Search results

They totally get to decide what they do with their downtime. They can also use their franchise staff to run downtime activities while they're out crawling a dungeon. They can say, "hey we found this weird MacGuffin but we don't know what it is. Jimbo, head to Candlekeep and do some research on...

I like spell points. BUT: First, combining sorcerer metamagic points and spell points is a no-no. They're for different things. Metamagic should be way more limited than your "mana pool", so to speak. Combining them wrecks the balance. Second: Wizards and Warlocks are the two classes that...

Surprising no one has linked Matt Colville's vid about importing skill challenges to 5e...

To the OP, as an example, by the AcqInc rules, Trollskull Manor as a tavern would have a base operational cost of 120gp per month. At Tier 1 (levels 1-4) that includes a majordomo, one "trained" staff member, and two grunts. (Call it a business manager, a barkeep, a waiter and a cook.) You can...

I just started running an Acquisitions Inc. campaign. The party cleared out the first big dungeon and hit level two. They're about to go report back in to head office, and they'll have a few free days (they can go identify and sell off / trade some of the magic items they found, or whatever)...

Oh man, some wildly different play styles here. To me, if you only award XP to the players present, you're actually dis-incentivizing the players who missed a session from returning. It's a mindset of "well, sorry I got pneumonia. Now my character is behind everyone else and I'll never catch...

I'm running an Acq Inc campaign right now - the business-running rules are good, and it has good guidelines for turning the day-to-day operations over to your "subemployees", so you're not spending every session ordering your ale casks and replacement silverware. You can have the players take...

In 5e, the new Artificer class can create "repeating shot" ranged weapons now, so I'd say it's already a thing. :)

The damage marker thing is pretty nice, but for $45 you can get a full set of spell effects from Arcknight...

That seems to be the insinuation.

Hmmm. In my most recent three campaigns (all 5e), I've seen everything but Fighter and Ranger. Fighter because there are Paladins and Barbarians instead, and Ranger because if you actually want a range-optimized character you're probably better off building it as a Fighter (for the multiple...

Hmmm. I like your inspiration idea - have you read Angry GM's idea? https://theangrygm.com/take-the-suck-out-of-inspiration/ It's his Option 1: Angry's Awesome Inspiration System. (Setting the name aside, it works pretty well...)

Or have different ways to resolve problems. 1. Hey, you hit a good Intelligence check - you realize these funky runes on the wall are somehow powering all the golems in here. [Player tries an arcana role to deactivate the runes;.] 2. Hey, you hit a ridiculously good Intelligence check - you...

Acquisitions Inc! It fits in with the heavy-magic / airships feel where basically anything is possible if you want to hire enough artificers to build it.

Depends on what sources your DM is allowing, but Firbolg or Loxodon would make a good druid in that vein - particularly Firbolg's "speech of beast and leaf" feature adds a lot of flavor, and +2 WIS built in is good. Loxodon's +2 CON and +1 WIS boosts are also great for a druid. A really huge...

That's a valid point. But it has always come across as "oh, god, no, attacking a chess piece on a reusable mat is so uninspiring..." rather than being presented as "hey, I splurged because I thought these would be fun." EDIT - I suppose I should add that I'm nearly 40 and I don't really have a...

That's an interesting take (to me) both as a fan of Critical Role and as a person who relatively recently dove into GMing with very little pre-meditation. In the groups I've played in it has almost exclusively been the older gamers (mid-40s and up) who dislike theater of the mind and prefer...

Um, except that time in Campaign 1 where the players opened a bakery and named it The Slayer's Cake. :)

Side note - the videos are four hours, but each video has a good 20 minutes of announcements and sponsor thanks at the top you can skip (though Sam's D&D Beyond ads are insane and fun to watch) - there's always another break of 20 or 30 minutes in the middle you can skip, and a bunch of fan art...

Critical Role is popular because the players are talented voice actors, they tell a good story, and they have good chemistry as a group. People get invested in finding out where the story goes because they like the characters and the players. Do they have some boring episodes? Sure. Do they...