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Miss you Gary.

In my mind these two points are related--the random charts that form the back end for any sandbox, are also the best tools for QUICKLY filling out a plot-driven adventure.

That's been wotc's approach, yeah. I haven't been impressed. The "you always get a pet" feature feels REALLY bad when it's rendered moot by the the DM allowing pets to others, and the pet boosts exaggerate the need to weaken the character compared to the base class, which also feels bad. Part...

The big, recurring problem with pet classes is that pets can be (and traditionally are) bestowed by DM fiat/houserules/general skill proficiencies. Pets are, in effect, a form of table-dependent loot. So any pet class ability has to answer two questions: What advantage does a pet class have in a...

Yeah, second this. I'm not any great fan of the FR, and I'm not even a member of candlekeep. But dang it if that + google search isn't one of my top ten general RPG resources--and easily the best for anything FR related.

3-5 hours in two games per week.

Yeah, the current beastmaster runs afoul of verisimilitude seekers and power gamers alike. It does the bare minimum of checking the "pet class" box. It doesn't even look exciting on paper, to me. The ONLY thing I like about it right now is that the class restrictions are very easy to case rule...

It was clear. I don't think the distinction is important--without the Player Edition, Realms Works offers no particular value to me, as I would be using this product for online games. I am sorry for the negativity--I do hope your product succeeds wonderfully. (And that you soon face a direct...

I dunno--I'm mostly okay telling players that they need a one time payment of less than $10 US to view handouts and such. I'm much less okay putting my content into a highly propitiatory format that requires a contrived monthly fee from me in order for players to view it.

Yeah, I've had the same problem. Mouseferatu 's spreadsheet has been some help (mostly since I've integrated it with my own monster builder in excel) but as time goes on I'm becoming less and less impressed with the MM.

My point has nothing to do with whether the poll is scientific, or whether there are sampling errors--or even interpretation errors, except in so far as it may help people avoid them. My point about omitted variable bias.

But people who do play online are still liable to answer the question, and they will probably skew your poll by choosing the "everybody uses" option.

This poll sorely lacks an option for "We play online and thus must use electronic tools, whether we prefer to or not."

Not sure what impact this position has, but I like Greg Tito and I'm glad he's part of the team.

Hell, looks great to me. I'd rather have an general licensing announcement to talk about, but this ain't bad at all.

Very cool indeed.

It's too high a word count for my prep needs. Still, I really like the idea of breaking out interludes as a sort of middle ground between random encounters and on-rails. That's not something I've done often or systematically; but I may give it a shot. Glad he chose to share this.

This article reads almost exactly as if written by Ryan Dancey. I agree with all of it, I'm afraid.

Yes, this is one thing that novel story arcs and "typical" D&D arc campaigns don't have in common. Novels & screenplays distribute character development out to subplots, which (by definition) are mini-plots that must be resolved in order for the main plot to be resolved. On the other hand...

If I understand you correctly, I think that same critique could be leveled at all of his examples in every category: depending on the context, the risk exists that players will treat the interlude like an adventure hook and run with it, potentially moving the campaign away from what it's...