'm not sure...

I am GURPS. I am GURPS? I.... AM.... GUUUURPS!