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100%, utterly false. D&D novels have almost always been farmed out to other authors as work-for-hire. Even those written by people at WotC were treated as separate, work-for-hire contracts. Many were edited by contract editors, as well, and the work that was done in-house wasn't done by the...

Combined player/DM books were par for the course for a good long while, as far back as the 1E Unearthed Arcana, if not earlier. I don't think the tendency to a hard divide between player books and DM books really came into its own until 3E, and even in that edition there were plenty of exceptions.

That's exactly what I'm looking for, yes. Something the players only have to interact with on an occasional basis. Have any of you played Dragon Age: Inquisition? You know how the Inquisition's Power and Influence grow as you do stuff, and you then spend those to open up new...

I can't speak to the berserker, but the totem barbarian works just fine. I'm wrapping up a campaign we've played from 3rd to (by the end of the last game) 15th, and the barbarian's been a great deal of fun for me and the player both. I might add additional totem options in future supplements...

So, I'm looking for a solid but simple rules set for domains. Building cities up from tiny hamlets, maintaining military power, trading with other domains, etc. It doesn't have to be 5E-specific, as long as it's not too much work to adapt to 5E. And again, while some granularity is good, ease...

I have zero interest in a 6E anytime soon, but I wouldn't at all mind a book of alternate rules and suggestions. Something to be included in the forthcoming Big Book o' Mechanical Doodads, perhaps.

Not in my experience. I know several people who 1) play clerics now, who wouldn't prior to 4E, or 2) have always loved clerics, but were ready to abandon them prior to 4E, precisely because they were sick of spending so much of their time in combat healing and doing nothing else.

Guys, you did see that he specified there are no plans for 6E anytime soon, right?

Given the other definitions being put forth in this thread, I'd have to say that the Stone Thief is probably also "near-mega," rather than full.

Well, living dungeons as mindless, stationary things, aren't too uncommon in 13th Age. The Stone Thief is unique in having an actual personality (albeit not necessarily intelligence as we understand it), being mobile, etc. It's an ancient thing, but as to where it actually comes from, I'm not...

Oh, the Stone Thief--the dungeon in Eyes of the Stone Thief--is literally a living dungeon. It travels, it shifts levels around to try to kill the PCs, it builds new levels of itself out of what it consumes, and it actively hunts places and people the PCs love to destroy them.

Lanefan, if you're willing to include D&D-variants like Pathfinder and 13th Age, we can add The Emerald Spire and Eyes of the Stone Thief to that list.

Chaosmancer, you'd have to do some conversion, since it's a 13th Age product, but take a look at Eyes of the Stone Thief. I'm reading it right now, as part of my deeper look at mega-dungeons, and I think you might find it exactly what you want, as there's room for both story ideas you mentioned.

I prefer running lower- to mid-levels, in part because I really like running mysteries. Once PCs gain access to higher-level divination spells, it becomes--depending on circumstances--far more difficult, if not impossible, depending on the mystery in question. I would love to get my players more...

I was raised by humans, though. I know little of my people's culture. ;)

I've been gaming since I was 9, back in 1983, and to this day I don't "get" mega-dungeons in D&D. I've had people try to explain it to me, and I've just. Never. Gotten it. I find even normal-length dungeons boring more often than not. So, I'm going to try to ask it a different way. What do you...

I have to admit, I've been tempted to have the PCs face off against a villain or rival in a Deck of Many Things challenge. Each side takes turns drawing a card (or multiple cards), until one side is either dead/gone or decides they aren't willing to risk a further draw.

We shall discuss penance at a later date. ;)

Two, actually. *cough*

A 1 is good on a Divine Intervention check, which is rolled on d%. I think a lot of people responding to this thread missed or have forgotten this fact, and are thinking of the 1 as being on a D20, and being a critical fail.