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Ironically, every NPC Wizard has some equivalent to Arcane Burst, which mean PC Wizards are the oddity in universe.

I remember the days of 18 hour gaming sessions back during summer break in High School. Nowadays though, I find 3 is for the best. With 4+ hours you really have to take a meal break, and if you take a meal break everyone is going to be down for an extended period to digest, which basically cuts...

Arcane Burst is not a Cantrip, nor is it intended to be. As a monster attack, it is actually meant to replicate the damage of an appropriate CR monster, quite often as a mere fraction of their Action Economy. The Evoker, for instance, tosses 3 Arcane Bursts out in a single round for 12d10+9...

By using freely available online tools, you can effectively pay $0 for the hobby, and have a good experience with it. I know this because I am playing in a Starfinder game online with Discord, using online tools including a dice roller and character sheets, and I haven't spent a single dime on...

Mostly because I want concise and easy to use monster creation rules, and not just stat blocks that I have to reverse engineer. 4e, for instance, had a highly tuned, yet simple monster formula that could fit on a business card. But also it would mean integration with D&D beyond, which is...

I was really hoping they include better monster making rules, cause we could really use those.

I'm in favor of anything that offers more counterplay, even if the counterplay seems kind of anti-climatic.

I'd rather not, to be honest. The Fighter needs more than just being the "D&D for Dummies" class.

Modern (or is that "Contemporary" now?) TTRGPs desperately need a UI/UX pass. Books formatted in a way that naturally flows from reading; Not having to look up the rules for one scenario in three different chapters of the book, having the core mechanics first, having conflict resolution...

Solasta is a fun game. Incredibly cheesy, the cutscenes feel more like a bunch of people sitting around a table and talking rather than a theatrical production. All of your characters have voices, history, and personalities despite being otherwise customizable blank slates. And I can't stress...

That's great for someone who is tuned into all the elements, but not so much for someone who is tuned into just one of them.

The new True Strike is basically a "blade-style" cantrip anyway, and both of these help fill the narrative niche of combining spell and sword into a single attack, which is a strong theme. But honestly I'm going to say yes so that they have precedent to include the Elemental Evil cantrips...

Dang the Wildshape revision passed. RIP templates you were too good for the world.

I loved the condition track from SWSE. I really wish it was mainlined.

The new monsters are what I am most worried about.

The subtext the game is that you don't want to make the obvious sacrifice. Either with turning yourself into a mindflayer, gale detonating his nuke, letting one of the would-be gods ascend to solve your problem for you, or to paraphrase Orpheus himself: "You should have just woke me up and let...

Does BG3 hate religion? Or does it hate gods? I think the answer to both is that it doesn't hold either as sacred or absolute.

Just saw this article today: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-creator-of-delicious-in-dungeon-drew-portraits-of-the-baldurs-gate-1-and-2-cast-you-can-use-in-game/

Unfortunately, a few of ideas from the game snuck into UA playtests before the game was finalized, only to be rejected. Which no doubt tainted the idea of mining BG3 for content.

This show/manga is an excellent example of why people actually like verisimilitude.