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Hiya! Cool! Looks like I'm in for some surprises then! :) It's on my watch-list for sure at any rate...unless something horrible happens, of course. Thanks for the update. ^_^ Paul L. Ming

Hiya! I think I made it to the end of book 2 or the beginning of the 3rd. I'm NOT a "novel reading kinda guy"...give me a RPG rulebook or campaign setting or book on medicinal use of plants or history of concrete use in sidewalks....I'm all over that. But novels...never been my thing. I think...

Hiya! Them logging in is a government/huge-corporation/super-secret-world-spanning-organization/etc device that is actually used to hack other countries/corporations/groups. The characters in the MMO that are really good, that get to the "end game" are the ones that are then 'directly used' to...

Hiya! Well that's 'cause yer doin' it wrong, young feller! ;) Basically, yeah, you're over thinking it. You are approaching it all from the mindset of a wargamer playing in a tournament. This is D&D...a roleplaying game...with the Pirates Code used to decide the specifics. (re: "The code is...

Hiya! Nice, I suppose. I prefer "modules" over "campaign story arcs" every time. That said...why can't we have both? I mean, with the amount of money and exposure and "mainstream, normal-person acceptance" that D&D has gotten in the last few years, why not? Maybe go back to a more "older...

As long as there aren't three shells. We all know what THREE shells are used for... ;) (yes, only old farts like me will probably get this reference...) ^_^ Paul L. Ming

Hiya! That'd be about 6th; highest PC was 7th (only one), then one 6th, and two 5th and two 4th (I think that was it...pretty close anyway). It was so far to date, the highest level PC's we've had since starting 5e back in 2014. ^_^ Paul L. Ming

Hiya! Oh, no offense taken. :) Yes, I agree with you; if the DM has the option of A, B or C, and A is logical, but so-so for fun...and B REALLY fun, but maybe not logical, and C is 'logical enough' but also 'fun enough'...then the DM has a decision to make. Personally... A or C, depending on...

Hiya! Well, yes and no. It's the intention/reason of the DM for "choosing to do something specific"...in stead of just running the game as they normally do, which everyone finds fun. It's all about consistency. If the DM is running the game 'normally'...meaning, for me, running it "logically...

Hiya! I think we are just misunderstanding each other a bit. I don't see anything a DM does as being "hands on action"...at least not past the point of him needing to actually, well, do DM stuff. What you said had me think of someone asking a painter, "Paint me a picture of something...

Hiya! ...I'm not seeing the problem. Again, don't see the problem. Well, unless the GM is in the habit of coddling the Players so they don't loose and get their feelings hurt or ego bruised. The DM isn't being a "jerk" by doing what a DM should do...be a neutral arbiter, as you put it. The...

Hiya! Serious question: Why are you deciding this? Honestly, that's not your job. That's up to the Players. You simply present the world, play the inhabitants as you think they would "naturally behave", and let the Players do their own thing. Live? Imprisoned? Dead? That's not up to you...

Hiya! Personally, I do feel that Humans should be the only race with 'diversity as a thing'. The reason is that I've always treated Humans as the "Wild Cards of the Multiverse". Look at 1e AD&D, Humans were the ONLY race that could be "any Class". Humans were the ONLY race that could advance to...

Hiya! "Genericka" homebrew world... no exclusions. "Greyhawk" ...PHB core, but limited Dragonborn and Tiefling (which has some SERIOUS consequences in CY 591!) "Paeleen" homebrew world...no PHB other than Human, with modifications. All races (seven of them, 4 of which are inspired by the...

Hiya! Similar story...but it involves Tomb of Horrors. :) During the 80's and 90's, in the small city where I live (population at the time was about 12k, up to about 16k in the late 90's), there weren't many RPG'ers. There was no "hobby shop" for a good long stretch (only a toy store that...

Hiya! If I'm playing any version of "D&D", then I'm a Dungeon Master. Otherwise I'm a Referee/Game Master/Keeper/Fate/etc. Whatever the game refers to 'my job' as. How do I FEEL when I'm in this position? Pretty much always DM. That said...I disagree with your initial "Dungeon Master doesn't...

Hiya! I think I'm with @dave2008 on this. I voted "Not at all". The reason I had to go with "Not at all" was because I never feel "guided to do/accept XYZ". I read it, I think "Cool", or "Whatever", or "Dumb". Then I apply it to my game as appropriate. I'm never "guided" to think "Oh, they say...

Hiya! "Railroading" is fine if everyone at the table agrees to it. In other words, the DM says "Hey, lets run this adventure. It's a story about [insert storyline without details...like a movie trailer]. Sound fun?"...and the Players all respond "Sure...tell us a story and we'll come along for...

Hiya! Well, everyone has a brain-fart every now and then...even Hickman and Weis. It's the only explanation. That statement they said is akin to Electronic Arts claiming that monetized micro-transactions aren't actually monetized micro-transactions...they are "surprise mechanics". ;) (for...

Hiya! I usually just read the first 3'ish pages unless it's really interesting. This one, for example, not that interesting...kinda interesting, but not "read every page" level of interesting. So...I read the first 3 pages, then jumped to here, page 6, to give my 2¢. I think that if a person...