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Totally did not expect that this thread would be salted with folks showing off their English Lit cred. Interesting. That is kind of the crux of the issue, isn't it? More to the point, the existence of Ravnica (and by implication the rest of the M:tG settings in the D&D multiverse, via Plane...

You've pretty much described "Dice, Camera, Action!" So the future is already here. -- Pauper

But...but we already have the e-sport RPG... -- Pauper

It was more along the lines of putting something out 'on the cheap', including recycling a lot of art assets -- TSR was infamous for that in the '90s, to the point where just that issue is one of the big reasons their own entry into the CCG market, Spellfire, tanked so badly. As I noted above...

It does lend some credibility to the 'Magic needs more revenue sources' argument. But most folks I've spoken with** at WotC who work on D&D have consistently said that, while the D&D folks have always been curious about doing Magic-related D&D stuff, the Magic team has always resisted, usually...

Unlikely. Haven't seen the actual product on the DM's Guild yet, but the blurb on the WotC page makes me think that the focus is on adventures in Ravnica, with the PCs being members of the Ravnican guilds rather than have the PCs be planeswalkers visiting Ravnica. Still, a high enough level...

It's not all that confusing -- as long as D&D and Magic are different 'brands', the question becomes "who gets credit for the revenue?" Sure, it's got the D&D logo on it, but a significant part of the creative work was done by folks on the Magic team, and without a way to 'chargeback' those...

So...they're taking the next step into becoming the 1990s TSR that was bought out by WotC? With respect to art, though, I imagine there won't be a lot of reprinted art in the setting book -- WotC doesn't buy all the rights to the art they use in their cards, for the most part, they only buy the...

Agreed - though the dirty secret is that AD&D adventures were pretty much all like this, it's just that nobody remembers the really crappy modules. (The Forest Oracle, anyone?) To my mind, though, the best part of the Ravenloft Campaign Setting were the sourcebooks -- they invoked the mood of...

This presumes that you have a high enough Armor Class that dodging actually appreciably reduces the odds that an enemy will hit you. If you're looking for a spell you can cast every round and have it be just as effective every time you cast it, then yes, Blade Ward (probably) isn't for you...

Nice catch! The first mention of the Morninglord was, in fact, in Vampire of the Mists, the first Ravenloft novel. That novel includes Jander Sunstar, a character from the Forgotten Realms. The Domains of Dread book from the Ravenloft campaign setting incorporated the Morninglord into Ravenloft...

It's a very short step from 'make an Athletics check to finish your jump even though you're out of movement' to 'make an Athletics check to move the last 10 feet up to the bad guy so you can attack' to 'make an Athletics check to move as far as you want regardless of your speed'. The point of...

Nice writeup, but I feel compelled to just leave this here... (Extra Credits: Why Games Do Cthulhu Wrong) -- Pauper

Pooping is a free action, and can be done even when it isn't a character's turn. Sadly, most DMs I know don't give their heavily armored PCs enough warning to fully get out of their armor beforehand. -- Pauper

If the subject is 'can I do this', then this is a good forum to have that discussion. If the subject is 'how can I most efficiently do this', then the discussion should move to the CharOp forum. -- Pauper

Holy thread necromancy, Batman! -- Pauper

Well, I said I disagreed with you slightly. (I even put the italics in the original post.) To me, that means I agree with you on most stuff. But this... True -- I was the one who said it wasn't an insurmountable problem. But based on iserith's comment, it's reasonable that if you're saying...

It's used as an adventure hook in lots of adventures, and there are a few faction-specific rules in AL (like purchasing magic items from your faction), but on the whole, factions are largely flavor in AL. I suspect, though, that if you're playing an 'evil' monster, you still are restricted in...

Let's! Caveat: My main exposure to GUMSHOE has been through Fall of Delta Green, so I'm no expert. But I do feel as though I have a handle on how that game handles the system. If the 'core game' handles things differently, I'm going to be off on my comments. Agreed. But see below. I've seen...

That's totally fair, and a decent justification for going against the printed rules in given circumstances. Not every DM will want to do it that way, perhaps because they don't see the game the same way you do, or because they prefer a more consistent expression of rules that limits discussion...