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Darkvision is, mechanically, very simple indeed. Certainly it is simpler than having infravision, ultravision, and low light vision to keep track of, and using darkvision allows you to do things like have a sign or an underdark trail marker that can only be seen with darkvision. You're almost...

You can't steal what is offered freely. I am delighted that you caught the Pratchett reference.

Back in the old days, you had infravision and ultravision representing the ability to see in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums, respectively. That's no longer how things see in the dark in D&D, and we now have darkvision instead. That means, necessarily, that we have to have a new...

I really don't care much about balance in this instance. We're talking about plus-or-minus 1 or 2 points of average damage per hit, which isn't completely trivial at 1st level, but becomes altogether meh by the time you hit level 5.

Allow me to introduce you to the Forgotten Realms Style Guide. The very first element it describes is the appropriate tone for Forgotten Realms adventures and products. Tone The Forgotten Realms is a hopeful setting. The good guys will eventually win. This hopeful tone sets the Forgotten Realms...

The lance does a d12, plus it has reach. I have no problem saying that you can match the damage of a lance if you're using the trident with two hands. If you're talking about magic returning thrown weapons, then all bets are off--you can build a battleaxe that is thrown and returning and does an...

I don't really see a problem with 2d6, but I suppose it actually would make even more sense to call it 3d4.

Fine, but boring. Seems like it would be more entertaining to do 2d4 piercing, versatile (2d6) to make it unique.

The Forgotten Realms and the World of Greyhawk have different equilibrium states. On Toril, the forces of "good" ultimately triumph. On Oerth, the balance between good and evil, law and chaos, weal and woe teeters precariously but is maintained (for now.) On Oerth, heroes can win battles. On...

The equivalent of Kara-Tur is in the Southern hemisphere on the same continent. Follow the coastline around the Amedio Jungle and keep going West, you can't miss it. You could also cross the Dry Steppes and get there overland. The equivalent of Maztica is the Amedio and Hepmonaland. Step...

Has anyone seen a map for this adventure in Hepmonaland? I guess you could just use the Chult map, but how well does it track with pre-existing Hepmonaland geography?

Not sure what you mean. Most of the D&D 5e published adventures seem like they would have been much more appropriately set on Oerth instead of Toril. For example, the Tomb of Annihilation is a mashup of Tomb of Horrors (from Greyhawk) and Dwellers of the Forbidden City (also Greyhawk.) It should...

You seem absolutely committed to the incorrect assumption that I want to sell my stuff on the DMs Guild. I don't. I've said this before, but what the hell... I'll reiterate. I want to buy stuff, not sell it. I want this stuff to be in a place where it is easy to find and evaluate it. If there...

I would submit that Greyhawk has had "at least one official release," since Against the Giants, Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, Tomb of Horrors, and White Plume Mountain (all Greyhawk adventures) have been released in a 5e product. Of course, WotC had to hang them loosely upon some stupid contrived...

You can always regard critical success/failure as beating the DC by more than 10 or failing by more than 15, or whatever floats your boat. This is a house rule, after all.

Things have changed because WotC introduced the DMs Guild as a platform for sharing fan created content, but have only opened it up to fans of a very few D&D settings. Now they have opened it up to a non-D&D setting, while still prohibiting anything specific to established, traditional D&D...

What's with the personal insults? Also, how idiotic is it to suggest that someone complaining because the store doesn't allow the products he wants to buy is greedy? I guess someone like you is inclined to label anyone that complains about anything in a way you don't agree with as a crybaby, I...

No kidding, really? I had no idea. Of course I already frolicing know about her maps. In her patreon discord channel, she mentioned wanting to do detailed regional maps at 100 ft per pixel resolution. Instead of pointing me to PDFs that likely every Greyhawk enthusiast already has, take a...

Well, Anna Meyer has expressed interest in producing detailed regional maps, and Joe Bloch has apparently got gazetteers for both the Flanaess and the lands to the West. He's also done work on making the original D&D adventure path (Temple, Giants, Drow) into a coherent Tharizdun-focussed whole...

I just think it is a damn shame that they've opened up a setting from another game while still prohibiting content created for actual D&D settings like Dark Sun and Greyhawk.