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The videos that Matt Colville made over the years are phenomenal guidance for DMs. I agree with 95% of them - as does he. He contradicts his guidance here or there and is critical of earlier statements at times. But it is all worth a listen. It is something I listen to on the drive to work...

Need? No. I could still run great games using the AD&D Rules. Benefit from? Yes. 5E is a far superior game to AD&D. That is due to evolution. However, not every change is an improvement, and each generation allows them to fix errors made in a prior generation. Further, as technology...

I just went there today and was able to do 6 of the 12 days (all days up to today) ... some people may think there are more than 12 total days as most of these calndars have 24 or 25.

There is not a darn tooting thing he does in the books that shows a specializtion in any school of magic. Lacking that, why not go with what he is known for, even if we see nothing to support it? I mean, he would not be the first specialist wizard that fails to utilize their specialization at...

Given his title, I might argue Chronurgy from the Critical Role books. There is nothing that points to it in the spells he casts, but he does have the title of Master of Past and Present ...

If you want to harken back to older editions - sure. Try swinging an actual bludgeoning weapon and then swinging a big old tree limb. When the 'weapon' is not designed to be held by someone like you, it is much harder to use ... but if you learn to adjust for those differences, it might be...

Have we circled back to discussing casting Animate Object on a corpse, yet? That is my favorite part of this never ending circle. In the end, this tends to be a houseruled area. As such, talk to your DM. In my setting, creating undead is inherently evil for 2 reasons: 1.) Drawing upon this...

I would also say that (on top of disadvantage) you do not generally have proficiency in a weapon that is not sized for you. You might gain it through the weapon master feat, but saying you're proficient with something you are not designed for you to use is a stretch for me. However, if a PC...

They're the same size as all of the other Jada lines. My wife is a Harry Potter fan so I bought her a couple sets of teh various Harry Potter figures - and then when she stopped displaying them in favor of upgraded ones she located elsewhere I game them - as well as a bunch of the D&D ones I...

Take away? Not necessary. Limit? Absolutely. In the US, and throughout the world, we recognize that there are exceptions and limitations that need to be placed in order to protect the masses. Freedom of speech - but not to yell fire in a crowded theater. Right to bear arms - with...

Well, I'll start in one in compensation: Professional sport contract limitations. Teams used to give these massive bonus contracts to players to get them to come and play for their team for a year: Deion Sanders and the 49ers / Cowboys. This led to these dysfunctional patterns starting where a...

This is a maddening exercise as you can break down tone so many ways. Wheel of Time and Game of Thrones might be called the same tone by some, but drastically different than others. I would not bother trying to inventory them. Instead, I ask my new players questions to help me design the...

Do outsiders know the full story? No. However, one big problem with layoffs historically is that the decision makers do not, either. There are plenty of academic writings that studied, from an expert position, the impact of layoffs and has concluded that most of them were disasters as...

Bob gets a job at a new company. The Shareholders tell him to make them rich in order to get a big bonus. Bob can either build a business that he doesn't deeply understand, or cut costs and ride out the blockback long enough to make it look like Bob didn't tank the company, but short enough...

I would prefer that they took inspiration from BG3, but just did something else in Faerun - or set a story after the events of BG3 (which is hard given the variability in the outcomes). BG3 is well told. You're not going to improve on it, so a good show is going to feel bad and a great show...

I'm still waiting for full implementation on Beyond.... As far as I know, that is not on the way (yet?)

I've tried this before and always found that the bang was not worth the buck. The problem with designing a set of naval / ship rules is that they tend to end up lacking importance. Once the combat begins, the actions of the PCs outweigh the impact of the features of the ship, the setting...

How do I interpret the green-flame blade and booming blade somatic component? The hand gripping the blade extends one finger - straight out.

Again, I am suggesting it is worth considering whether you'd be better off spending that 200 hours playing a rougher fit game with awesome people or spending that 200 hours on a game that is better aligned to your preferences with other aweaome people ... both for you, and for your friends that...

It is worth considering this heading into the creation of a storyline and asking yourself what happens if the PCs just walk away. I include "stop the armageddon" storylines in my games - but I am always thinking about what happens in the PCs let the armageddon come. In other words - if you...