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my .02...I tend to refer to RPG sessions as a 'co-construction of reality' between the players and GM. I think the best GM's allow their players to influence the environment. It is never the case that the DM has worked out every single detail of the adventure, and the players often fill in...

I would love to, but not willing to take the pay cut, even thought the job would be much more fulfilling than my current desk jockey gig.

You forgot Greyhawk!

I agree and you probably actually read more into my post than I had intended. As with any analogy, some aspects line up and some don't. I would never suggest the results of a D&D adventure pre-determined or set-piece. The aspects of cinema I meant to correlate were 'scenes' and the 'plot...

I am also in the camp that this is a poor comparison for RPG's. A much better analogy is that of the cinema, utilizing 'scenes' and 'story arcs'. Successful RPG adventures have a ton in common with movies. The action/significant events tend to happen in scenes (busting into a room...

Not this year, but it is on my list for next year!

Here is an example of slightly breaking the system by ignoring PHB+1... Swashbuckler Rogue/War Wizard with Alert feat = +20 initiative bonus at max Dex/Int/Cha..."I rolled a 40 for my initiative". Add in a weapon of warning and you get advantage on all initiative checks. Granted, it won't...

http://www.dmsguild.com/product/184660/16000-Medieval-Names Here are 16,000 medieval names, mostly European. I am awful at coming up with names on the spot. Now, I just pick a first letter and find one that sounds right.

I recall that being the case for Monks and Druids, but not for the other classes. Been many years since I have cracked an AD&D book, so that may not be entirely correct.

Swashbuckler Rogue/War Wizard with Alert feat = +20 initiative bonus at max Dex/Int/Cha..."I rolled a 40 for my initiative" [mic drop]

I am actually the DM in the OP's campaign and thought I would add a thought... There are many different styles of DMing and that will tend to dictate what gets valued as a player. For example, in a very combat heavy campaign I appreciate players who have their actions ready to go and have...

MtG got it right when it comes to combating power creep IMHO. They did two things... First, cards tend to 'sunset' and leave the standard rotation. Any unbalanced cards have an 'expiration date'. RPG's tend not to have that mechanic. Any new content stays around forever. Second, they...

On a quasi related note...after swearing I would not spend money on D&D Beyond, my son informed me he wanted his own copies of DMG and MM so he could run a group at college. Rather than buy a second set of physical books, I took the plunge and got D&D Beyond. I must admit, I am becoming quite...

So buy a physical book, buy D and D Beyond, and buy the same material a third time for the reader app. What a deal! (sarcasm)

I am confused. I sat in on Frank's talk at Gary Con and he was very confident he would be able to place Empyrea on Oerth as he had a letter from Gary stating that both Empyrea and Greyhawk were on the same planet. The text above seems to contradict that, stating that Gary wanted it to not be...

Another way of looking at it is that the current Shadowrun license holder missed the boat. If the market is ready for a Shadowrunesque movie/series (which I think it is), they should have been pursuing that option. RPG's make money, but movies/television make big money.

This! It is almost as if they are attempting to coop all the quality GH material in the hopes that GH fans will somehow fall in love with FR. GH has a certain feel and FR has a different feel, they do both a disservice by mashing them together.

My wife got my daughter and I Loot Crate when it first started, I believe it was $20/month. It was probably worth it at that price point, just based on the curiosity factor and we usually split the stuff between us (I am the gamer, she is the superhero fan). When they raised the price, we...

Last year one of the hotels (I don't remember which one) messed up and didn't block off their GC rooms from the calendar and they ended up as purchasable on sites like Expedia. Word got out and a bunch of people jumped on the reservation bandwagon thinking they were getting a great deal. After...

Don't play Pathfinder, probably won't play Starfinder, but I just googled "The Gap" and it seems pretty lame, essentially an extreme case of hand-waving. Any other number of explanations would have sufficed (e.g. SF is 100,000 years in the future, Golarion is very far away in an undiscovered...