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Those 1e AD&D books just have a certain smell to them, too.

Beory 21 Boccob 20 Celestian 20 Ehlonna 20 Erythnul 20 Fharlanghn 18 Heironeous 21 Hextor 20 Kord 21 Incabulos 20 Istus 20 Iuz 17 Nerull 18 Obad-Hai 20 Olidammara 20 Pelor 21 The Burning Hate Pholtus18 Lesser Sun God Ralishaz 20 Rao 16 St. Cuthbert 19 Tharizdun 20 Trithereon 20 Ulaa 20 Vecna 22...

Love this idea. My homebrew World of Eska is based on a far future post magical apocalypse Earth. This will fit in nicely in the Northern Wastes!

My current campaign started off using UK4 When a Star Falls. I completely changed the monastery, but used the names for mine. Derwyth the druid is still a major NPC, and the derro have continued to be a thorn in the party's side. I changed up the Kagu dwarves a bit, and turned them into arms...

DMing a sandbox is like fishing. You got to keep throwing out hooks. The more hooks you throw out, the more likely you are to catch a PC! I think in mine there are over a dozen "open" hooks, and that's not counting the ones they haven't picked up on yet, or all the PCs personal goals. Keep a...

Excellent resource!

This is pretty much it. All of it is beyond mortal (and even sometimes immortal) understanding. All of the above are true, and none are true. It's turtles all the way down and Marvel's Asgard is a planet in space, and Anomalous Subservice Environment's Orbital Gods all at the same time.

I've worked up the organizational structure of the hobgoblin legions for my World of Eska. Feel free to adjust the troop counts to reflect the levels of mass combat you desire. The name in my head was The One Hundred Legions. Ten generals in a legions sounds like a lot, but I like the Black...

For your perusal: https://jonbupp.wordpress.com/eska/ 1. I try to break species stereotypes. After a two millennium war between the elves which pulled in the entire continent, the drow have the moral high ground, though they now live underground in the dwarven halls. The dwarves, driven to the...

B/C. I had characters locked in a cell and the wizard used acid splash on the lock.

We're all just talking different styles of play. I've played and ran every gamut of equipment and encumbrance rules. From handing out bags of holding early on, to meticulously counting coins. Digital character sheets are wonderful for when you want encumbrance to matter. I also host a...

Pretty solidly an R, for all of the above reasons, but usually falls into NC 17 after a few drinks have been had.

My World of Eska probably has more Star Wars and Magic the Gathering lore in it than D&D lore.

I got the idea from 13th Age, but have misremembered it. It is damage by class. Here's the fighter table. Fighter – 13th Age SRD Melee Weapons Weapon Category One-Handed Two-Handed Small 1d4 dagger 1d6 club Light or Simple 1d6 shortsword, hand axe 1d8 spear Heavy or Martial 1d8...

I haven't gone through with it, but I've been pondering just doing class hit die based damage. Barbarians use d12 for damage, no matter what weapon they use, while fighters do d10 with spears, swords, and even knives. Even if you wizard picks up a sword, he only does d6 damage. You use whatever...

The Command Zone made up some "ads" for each of the five colleges of Strixhaven in their one commander game play video. They start about the 1:30 mark, and the rest are after the intros.

I've used lingering injuries in play, and provides me the opportunity to drop cybernetic magic items. Cue the Hand of Vecna... One of my favorite rules is Shields Shall be Splintered. You can sacrifice your shield or weapon to negate a single attack...

Commander Legends: The Battle for Baldur's Gate is the official name. https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/08/mtg-magic-reveals-new-dd-crossover-battle-for-baldurs-gate.html Just going to touch on some of the subjects tucked into here. I've never much cared for canon. Way back when I started...

Scheduling has been my groups downfall recently, so our next session has been prepped for weeks, a monster hunt for a basilisk. Seems straightforward, but I'm also introducing hints to the eventual big bad. After that the characters will have a few weeks of downtime where we will tie up some...

The best way to learn how to play Magic is probably on Magic: Arena. You can play online, or on the app. Excellent tutorial.