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That's probably the best way to do it, with the caveat that finding the Domains of Dread should still be nearly impossible unless the forces controlling it want to be found.

I know, that's why it caught my eye!

Yes, this has been done before-- 2400 Things Mr. Welch Can No Longer Do in an RPG, #2292: "Even if the rules allow it, I can't have proficiency in every skill by level 6." (For reference, #2291 was "Even if he is "a mysterious entity whose nature is utterly foreign to the fabric of reality"...

So it looks like we'll be getting some rules for the Ravenloft setting. I'm pretty excited. One thing I'm really curious about, though, is what connection (if any) the Realm of Dread would have with the Shadowfell. In the DMG, the Shadowfell's description sounds very Ravenlofty, with mention of...

I try to avoid anything involving alignment; I even encourage my players not to put one down when I DM. I dunno, I guess it just bugs me because having a neat little chart for this sort of thing ends up implying that these nine combinations of letters cover every possible stance someone could...

I like stats to be unpredictable, but I still want balance. In my opinion, the most fun way to generate ability scores is to simulate 4D6-drop-the-lowest with a deck of cards. In other words, the numbers are still random, but if the first few ability scores are very low, it ensures the rest will...

Alignment is also mentioned in the background ideals, but ignoring the labels on the suggestions is pretty trivial.

Ooh, finally I can try out that 2e Ravenloft supplement I was given a while back about a traveling carnival. It had a really cool story, but I've never played RL before and it is heavily dependent on RL's unique world mechanics. I wasn't sure I'd ever get the chance to use it.

Oh! I helped out in one of those on the old Wizards forums. I saved the thread because I really loved the world we built. If you want to have a look at how it was done, I put it here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?468673-Foxface-s-Collaborative-Campaign-Project!-Get-Creative!

I tend to like magic items with no obvious use or no predictable use. Items like Alchemy Jugs challenge the players to make the ability to have a regenerating mayonnaise supply useful, and items like the Wand of Wonder or Bag of Beans can take the story in directions no human is capable of...

I was examining the reviews for the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide because I was curious if the average was misleading. This is the grade distribution for all ratings cataloged on the site: 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 The fast majority thought this product was pretty good...

In the playtest, I had this one multiclass concept I wanted to try out that I was really proud of. If you multiclassed between rogue (assassin) and monk (way of the open hand), it was like you were a NINJA! So cool. Then the official version of the game came out, with the Way of Shadow. I still...

Gnoooooooooo! Well, they lasted longer than I thought they would, so that's something.

I think it's kinda cool that the Mindflayers ruined so many races. It creates a bigger narrative than if it was just one. It could give the illithid-touched races a sense of forlorn kinship.

This is still a relatively small sample size, but my experiences seem to be similar. If I'm playing with friends, around half the players I end up with are women. Actually, I think we might've had a game once where MORE players were female than male, but I can't remember. And this is all in...

Once you go gnome, there's no going home!

Well, somebody's gotta rescue all the stupidest build threads, so I guess this falls to me. Originally posted by chrisasmadi: Posted a while back on the old forum, due to various reasons(GCSEs and going on holiday), I never actually got around to moving this to the new boards. Thus, I present...

See, that's why I'm so tempted to replace Investigation. A generic "figure something out" skill doesn't sound like a skill at all; that's just a regular Intelligence check to me.

I sometimes find myself looking for a skill to represent mundane, scientific knowledge. Something akin to the architecture and engineering skill. What would that fall under right now? The rock gnome stats sort of imply it would be History, but that feels super weird. I'm half-tempted to just...

Huh. I kept seeing this thread come up, saw that the title was about gender inclusivity and that it had been rated 2 stars. I was really scared what I'd find when I inevitably looked at it out of morbid fascination. But like, this is just a bunch of reasonable people having an interesting and...