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Personally, across editions, we've adopted a rule that works like this: One dead guy is usually not an issue. Two dead guys are definitely difficult terrain. Three dead guys are half cover, and five are full cover. Any more than five, and they instead start spilling out into adjacent spaces...

Yeah, the thought had crossed my mind as well. Personally, I think it'd be funnier to force a player to play him. And then tell him "you're not angsty enough".

What joke? If there's a joke on me, where are you making it? And I'm sorry, but you don't have a leg to stand on. You have a valid opinion, but the way you are going about stating it is, well, hilariously awful. That's right. He's also known for Alice in Wonderland (Which you were...

There was never any "point". It's just someone who will always complain. We have a phrase for this in my business, but I can't repeat it here. A grandma friendly version would be something like "If Wotc were handing out chocolate bars, he'd complain that they were too cheap to hand out ice...

Trying to show that you don't have a leg to stand on. And if you're not getting that, well... And if I'm trying too hard, I guess that makes me, what? Lame and goofy? Oh dear me. Luckily, at least you get that it's funny. Unluckily, I don't think you're getting the joke. Think of...

You're trolling us, right? This is all sort of meta thing? Like, you're actually Andy Kaufman or something? They also wasted a golden opportunity to write an AP about flying mecha fighting invading insects. And they also wasted a golden opportunity to write an AP about fish people that just...

Appalling? I don't think that word means what you think it means. Having an elf in blackface in the art would be appalling. Having it condone racial or sexual violence would be appalling. Having stats for real-world religions, and then attaching alignments to them, would be appalling. But...

Geez, you're just a barrel of fun-loving monkeys, aren't you? I mean, it's not like TSR never released funny underdark adventures. Or Alice in Wonderland takes. Wait a second... Also, have you seen a movie called "Saving Private Ryan"? It's quite a downer of a movie. And yet, it has...

Inorite? I'm reading all this mechanical stuff, and wondering what's going on. We have lots of fun exploration encounters - a majority of last session was inspecting a weird alchemical room in DCC's "People of the Pit". PCs put a bunch of weird reagant golem-y things in mason jars. Lots of...

I talked it over with the gf, and we came up with a rough outline that contains the following: 1. List of the rules of our house. As in, BYOB (but don't overdrink), no drugs on or near our house, respect everyone there, etc. 2. List of what's cool in the game. As in, I like my games rated...

More or less, yeah. Slavery is generally something that doesn't exist in the core game - and it is never encouraged as something that "civilized" races do. Now, I fully agree with this approach, but I like running games based off the ancient world, and it's pretty hard to avoid the issue. I...

Whoa! Lots of feedback, and it seems everyone is on board for the "Caliphate" setting! So it shall be! I'm not going to go through and reply to all the questions - it's a lot of work, and I'm inherently lazy. ;) But I will provide a few general answers and responses to running themes: *...

Oh, Hell yes I do! Rust Monsters are one of the most terrifying monsters in the game. If they don't affect magic items, they become one of the most inconviencing monsters in the game. Plus, I've become convinced that magic items in D&D should mostly be "easy in, easy out". Make sure there...

A general mix amongst the interested players. A few have a general idea of the game. A few played back in the 90s or early aughts. But I think most don't really "get" that it's a game where the GM makes the setting, and can do all sorts of weird things with that. I think most equate D&D with...

TL;DR - Does a GM have an obligation to provide a "generic" campaign setting to first-time players? My girlfriend and I live in a small town about an hour's drive from Victoria BC, which is where we game on our regular monday nights. I've been gaming with this group for years now, and this...

The bosses should be able to dangle from a tree by their tail, and as a reaction, move away from a melee attack by 5 feet. In other words, unless you have reach, they'll be DAMN hard to hit with a close range weapon. Annoying little buggers that pester you as they go. That's how I'd do it...

Sure. But it wasn't a core book. Lots of new books added new races. But UA wasn't "core" in the same way that the PHB is. *** Ditto for 2e. While it mentioned the existence for the subraces of elf, there were no actual stats until later products.

Hm. So, we have original D&D. Then we get the BECMI game, which adds... um, nothing new. Then we get 1e, which adds, in terms of new races.... half elves, half-orcs, and gnomes. Then we get 2e, which adds... nothing. In fact, say goodbye to half-orcs. Then we get 3e, which adds.... hey...

Absolutely. I've come to the same conclusion. The game, for my players at least, is more fun when they get to be awesome. Sometimes they love surviving tough combats - and I definitely provide. I even act like I'm disappointed if I don't get a kill, and they feel as if they've thwarted me...

No, he's not. And we have Multi-classing barred from play due to a group vote anyways. HOWEVER, this player used to love making fun combos using the rules, and in 4th we did use the errata which lead to some strange characters. When I mentioned this one to him, he just groaned and thought it...