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1) Magic is supposed to be unreliable. 2) Your characters are supposed to be average or even a bit weak. You're supposed to feel outmatched compared to monsters. You're not a Hero. 3) Shadowdark has rules for everyone moving together - initiative should be used when exploring/interacting with...

I dont mind it being on Beyond - but its literally sorted directly with the 1st party stuff, sandwiched between the Bigby and Eberron books in the list. Its confusing to casual players to differentiate. I've had players show up with random crap because "It's on DNDbeyond" in the past, and the...

I really hate that they're freely intermixing random 3pp stuff in with official sources on dndbeyond. It was bad enough when it was just the Blood Hunter.

I haven't run shadowdark in a campaign, but I have run OSE, which is even more lethal than SD. I've run two campaigns of about (12-15) 2.5 hour sessions each. I've had one character death in each campaign. I have replacement characters come in at ~1 level below their previous character, which...

This is how they get me

They have a tier for backing only a single book for those who can't afford all of them - and each book comes with all the bonus goodies associated with that book.

Note the description of a Moderate encounter: "Moderate-threat encounters are a serious challenge to the characters, though unlikely to overpower them completely. Characters usually need to use sound tactics and manage their resources wisely to come out of a moderate-threat encounter ready to...

Even in OSR games, oftentimes the answer IS on your character sheet. There's nothing wrong with engaging with the mechanics of the game you are playing.

A lot of the reworks seems generally less interesting then the originals. Notably, there's a big lack of abilities which have Ribbon, RP, or player-creativity benefits: Minor conjurer is gone, Minor Transmutation is gone, Grim Harvest doesn't trigger off killing a creature anymore, Hypnotic...

The OSR is a RPG design movement started in the mid 00s as a direct reaction to the release and prevalence of D&D 3e/The D20 System developed by WoTC. The OSR takes inspiration from and/or seeks to recreate the original TSR era D&D in designing new systems. The OSR has two goals which may...

There's a balance to be had between opening up your system to attract 3pp and protecting your IP. There isn't a one-size-fits-all solution - that's the appeal of going with a bespoke license instead of defaulting to a singular popular one. A restrictive license will push 3pp creators away -...

RPG companies are under no obligation to release anything they design to allow anyone else to freely use it. Open licenses of any kind should not be considered a baseline expectation. And every publisher/author should be allowed to set the terms and conditions around other people utilizing...

There is a MASSIVE amount of first party content - and it is almost all excellent. I'd start there over trying to look at 3PP stuff if you literally only have the corebooks so far.

Battlezoo makes a bunch of stuff for PF2E on Kickstarter. Latest one: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollforcombat/battlezoo-bestiary-elemental-storm-for-5e-and-pathfinder Most 3PP PF2E creators put stuff directly onto Pathfinder Infinite, they dont make big kickstarter projects.

For Gold and Glory is the 2e retroclone.

They yearn for it

A feat cannot both be Niche/situational and also S tier. Not every choice should be extremely powerful. There is design space for sub-optimal choices.