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IIRC the reason in some TTRPGs (maybe Torchbearer?) is that.. there's something "wrong" with them, mentally- they're not the typical commoner that values safety and a quiet life. They can't settle down for long, they keep getting into trouble and spending all their money on ephemeral luxury and...

I haven't "run ToV," I've only used a number of elements from it. I was so impressed with the ToV GMG I did a whole commentary read-through/skim thread somewhere on the site. Where the 5e24 DMG is definitely for introing new GMs, the ToV GMG is amazing if you're already a proficient DM. And I...

I've read good things about Draw Steel!'s social/negotiation system. 5e-related, @Steampunkette 's recent Martial Artistry has a social mechanic in it iirc but I only skimmed it, couldn't tell you the particulars without the book in front of me.

Previous editions had vampiric non-humanoids. Vampiric dragons for example, and they worked a little differently than humanoid vampires. I think they're in the Draconomicon. Through extenuating circumstances one of my games ended up with a vampire being brought back as a fiend.. though she...

I do like magic items breaking- in DND they are so common that I made wands have charges like the old days, no attunement, and even better rarely I'll make relatively powerful weapons etc that have a chance of breaking (roll a nat 1 attack, roll a d10 to see what happens with a few results...

I've had the same concern, honestly. I like players having options but it just seems to result in my getting headaches trying to challenge (for example) the MoAR half-giant wrathburner berserker that has proficiency in almost every save.... it seems like a lot of the 3pp stuff my players go for...

I mean, RAW, the player is supposed to describe what their character is doing- then the DM calls for what kind of check they think it is. That's not how it ends up playing out, because the player knows what their PC is good at and wants to make use of that, buuut.. 🤷‍♂️ I get it. Players want to...

Oh interesting, what mechanics stand out as an improvement to you?

It does catch the attention of older players, but it's made to serve new players. "Hey Keep on the Borderlands was a great intro for new players back then, let's reimagine/update it to be great to intro new players in now. And maybe old players that recognize the name will buy it just for the...

So for anyone that has the box, is this the case in the Play Guide? It does include the basic DnD rules, as above assumes? I think that's all we'd need to know, that maybe OP missed the section on calculating a PC's DCs for their features' saves (and the rest of the basic rules section).

I really wouldn't describe it that way, Paul :rolleyes: But I suppose everyone has different experiences. It certainly doesn't hurt to caution someone about a controlled substance ofc, but saying it's the manic side of manic depression is ... a pretty extreme take. Unless you're talking about it...

Is it adderall XR or the regular short-term tablets? XR, the one with the little balls in a capsule, is supposed to last 8hrs afaik. The short-term stuff (white tablets that you could break in half).. I was on it for a year or three 'til one doc recommended the XR, but I think it lasted like...

Btw very happy that you had such a positive reaction to the Adderall. It's what's worked best for me but everyone's different. (actually I'm trying Jornay PM right now which is a Ritalin type, but I don't feel like it's helping me like the Adderall could, probably gonna switch back. I've tried...

No, it's like living in fear but ignoring that the fear is there so you can pretend to have a good time. Edit: Oh sorry, you said "normal" procrastination 😅 Yeah, probably?

I always ran it as "oh it's an action to remove an item, sure," and that's sort of made light of any other storage option.. until the Haversack came up in a treasure roll, and the player wanted to know why this was supposed to be a better item than the more common bag of holding- which got me...

Compare 5e's Bag of Holding to Handy Haversack- the Haversack specifically calls out the ease with which you can access items within it, which leads one to believe that the BoH really isn't meant for quick access. Unfortunately 5e doesn't state this under BoH (and neither does A5E)... you need...

One strength of a lot of VTTs like FoundryVTT is that they'll autocalculate weight. It's very nice, because with IRL tables we never bothered. I've just had to make sure the players are actually setting the items in their VTT sheet inventory to "carried," cuz the default is "not carried" 😆!

Love the art for Ignitors and Magic in the Blood, very evocative.

I did a bunch of adventure locations (check out Michael Prescotts Trilemma Adventures, he has all of them free on his blog), it works very well.

You can absolutely have varying levels in a party in 5e- it actually works kind of better thanks to the flat math. I've done it with West Marches, lots of others have, not to mention the fact that Adventurers League has characters of differing levels. The table just needs to know that stuff...