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If you are looking at finding an online group (rather than just porting your existing group to a VTT) FG or Roll20 are going to be your best bet, as they have the biggest communities to tap into. Roll20 has the bigger user base, but because it is "freemium" it tends (as a gross generalization)...

I believe the Alien RPG has scenarios where killing the Alien(s) is unnecessary (and unlikely). I think in order to do this you need to take fighting off the table as a viable way to win. The obvious solution is to make the enemy is too tough to fight directly (e.g., Aliens, the Giant from...

I can recommend Brac's Guide to Piracy - it has naval combat rules and is an all-around great resource if you are planning on a pirate-themed campaign.

Harper's Tale is an extended adventure/short campaign for 5E designed for younger kids. The game Hero Kids uses its own system, but there are lots of great kid-friendly adventures (with maps and stand up tokens) that could be converted easily to 5E. There are also lots of resources...

I am a big believer in having magic items that are not JUST +1 anything. They should all have some additional (preferably unique) properties. So instead of just +1 leather, maybe have it be +1 Leather of Climbing (advantage on athletics checks to climb); +1 Leather of Evasion (+2 to Dex...

There's no such thing as "canon" in RPGs. There's only "canon in our game."

To me a "referee" is a person who interprets and enforces the rules. While that is certainly part of a Dungeon Master's job, it is a pretty small part. To me a Dungeon Master is a person who invents worlds and characters, improvises stories in collaboration with players, acts in multiple...

Its just a trademark. I could probably register RKO Pictures - it doesn't mean I am suddenly going to make another Citizen Kane.

Better yet, use the "loot crate" business model to make money as a pro DM. The game itself is free to play in. But for $1 players get a roll on Magic Item Table A. For $10 they get a roll on Magic Item Table B. Magic Item Table I is a grand, and if you end up with the +1 scale mail your...

It is definitely more satisfying as a player to be able to roll a spell attack than to watch the DM make the save. On the other hand, players like making the roll when their characters are in danger. But as @Charlaquin points out, it is trivially easy to flip a save bonus to a "spell attack...

I am a backer on Thaemin's Guide to Gods and Miracles. I have backed a number of projects from the same author and they have all been well-written and full of cool ideas. If you are at all interested in the topic I highly recommend dropping at least $5 for the PDF version.

My players already gave me a coffee cup that says "World's Best DM" - will I have to give it back if someone else wins?

As someone who has been a player in paid online games in the past, I can say that the economics IRL doesn't often work out as well is it would look on paper. There are several reasons for this. 1) Scheduling: on weekdays people are realistically only going to want to play in the evenings. So...

Why not? Gamma World (six(?) editions), Buck Rodgers, Star Frontiers, Alternity, Star Wars (two editions), d20 Modern/Future. That's why not. I get why it sounds cool on paper. But TSR/WotC has been down this road before and their track record isn't great. There have been some decent...

Wait, the guy who famously can't pronounce the word "penguins" is going to narrate a story about a guy named Drizzt? What could possibly go wrong?

Sounds brilliant on paper. I am afraid in practice that you are going to inevitably end up with some options that out perform vs. others the same way that they do in the existing game. You are still going to get savvy players that understand that the two handed fighter outperforms the sword...

It's a fair point. As a long time bard player though I'd argue you're stuck in a support role in combat, dropping inspiration so the GWM/SS fighter can hit for massive damage, using healing to get characters up, etc. Social encounters are where the bard gets to step up and shine, and that is a...

Wait, I thought 5G was the next generation network. Did we lose a G and I'm just now finding out about it?

Care to explain your reasoning here? I see you rebutting lots of counterarguments, but I just don't understand your affirmative case.

If the DM adopted a "RPGs as war" approach, sure. The toughest boss in the campaign would just burn down the tavern the 1st level PCs were sleeping on night 1 of the campaign. But the NPC's aren't omniscient. The big bad does not realize those meddling kids are going to uber powerful heroes...