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Looks like they changed the badge of the Zentharin again. And to be honest, the "Z" snake is a bit silly.

I always find funny when I click to see the latest page from a thread and I can't understand what it has to do with the topic and how the discussion went that way... Until I notice I clicked the wrong thread. It's me, I'm wrong on the internet today.

Not yet, but I'll make sure to read it! Thank you for the recommendation.

I like them as mixed bags too. As I presume the "intention" behind the five factions they choose for original 5e is that each one is on a represents a point of the alignment chart: Zentharin as the most Evil of the bunch, the Lord's Alliance as the Lawful faction focused on bringing order and...

As much as I would like to believe it, I doubt the Forgotten Realms novels will be set on 1492 DR forever :(

Why everything I read about DC20 seems suspiciously close to a disguised paid ad?

Grey Box had a primer to the realms in the players booklet, and the crunchier mechanics like subduing a dragon, wilderness traveling and some adventures on the DM's booklet. I think these new books will be similar: Player's book have character options, factions and general knowledge stuff like...

Slightly related: one reference I like that depicts this turning point from the "nightmare monster" to the shades of grey approach is Metroid 2: you spend the whole game extinguinshing an parasitic alien race clearly inspired in the Alien movie. Then in the last moments you find the last egg of...

I mean, I also love the 4e's chaotic cityscape, but my players mostly solved it through the last decade and even found the real Alagondar heir in my last RotF campaign! I need some fresh chaos to replace the old chaos :ROFLMAO:

I tend to disagree. I see the presence of children and non-combatent orcs as a sign the author intended them as more than stacks of HP and game tokens. Gygax had a very "naturalistic" approach to game design. I would say that even if orcs and goblins were just piles of HP to give you XP...

Applying culture to the monsters isn't exactly novel. The D-series from the 70's is a good example, showing the drow as evil but as a highly structured society, and the kuo-toa as primitive and evil, but not outright aggressive, and you have the possibility to "appease their customs" instead of...

I would keep the old version, the niche for true summoning spells where you conjure monsters from another plane is already lacking.

As much as I love Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, we had excelent guides for both in BGDiA and RotF, I ran an entire campaign from level 1 to 7 using only the Baldur's gazetteer. I wish they published something about Neverwinter instead.

You can't have gold as XP in this economy, by the time a boomer wizard would be level 20 and living in a tower, you would still be level 3 and trying to rent a barn to sleep at night.

I'm glad the "how to play" rules are all condensed before the "how to create a character" rules. When I introduce a new player to D&D I say which chapters are essential to read and which ones are just character creation, and they are always surprised the 300+ pages book only have 30 or something...

If you have a cleric from the war domain you can do it in about three rounds! Edit: oh, nevermind, now I understood the context

Maybe they could survive one day of adventures, but if they can't get back to 100% of their capabilities with a night of sleep after fighting monsters, falling into pits, barely dodging fireballs, having their strength sucked by undead and being cursed by hags.... I don't think they will survive...

I have seen some comments on Ginny being "more an influencer" than the others, but I don't understand why's that. To me all they've been chosen by WotC as having potential to influence people to buy their product (marketing).

Sure, why not? If I'm going to make just one character I don't need all the options, I just need one character that I can fit in these options. What stings the most is not having feats, so I would discard playing a human or a fighter, since both are a too plain for me without feats. Maybe I...