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Sounds fun. I suspect that the “not focused on buffing others” is a hint that Valor will retain the niche of being the guy who buffs AC and damage rolls, even if Swords becomes the premier shiv-bard.

Well, that sounds unaccountably awesome. I think I know which recurring NPC to introduce in my next session!

As a random anecdote, when running a game for total newbies who had full control over their own choices, I saw an Eldritch Knight who relied on Shocking Grasp for damage (at least, until she met a Shambling Mound and it’s lightning regeneration…) and a Warlock who focused on Spare the Dying as...

For what it’s worth, I think the name lists will be something that I use at the table. I always forget to prepare them ahead of time, and it’s nice to have a list to draw from when it matters. Also, as someone mentioned before this whole spell list discussion started, it makes this a fun book to...

Totally agree with Inspiration. I never remember enough about my players’ characters to give it out, and so I ask them to just claim it, whenever they do something that ties into their personality traits. Even then, the players rarely remember. I used to give out magic items with extensive...

I don’t know why, but I’ve read this entire thread. Man, what a glorious rabbit hole! Anyway, I’m rather unduly excited for this book (because I’m a neeeeerd), but I am a little sad that it’s under 200 pages. It’s a good size for a book, don’t get me wrong, but I had hoped for something a little...

It's not a rule. If you want to go down this route, be warned that - like letting players use Persuasion to haggle with shopkeepers - it'll add a lot of dice rolling to what is normally ignored (the act of selling loot). I tend not to allow it for the simple purpose of keeping things simple, but...

A good and relevant point, thanks. So my checklist should include creating a goal or desired outcome for each important NPC. Man, the DMG. I read that book cover to come, when it first came out, and yet I constantly am surprised by mention of some part of it that I had totally forgotten about...

I really enjoy Mearls' enthusiasm in these videos. You can tell that he really loves this stuff, and thinks carefully about how to expand the game. As to the actual class, I think it sounds really cool, and expect that it'll be a popular one. It really hits that 'shaman' vibe nicely, which...

Hi all, I am planning on my next game featuring a challenging (for me) social encounter, the dreaded ‘party goes to a party’ scenario. The players have been invited to attend a party at the Hawkwinter mansion in Waterdeep, in part to give the Waterdhavian Noble Arcane Rogue her allotted...

Hah, I had thought myself about the fact that I’d need to do some more as new books came out. Let me write one up tomorrow - I thibk i’ve read enough of the book, and enough reviews, to be able to explain it.

Yeah, I agree that the cult stuff is by far the more interesting of the content here. It's easy to slap a combat together by saying, "8 cultists and 1 bearded devil"; it's harder to make that combat feel distinct from any other cultist combat, and having this kind of small but potent ability...

I'm only just starting chapter two, but one interesting thing I noticed was the location of the baths in the Merchant Prince's Villa; they're located in the public sitting rooms of the apartments, rather than hidden in special closets like modern day houses. This suggests that casual nudity is...

I don't agree on the whitewashing front - that seems a stretch, to be honest - but I myself removed the Uthgart Mounds stuff. The reasons were simple. Firstly, it feels kinda weird. More concretely, this section feels mostly like a way to stretch stuff out before the party go to the first Giant...

I wonder if the company doing this takes the same view as a small store also selling books in the same neighbourhood as a Waterstones; sure, the big name in the market will take most of the sales, but you don't need all of the sales to justify opening, you just need enough sales to turn a...

For what it's worth, Mearls agrees with you. Many threads about that topic! I think the really interesting thing will be to see what the new Fighter subclasses in XGtE look like. Fluff heavy concept classes, or crunchy and flexible chassises?

Yeah, that's fair; the first career serves to explain "what I did before I stabbed Skaven", but once you're a Skaven Slayer it seems odd to suggest that your main profession remains Lawyer, or whatever. It works if your characters constantly interact with their home town and have Real People...

I have to say that if Wizards are bringing out a new app - rather than this being confused chat about DDB - they're going to sink like a stone. They've already covered the entire market with their collaborators.

It was someone on here - maybe Jasper? - who described Acererak as 'a troll', in the Internet sense of the word. I think that ToA kind of backs that up. The dude just really likes pissing people off. Maybe soon he'll start complaining about Chris Perkins in Sigil's newspapers?

My big beef with the careers system was the fact that, ultimately, the characters were not advancing in those careers; they were adventuring! So your Acrobat just became a Guild Merchant? Uh, mate, you didn't do any merchanting, you stabbed some Skaven. Now sometimes you can make these things...