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1) Checks to maintain a concentration spell are only triggered when the caster takes 10 or more damage from a single attack. This value may scale at higher levels. 2) Players may choose to take average (round down) on HP recovered via hit dice during short rest. 3) Players roll individual...

In 5e, feats are there if a player has a specific concept the feat helps them represent. Generally, I think the pure stat bump is a better deal. They are absolutely not necessary, but are an option I am very comfortable with allowing.

A wild graveyard appears! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_gatherer I recall fawning over this monstrocity with friends with the book came out.

This looks fantastic! The gonzo Friday night with an open bar kind of gaming I love. The right mix of dumb and dangerous!

Quite pleased about the Swashbuckler! I felt this was definitely something that could be added to rogue. Not sure about the power level (overpowered possibly) but the flavor is spot on.

Interesting. The mash up of OLD/NEW/NOW is what excites me most about WOIN. For me, WOIN has tapped into a bit of GURPS nostalgia of all things. I'm picturing some gonzo mashup where space wizards crash land on 1980s Earth.

How long were you kicking around the idea of WOIN before you launched? In your own games, are you more interested in keeping the flavors separate or doing a mash up?

(Some burning questions about this site's history...I've been around since the pre-3e launch days, but didn't follow the inner workings as closely.) 1)When Eric decided to step back, how did the transition work? What was the switch like from the old Eric Noah website? 2)Have you been running...

This is what he is probably working on. Things like Sword Coast Legends and the virtual tabletop could certainly benefit from a lore guru to help them along the way. Plus any unannounced projects that might need a "reference desk" as well.

Not quite as bad where I live, but fundamentalist Christianity in America hasn't forgotten the Satanic panic of the 1980s. It would be quite possible to encounter that view in the older generation, and unlikely but possible to hit that among people in their 20s or 30s. It's not a risk worth...

Flavor. At the end of the day, a concept has to have so much unique flavor that it feels wholly unnatural being under the umbrella of something else. It's a pretty subjective determination, which is why consensus is difficult. Essentially the flavor of a class is a collectively accepted starting...

The best names random come after a night of D&D and drinking. Typically in the format: First name: obscene adjective + body part Last name: obscene object + obscene verb + "er"

99% of games I've played in started at 1st level. In 3e, the only two epic level characters I've had were played over the course of a decade (One was a carryover from 2e). In 4e, I DMed a game where players hit around level 25. A Pathfinder game went to 15th. In 5e, we hit 5th level running...

Pendleton Ward stepped back from Adventure Time a while back, as others have mentioned he's doing other projects such a Bravest Warriors currently. All of Bravest Warriors is up on Ward's Cartoon Hangover channel on Youtube, I'll second that it is a great way to acquaint yourself with his work...

I'm picturing a terrible Bay remake based on the old cartoon rather than a campaign setting. But with really attractive people on a roller coaster and lots of misplaced humor about genitals and body functions. Also racially insensitive jive talking quasits.

That could work, but doesn't suit my personal tastes. :p I don't see good and evil as a matter of perspective within D&D. In fact, compared to the moral relativity of real life, the black-and-white morality of D&D is a fun and refreshing exercise. I'm working from the Great Wheel and the way...

Absolutely. I have no illusions that the CEO would know the detailed ins-and-outs of the D&D product line, but "core sales are cyclical and currently at the top of a cycle, also licensing is up" seemed plausible. More plausible IMO than that the CEO is ignorant of the basics regarding why D&D is...

I am a huge fan of the LE paladin. Have used paladins of a god of tyranny to great effect. Here's some things we did or considered to make it run smoothly... A focus on law, and keeping their word. If keeping their word is part of their ethos, they can work with the party and lessen concerns...

I am thrilled that 5e is doing well and it has become my preferred edition. There's this rational fear that the stewards of D&D have a tendancy to screw up a good thing. So as outside observers, we end up on the internet speculating on the trajectory of D&D. As of right now, IMO they seem to be...

Passive score is a good way to handle auto-success. But I'm finding more and more that if passive success is the benchmark, I prefer to just hand wave the comparison rather than consult scores. Whatever I was checking wasn't compelling enough of an event to need a comparison, passive or active.