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I see Hank as the sports jock who actually steps in to break up bullying. And he probably is the one who snitches to the teacher than they forget to give homework.

It depends on where and how this other unnamed party of Earth people manifested. If you read the Guardians of the Flames series, the PCs were all Earth college kids who were magically forced into the body and realm of their college D&D-type game by their professor/DM, who was actually an exiled...

If I recall right, in 1e, it wasn't until you were using level 3+ spells that clerics actually had to reach out to their gods' agents for spells. Level one and two were considered ritual/Catholic High Mass type things

Deception check: "Would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?" Useless fact: Yondu does in fact want a chocolate covered pretzel and eats it. IYKYK

True but he rarely exerted control. He seemed to practice democracy as opposed to 'lead' and inspire.

Better than the old 1e modules that they would sell off - if I recall the Slavelords series was tournament originally because I remember the scoring rules in my modules for the last one

This is a mess that I see with West Marches - as was said, once something started going into someone else's material, I feel a time out should have been called. Secondly - so the cleric of the god of knowledge killed a helpless prisoner? That's not very heroic - I don't care if it happens in...

I like these. For the shared map, I do think it would be cool if you DID find a cheap table at Goodwill or a yard sale, took the legs off, and made an excellent map. Now I'm thinking of Risk Legacy(?) where I understand the board physically and permanently changes, much like Betrayal Legacy -...

When I read this, I was reminded of - and my mind can't remember where it was in 1e, either OA or Greyhawk Adventures? - but they had rules for playing a zero-level, and they got XP and could buy abilities like lockpicking or cantrips. It's similar to the rules the game Gangbusters used: you...

I loved that Shockwave was essentially Lawful Neutral. Megatron came back, having expected him to take over Cybertron once the Autobots were gone, and Shockwave was like 'Taaadaa, just as you left it!'

Only if I get to be Killer Croc... "... it was a biiiiiig rock." -- "Almost Got 'im", BTAS

I agree you have to put the Circle of Eight - pretty sure the ORIGINAL Wizards of the Coast - as iconic. I mean, how many spells are named specifically after them through all the editions?

Aleena was my Aeris from FF7 moment as a child. That being said, we need an adventure where Bargle and Emirkol the Chaotic ride again - always loved the 1e DMG artwork of Emirkol just riding down cobble streets, blasting people.

I'm a huge fan of seasonal events. A friend I used to game with used to run seasonal one-shot horror D&D games for us. I wish I could remember what exactly, but they led to a seasonal boss fight. I always get the fall and Christmas one mixed up, and can never remember if the Bloody Barber was...

DMs can also, at the outset of the adventure, establish a timeline - in three days, forces from the western orc tribes will be crossing en masse. And stick to it - if the party chooses to fight and do whatever and burn time, that clock is ALWAYS still going. Given that we know how long a long...

The problem I've seen in my experience is that too many games allow not just Short Rest, but Full Rest, between combats. Parties are coming into their next combat 100% healed and 100% topped off on slots. That's why DMs then seem to make everything a Deadly+ combat. I know there are...

Random aside: In first edition Seventh Sea, unlike the second, the stat you use for your initiative is ... your Panache. That's right. I think that's about the most creative way I've seen to make Charisma not a dump stat. Your charisma, your swag, affects how early and often you go in a round.

From my experience, this ISN'T the Session Zero everyone talks about. To me, in my experience, what OP is writing about is before Session Zero - it's deeper than the elevator-pitch, but not something that can be conveyed in like five minutes. Session Zero, in my experience, has been once...

You are right about never worrying about Drizzt or Tanis getting one-shotted by a rando, but that's novels. That's not games (Yes, DL and its game-before-the-books etc etc). The death of Sturm could be seen ten miles away - but the death that always seems to trip people up and stay with them...