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I have for the last three years, run at least one game, but usually 2, with the same two groups. Only in the last few weeks has that changed, where I am running none. (Playing in 1.) This is burn out from online platforms like Roll20, which I enjoy less than physical games for a variety of...

My best guesses are: Dark Sun Planescape (and Spelljammer?) Greyhawk I've seen a lot of discussion and desire for these three. Greyhawk is iffy, as some people seem to think why do we need ANOTHER generic fantasy setting? But the Greyhawk diehards will give you a million reasons why it's...

Short Short Rests A Short Rest lasts 10 minutes. Dungeon Turns Exploration in a dungeon is handled in 10 Minute turns. An action, such as picking a lock or checking a trap, takes an entire turn. Multiple actions can be done on a single turn, if done by different players. Investigate Secrets...

I'm a recent OSR convert and a big fan in general of OSR style games and Retro-D&D in particular. I started with 4th and 5th Edition however and in general I find ascending AC easier to do quickly at the table. HOWEVER, I have noticed that many OSR games are adopting a "Roll-Under" System...

It varies, sometimes we have dungeon focused sessions and sometimes it's mostly exploration and wilderness. When we do feature dungeons they tend to be somewhat short. The exceptions being the big dungeon from Princes of the Apocalypse and the Tomb of Annihilation (though we wiped on this one...

Age of Ashes, the 1st AP is a traditional heroic story that has you travelling widely around the Inner Sea. Abomination Vaults, an upcoming 3 Part AP is in the form of a Mega-dungeon. I would be surprised if there weren't sidequest opportunities. Additionally, while not APs The Fall of...

I think we can do a few more, there are a few concepts that haven't been recognized as a full class. I also don't mind a little redundancy. I'm not looking for the best "designed" game but one that fulfills my needs and plays smoothly at the table. In my experience, players and DMs generally...

When you create your own world, you run the risk of your players not caring. When you run in a campaign setting, you run the risk of the players knowing everything. For example, if we play in the Forgotten Realms and bump into the Zhentarim, I already know all about them, there isn't much...

I enjoy creating atmosphere. Some of the most fun I had as a DM was running Curse of Strahd. I had Tabletop Audio and Ambient Mixer to create creepy soundscapes. Crows and wolves, creaking wood and howling wind. Coupled with my descriptions, painted such an evocative picture. For the first few...

I second this, its a D&D Next Playtest adventure, that comes with a sizable gazetteer style book for Icewind Dale. I purchased the PDF on DriveThru before running Storm King's Thunder. Some of this information might well be reprinted or rewritten in the Frostmaiden book though. You can get the...

Considering that a Monk is Proficient with Shortswords and Daggers, both Finesse weapons, they could by raw use Sneak Attack. Martial Arts allows you to use Dex for both attacks and damage on unarmed strikes, and all monk weapons. That's basically Finesse. So I would allow it, especially when...

I don't know if Leshies were in PF 1e (probably were), but I know in 2e they have several heritages. I believe Leshies are sapient constructs created by druids out of plants. Fungus Gourd Leaf Vine

I don't think you can convince someone to play D&D if they don't want to. Better not force it. If you just play with the Kids, I imagine she'll come to watch for a little bit. That might catch her interest, or if the kids like it their excitement might convince her. But in my experience...

Some others have touched on this but I think it depends on how much you trust your DM. If you know your DM has unfair tendencies or handles some RP in ways you don't like, you will probably think being captured by that guy's NPCs would be bad. (You should probably also work some stuff out of...

I voted Just Right. I like the subclasses in and of itself. A solid choice that imparts a lot of flavor and crunch all in one and they are all pretty viable. I just wish we had more to pick from. A wider variety of character "types" or "builds" is a plus in my mind, and I have no problem at...

I'm sort of experiencing this right now. My brother asked if he could run a game from a module. The last thing he tried to run was homebrew and he said he got pretty overwhelmed by it all. We ran the first few adventures and enjoyed them, but the latter half are all just 3e Slog-fest dungeon...

My favorite thing about Wayne Reynolds' art is that it's all traditional. I'm so used to digital art these days, when I found out everything he's done for Paizo and WotC is done on canvas I was blown away!

The single-most expensive product I bought was the Chaosium 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu Slipcase set. I think that may have been $120? I also dropped $200 on the ROOT kickstarter, but that was to get a set of Deluxe Books and a set of Regular Books, so in my mind that's like two purchases combined.

I don't hate Meta-plots and they certainly won't stop me from using a setting, like the Forgotten Realms. Actually for the Realms I tend to make my own "Alternate Universe" at a start date of my choosing, so I can mix old and new material without having to worry about the dates of material. Some...

When we were meeting in person, the average time was about 4 hours. My Saturday group sometimes ended up going 5 or 6 as we all arrive unfashionably early, though this isn't the norm. That group has skipped Roll20 however. My Friday group played about 4, but surprisingly the move to Roll20 has...