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Hmm, 60 page thread on psionics I somehow missed. Sorry. I will just give the Cliff Notes version of why I want psionics. Vancian Spellcasting sucks. I hate it. It doesn't even represent its namesake in fiction. I want a magic system that has its power come from the caster, not the 'weave' A...

The point of having an ambush monster is to provide the PCs with a different type of encounter. The loss of player agency in a kidnapping is the crux of the problem. Typically, you wind up having a solo encounter until the rest of the party can get to the ambushed PC or you have a running battle...

Well, of course, the adventure has to be able to run without the board game and vice versa. You can just use narrative defaults instead of the outcome of the board game. Some people use Theater of the Mind for combat, some use a battlemat, and some skip combat altogether. The trick is the 6...

As someone who liked the stories set in Krynn in novels and short stories, but hated playing in Krynn in the modules, I am intrigued with a mild reboot. I also want to see how the board game mass combat and adventure interconnect, as that could be an interesting path forward for new settings.

At best, I could see a discount on the 2024 versions. I, too, do not see anything but full price regardless of prior purchase.

A Pie filter? Another blog uses a pie filter turning filtered people's posts into long love letters to pie.

First off: Baggins, James Baggins. James Bond is a halfling with the Lucky feat is hilarious. Second, what are we discussing anymore? The sacred cows are all enshrined now. There will be no holy bbq in the One D&D playtest. Spells are the default resolution mechanic for anything beyond a simple...

The problem with 5E is that the baseline is magic. Animal Friendship is the default for resolving befriending animals instead of an Animal Handling skill check. Mundane mimics the magical instead of spells supplanting skills. It is fundamental to 5E. Changing that paradigm is beyond the scope of...

This is an interesting tack to take. What if you required certain foci to cast spells at the creature? You need the Book of Ashanti to cast spells/cantrips at Demon Lord Zrag'gt. Pennythimble, Marquis of the Unseelie Court requires a cold iron wand to break his spell immunity. This makes the...

So your group wants 'all killa, no filla'? Like an Action RPG? That is a different ask than a 32-page adventure. Fill the 60% empty halls with random mooks, echoing other monsters in the dungeon. Vary the CR from laughable to challenging. Should keep the group hopping without making you burn out.

I get wanting lower magic settings/style after playing for a long time. Part of the wonder missing from magic is umpteen campaigns of having spells slung around by PCs and monsters. Even a campaign with rare spellcasters and wondrous items will seem less magical simply from a 'been there, done...

This thread has taken a serious tangent... Charisma, Wisdom, or Intelligence fighters. We have subclasses that accomplish this with some hefty caveats, Hexblade being the most notable for Charisma. So it already can be done in 5E, but typically it is to allow a spellcaster to be at least...

I understand the feeling. Not the wrecking part per se, essentially a campaign is like a big dominoes setup; it is meant to be knocked down. The feeling I get before a campaign starts is more like the parent of a toddler, I am constantly checking and safety proofing everything that could go...

Acererak is exactly my concern for using Vecna. ToA is a decent adventure, cultural issues aside, but Acererak is a generic villain. Why not use the actual history and setting available villains? Save Vecna for Planescape or gasp Greyhawk. Do not turn him generic. Equally, if they did use Szass...

I do believe there is a great design space for a simplified caster like the warlock. This is the niche the sorcerer should have had, but that ship has sailed. Maybe psionics could fill this gap or a set of primal casters like a shaman. Limited spells with modifiable effects and additional powers...

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. - The Necromancer's Mantra I like this idea. It also would play well with my plan of running Phandelver in Greyhawk. The problem is that Vecna would feel shoehorned into Forgotten Realms. Szass Tam fills the mastermind chess playing lich for FR and would tie in with the...

Orcs as the champions of good? Cool. Long ago when the world was new, the gods fought to claim the world from the Demon, the Aberration, the Fae, and the Dead. Their victory was total and the time came to divide the spoils. Moradin claimed the mountains and hills for the dwarves using his...

While my statement was an allusion to the Mark of Cain, shame is not assigned to someone, it is felt from within. LaNasa needs to be made an example for a better world.

I echo Darjr, the cover is gorgeous. The fighter character sheet gives me all the right feels. Excited for B&B!

Why are we feeling bad for rooting on the Corporate lawyers? Do we want a plucky young lawyer to fight this? No, we want an army of Goliaths stomping and extirpating NuTSR. The cause is just and we want the best methods possible. Legal scorched earth. I want LaNasa's children's children feel the...