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I think there's a difference in the fact a lot of these creators have made videos, and profits, saying 'WotC failed to address this, and so here's what I eventually had to do' to then, some years later, say 'Wow, it was there the entire time'

But, then you'd have gamers up in arms (no pun intended) that this is making light of people being shot. It wouldn't particularly bother me, and I happen to know a gamer who did 8 years for committing manslaughter on her gamer husband with a deer rifle.

With the text, my feeling is this is a 'represent using a weapon you're not proficient in'. There's an assumption that because he's a dwarf, he must be a martial class and also proficient with a firearm. It's a static picture. It's not like you can see or tell that that gun is going flying...

If I recall right, his sleep and charm actually came from the Staff of Magius that he used since the get-go

I don't recall where I saw it, but I saw an amazing idea for this: You can trade gold for xp. HOWEVER, you can't buy things that will be materially useful for adventuring. You have to waste the money on ale and whores - and if you think back, that's generally why a lot of old characters like...

They did address that in the amount of time that it takes to make - again they point out it's another good use for Bastion rules - but I believe it was James who said it's measured in person-hours, so two workers cuts it in half the time, four quarters it.

That's the problem. That's entirely a DM decision. RAW, especially to get higher level items, it cost a metric boatload of XP. Who cares about gold cost - that's easy to make back up - but once you have a PC in a 2-player and a DM game start falling that far behind, it was my best hope to...

I played a magic item cleric who basically armed the other party member (an astral deva from Savage Species). The downside to 3.x crafting is the sheer amount of personal XP you had to spend to make items for people. They weren't using milestone levelling, where hypothetically I could craft...

What the Bastion system reminds me of is the video game State of Decay 2. There are certain bases you can take over on the map for your community - some are small, some medium or large. Inside each base, let's say Rusty Rosey's, a rundown gas station/biker kitchen, there are small slots and...

I'm reminded of a 3.x character I made just because. A dwarf sorceror. Yes, he had an 18 Con, and max CHA (16?) He was a sorceror but he thought he served the great Rat spirit and he was a Rat shaman (stolen from Shadowrun). They find some treasure, including a 500gp tapestry. Ho hum for...

Totally agree with the sentiment about the Golf Bag of Doom, with the weapons. That's why I like that, in 7th Sea second edition, its your weapon skill that determines damage, not the weapon. A maxed out weapon dagger skill means you do more damage than a greataxe does.

Now, there are also some systems like 1e Legend of the Five Rings where hitting is semi-easy if you're skilled enough. Semi-easy, until you realize there's also a gambling mechanic - you can voluntarily raise your target number to do extra effects, like extra dice in damage. Some fighting...

My dude. I already - to correctly use the word 'literally' - posted the LITERAL text from the 2024 PHB page 5. The first sentence LITERALLY says "This is the 2024 version of the fifth edition Player's Handbook." That is - again, to use your term, - literally saying it is Fifth edition, a new...

I feel this is hair-splitting - can't give permission versus informing it's possible. A DM always decides everything. That's self-evident. In the case of half-elves, but more specifically half-orcs, there was a large assumption about their birth status - I'm pretty sure if you go back, even...

Great article, as usual. I think this is a good design question, along the lines for sports of "Offense sells tickets; defense wins championships." I do think that, often, it seems people don't think about the mechanical advantages that sheer numbers bring. We laugh in Return of the Jedi...

I felt like it was also geared towards players who want to create stories, but also geared towards characters who want to have a research library and a poison garden to provide resources for their PCs, so it's never butting heads with the DM about 'Well, where are you going to get astral...

Wow, that really sucks about your Dark Sun game. What it reminded me of was a short story in Dragon called Water and Ashes, where one of Tyr's most ruthless templars, known as the Sleepless One because of his relentless nature, put on a magical helm for power. Surprise - Helm of Alignment...

Don't forget - it's because of the magic of John Milius. Screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, director of Conan. ... the human being John Goodman's character in the Big Lebowski is based on (true story)

The first campaign I remember, back when the original released, involved players being members of the US 3rd Army, I believe, and the debate about what to do: Do they stay and be warlords in Europe, or do they try to double time it through wilderness full of sickness and banditry and try to get...