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A little update for the end of the summer. We have been painting, but between school restarting, two ongoing campaigns, and football season our productivity has slowed even further. Enough excuses - on to the figures! First up is a really cool Minotaur my son Stevie painted: Next, is a chaos...

The original poster used the term over-powered - no matter what system - folks are going to assume that it relates to combat abilities. If I say my character is OP - the first thing that comes to mind is combat proficiency. It is a natural assumption when someone uses that label. I don't think...

I certainly will try these. Putting together models is my least favorite part of the hobby, but I will happily do it for a better material and finish than the current Wizkids' models.

I have not watched the preview, but perhaps they are rolling to hit and damage in one go. It was common in the old days to roll a d6 and a d10 together to create a d20 - 1-3 on the d6 gives you 1-10 and 4-6 on the d6 gives you 11-20. The d8 is just a damage die. As I recall this was more of a...

My players contribute in a lot of ways to keep our long term campaign fresh and fun. One player takes lots of notes, another player enjoys painting a great deal, and yet another is very interested in the history of the campaign world and I frequently let him fill in some of the historical...

Trying to find logical consistency in the D&D rules is going to be pretty tough at times. It certainly is a legacy rule, and a flavor thing, perhaps with a smidge of game balance (but, probably not). I don't mind it - I am used to it - if a DM announced Druids can wear metal armor at their table...

If I understand your question - there will be lore for Age of Sigmar, WFRP 4e, and WFB - they are all set at different times and slightly different as I understand it. However, WFB should be much, much closer to 4e lore.

My group enjoyed Finders Keepers by Janek Sielicki. It is an adventure for level 20 PCs with lots of discussion about why the designer made the choices he did. As with any high level adventure, you are going to need to do a few tweaks to fit your game, but it worked well for us. I wish there...

The Old World is coming back to mass combat. Warhammer Fantasy Battle is returning at some time - so that may have some more lore for you: WFB Article

A little catch up and mandatory Dad brag: First up are the choke point on my painting desk - French Regulars for Muskets and Tomahawks Next, some wizkids Bullywugs I painted quickly for our last gaming session: Dad Brag Section* A couple of character figures my son Steve (age 17) painted...

My group is a little less diverse and more military mercs. If I were to go full vtt I would probably use Fantasy Grounds. The guy who runs it, Doug, is an old gaming friend. I just cannot give up miniatures and terrain though ;)

I think it is an interesting idea - largely because I enjoy higher level play and would not mind having a few more sessions between 11-20. I also run a table with variable level PCs. I have 8 players and most weeks I have 6 at the table. My solution for XPs is take the XP earned, divide it by...

We meet remotely a couple of hours a week for this game - not because of the pandemic, but it is my brother and old gaming buddies who live far from me. I use zoom, with an extra camera for miniatures and terrain, and a little bit of owlbear rodeo. Six players when everyone shows, which has...

We have been playing for a few weeks and it has been a blast. Thanks again for this suggestion!

Yep. In the early days in this area it was not only common, but expected. A D.M. would occasionally forbid a certain magic item, but otherwise you would have a few characters you would bring to a game. It was largely gone from by the scene in the early 80s.

This makes sense - my online sessions are around two hours. Running the game online is more taxing for me. My weekly in-person game still runs four hours. I have folks making some long drives and to play any less than four hours is not going to work. Running 4 hours in-person is easier than...

I recently received Oath of the Frozen King an adventure kit from Absolute Tabletop games. The adventure is solid, but what I really like about it is the format. Instead of presuming much about the PCs' path, it provides the Dungeon Master with adventure elements that they can plug and play as...

My brother got booted from a game because the host/DM had not been invited to my game. My game was very full (7-8 players) at the time.

Clerics - an order of templars!