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I must admit the final season(s) of Game of Thrones have lowered my enthusiasm for a prequel spinoff.

I'm sure we are all going to agree on this matter, after a calm, polite and intellectual discussion.

My current barbarian character uses a Glaive and it's pretty great. Top tier damage and range too! Combine it with Polearm Mastery, and you can often make extra attacks against your enemies.

I don't know yet. I only just bought the core 5e books, since I've been playing 3.5 for most of my life. I may just upgrade to LevelUp instead.

I like building my dungeons around a central theme, and focus a lot on offering interesting means of navigation. Imagine for example a passage that is out of reach, and would require a climb. Do the players take the easy path, or do they put the extra effort in, and make that climb to take an...

I love presenting my players with a big map of a city, and letting explore freely. I'll sprinkle bits of plot in their path, to keep things interesting. But I dislike heavy railroading. Of course, all this freedom also means they can miss stuff.

There are online Monster Finders, which let you filter by type, CR, etc. https://www.d20srd.org/extras/d20monsterfilter/ This one also lists the book the creature is in: https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/find-monster.shtml But these are all from official DnD books and Expansion books. Not...

I've taught my players that if they ask for a check, they are asking for a chance to fail. Not every action has a chance to fail. Often you just automatically succeed. Checks are for when there is uncertainty regarding success, which is for me as a DM to decide.

I probably watch Die Hard and Home Alone every Christmas. If I were to look up a list of the actual movies I've seen the most, I might be surprised to see which one came out on top.

Army of Darkness Jurassic Park The Back to the Future trilogy The original Star Wars trilogy The Indiana Jones trilogy

After searching the sewers for an hour or so, underneath a town terrorized by a strange monster, we finally found its lair. During the big battle that followed, one of our party members got grappled by the beast, and dragged down to the bottom of a reservoir. "You all owe me a beer for this!"...

In 3.5 there were monsters with a special ability to reroll a die, or to force the players to reroll.

I approach these sorts of situation, the way a dialog may play out in a movie. Even when a character isn't talking, they may be involved in the conversation in some other way. They may have knowledge, or a realization, that the others have not. They may notice something during the conversation...

It's been good while it lasted.

You should give them a try. Elden Ring is just out, and may be the best and most accessible Souls game yet.

All of this sounds much worse than I expected, and I'm a big fan of the Souls series. Do the rules at least play well?

As a DM I'm constantly talking. Explaining rules and rulings, and general chit chat. But ingame, I try to keep my narration brief, since I know that if my descriptions are too wordy, I'll end up having to repeat the important details to my players. After all, there is only so much information...

I think the wacky humor often clashes with the more serious undertones. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I think Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy did a better job finding that balance. Especially Guardians 2 had an emotional heart to it, that grounded it among all the wacky jokes.

I think we can all agree that there's a grey area here that leaves room for interpretation. If a pc expects a chest to be a mimic, and uses a spell on it. Then when the mimic reveals itself, it seems unlikely that pc could be surprised by it. On the other hand, players state they are ready for...

Towards what ruling would you yourself lean?