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Regarding settings... What isn't a book that provides what would be in the book...hmm... Maybe a web enhancement for the default setting of a module? That wouldn't be so bad. Or an official fan-led wiki, like Guild Wars 2 runs. A board game? I'm not quite sure how that would work, but...

Everyone else has already pointed out that Arcane Tricksters function like bomb disposal robots. So instead, I will offer this nonsense... If you feel Mage Hand is being abused, direct the player to explain their actions in a manner consistent with this reddit post about Mage Hand.

The Flip Mat reprints are pretty exciting!

Against the Giants remake and a Lolth-themed adventure could possibly be the same thing. Found MerricB 's review of the classic Wonderland modules (http://merricb.com/reviews/add-reviews/). Question: Has anyone else here played Gygax's original EX series Wonderland modules? How are they...

Without the brand, the game could have been successful, just not D&D successful. Maybe more on par with Savage Worlds or Cypher System. In fact, if it has been specifically marketed as a RPG that emulates MMORPGs, that might have been a cool marketing angle. It does that very well, both in...

10% off? :devil: 5e on PDF is always 100% off.* *Joke is not an endorsement of said behavior.

D&D announces "Meepo's Revenge"? Dragon Age RPG announces dating sim expansion? Pathfinder Announces "Kingmaker: Elvis Edition"? Anything? :D

The back-to-basics series on how to DM continues here with a short entry on balancing the cinematic with a more natural realism. It's presented in a binary fashion, but introduces the whole balancing act of creating a sense of peril within the game. "Among many other things, D&D is a creative...

I've done this sort of thing before. Castles, wizard towers, airships. Party bases are the best! Having one person be the lord will be a lot less weird if the other PCs have clear roles as well. Let the king organically raise one of the PCs up with a lordly title. Let the other PCs have awesome...

Princes of the Apocalypse is out at early access FLGS. I picked it up over the weekend but haven't spent any time with it yet, but am excited by the positive things I've been hearing. They've got a nostalgia trend going, with Tyranny of Dragons being a follow up to Scales of War, and Prince of...

You misunderstand me. Running a keep/town/merc guild, having a ship or airship, having military command. I love that sort of thing. I'm talking about the minor stuff, how much you are carrying around and how much it costs to fill up your waterskin every day or whatever. I will also throw out an...

The DMG goes on to mention this exact approach.

How many times can a player do these things before they lose their luster? I've been playing for 25 years (oh god I've been playing for 25 years). That stuff got boring somewhere along the way.

I generally avoid tracking encumberance, food/drink, and other minor expenses. I don't think it contributes to the "fun" of the game. Of course, the exception is when the challenge is about those things. I tracked things in the Patherfinder module Serpent's Skull: Souls for Smuggler's Shiv. It...

Oh wow, I would LOVE to see Guild Wars 2 made into a tabletop setting. It just screams D&D setting. Jeff Grubb (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jeff_Grubb) had a big part in the world and lore for Guild Wars 2, and there is a D&D sensibility throughout as a result. Other than that, some...

5e won me over gradually during the playtesting. Although one playtest (Next to last one? Don't have my playtest materials anymore.) was weird and felt like a step backwards. 5e was a chance to take the best of the previous editions and merge them into something new, with 3.5 as the base. I...

I'm working from from the New Player rules in the DMG (p236).

For me, the sorcerer archetype is whatever a wizard isn't. Wizards are trained and scholarly students of the arcane, stepping out to test the fruits of their labors. Sorcerers are untrained and undisciplined naturals, stepping out to discover and grow their gift.

The adventuring they go on IS the school in this comparison. Up until now they've...uh...erm... They've been charlitans, guild artisans, sailors, and urchins! Now that I said that, I find myself wondering... "Are sorcerers the easiest to pair with any background?"