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I realize this has been going on for more than 100 pages, and I hope I can be forgiven for weighing in with an oblique viewpoint more or less cold, but I'm in the middle of reading The Science of Discworld II, having recently finished The Science of Discworld, and these two books have a lot to...

Eric, I doubt Raunalyn is still monitoring this thread three years on -- you might want to try a private message, if the information about his Knight of the Crown subclass build he provided on page one of this thread is insufficient. You are of course entitled to your opinion, but I'm pleased...

They're on record saying they're planning to support /all/ of the previously published D&D settings in D&D5, they just need to be "careful" about it to avoid splitting the fanbase. https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/881717018482712576?lang=en Of course, they are also on record saying they...

Bleh, I don't. I don't have anything against M:TG as a game -- it's fun, I played it for a long time -- but I have grave and long-standing ethical concerns about its marketing, and I am perfectly happy not having to worry about Hasbro conflating my D&D purchases with support for their addiction...

I don't spend much time around here anymore, Turbo, but FWIW, welcome to the boards. Regrets, for the initial response to your post.

This may or may not be relevant, but it doesn't seem to be anymore. I agree that it is pretty unlikely that this is a fake out, but I'll reserve the bulk of my frustration and disappointment for tomorrow just in case.

I’m looking to join an online fantasy roleplaying campaign. My name is J, and I’m a male human in my late 30s. I’m True Neutral (dedicated, not unaligned). I’m a career dungeon master -- this will be my 27th year of running campaigns through every edition of D&D since Basic D&D, and...

Dragons of Menace - Dragonlance Session Report 8 - Autumn 2016 Dragons of Menace Session Report 8 - Autumn 2016 Misham, the 18th of Brookgreen, 352 AC Almost immediately upon arrival in Kalaman, Tharivol announced that he would be leaving the party. The wild elf had become increasingly...

Dragons of Menace Session Report 7 - Spring-Summer 2016 Palast, the 13th of Brookgreen, 352 AC Upon learning that the Resistance was assembling a caravan full of liberated dragonarmy supplies to send through Nightlund to the resource-strapped Whitestone Army, the party volunteered to protect...

Did somebody say [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]? I actually really enjoy Neverwinter (the MMO), but you do need to take a step back and acknowledge that it is trying to capture the feel of D&D without actually using any of the mechanics. It was based on D&D4 and even then the...

2d8 is a lot of bonus damage in D&D5. I would reduce the damage to 1d8 and remove some stuns. I actually really like Throw. I think you could base the whole monster around that ability. My objection to the unconsciousness is not thematic -- it just isn't fun. You might be able to salvage...

My experience with both 14th level and monster creation in 5th Edition is limited, and I don't know the D&D4 balhannoth, but here goes. My biggest concern is that this thing seems like no fun to fight. All that stunning amounts to a lot of annoyed players heading to the kitchen or the bathroom...

Historically I've only ever used published settings as inspiration and for occasional multiversal jaunts to shake things up in a ~100% homebrew game, but within the last three years I've started two games very heavily based in 'official' canon. The first is a Planescape game, the stated goal...

I've thought a lot about what setting I'd want to see "next" and ultimately I think I want to see all of them. After some deliberation, I've discovered that I have absolutely no objection to the idea of single-AP Toril-based excursions to other worlds. What is most important to me is that the...

Thank you, flametitan, mystery solved! I would never have thought to look for Mordenkainen in Curse of Strahd, but it is a pretty cool piece of lore and I am glad to know about it (even if Mordenkainen should have wiped the walls with Strahd). I had thought the reference to his madness was...

Someone's going to have to explain to me how Mordenkainen is a nod to Curse of Strahd. Does he appear in that AP? Can you point to this happening outside of a Dragon or Polyhedron article? I'm not denying that it has, I am just curious, as I'd be interested to read such a source. I am under...

Inspired by the recent post on the end of Forgotten Realms novels, I thought I might bring this to the attention of the community because I think it might be relevant. My apologies if it has already been brought up, but I could not find reference to it, possibly because of the recent database...

Dragons of Menace Session Report 6 – Winter 2015-Spring 2016 Bakukal, the 25th of Deepkolt, 352 AC Following the rout of the Blue Dragonarmy forces at the High Clerist’s Tower, Sturm asked the party to travel with him, Laurana, Tas, and Flint, along with a small contingent of knights, to bear...

This is unfortunate. Sword Coast Legends is its own animal in the library of D&D video games, and it's one I've had a lot of fun with. I'm genuinely disappointed that N-Space won't get the chance to make further improvements to the dungeon master tools. They are the one place where the game...

Huzzah! I look forward to these products. I love Ed's style and I love Mirt.