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It helps anyone who doesn't know what an obscure monster is, if that monster is found under some heading other than its name. Not that these are in the MM, but it helps anyone who doesn't know that a deathdrinker is a demon, anyone who doesn't know that a paelyrion is a devil, anyone who...

You're doing an awful lot of "my preferences are teh right way to play" in this thread. The truth is more that your preferences are the right way to play for you.

My experience, which also involves many dms and players, differs substantially from yours. Dungeons are common; megadungeons, while not common, are far from unheard of. I think part of the difference probably arises from experience. When members of a group encounter an awesome dungeon, they...

In the last week or week and a half, I have torn through Half a King and Half a World and am now working on Half a War, all by Joe Abercrombie- a trilogy not (AFAIK) related to his Blade Itself books. They're pretty great- light reading but really fun. Abercrombie is generally very enjoyable...

Possessed pc falls into pit.

I honestly don't remember a lot of stuff in Age of Worms referencing any GH metaplot or events that took place post-576 CY, but it has been quite a while since I read or ran any of it. I think you could pretty much run it as is and be fine, but may be overlooking some stuff. There is the one...

XP for Goals Each pc can choose to assign themselves up to three minor goals and one major goal at a time. A major goal should be one that can't be accomplished easily or quickly- it should take considerable effort and many sessions to accomplish. Achieving a minor goal should take some...

Goldmen (goldfolk) spring to mind.

I do, especially when the pcs reach mid to high levels.

I prefer it if my dms use at least some monsters from non-standard sources. I know too much about the monsters in the MM and other official monster books; I love surprises and not knowing what might happen or what tricks a creature might pull. One of my dms even loves using Chat GPT to make...

They aren't in 5e, but in my campaign, digesters (which I have converted) migrate in massive herds every seven years, making the plains temporary extreme danger zones.

3e solved this problem 20 years ago with "often", "usually", and "always" descriptors for alignments.

No, but my FLGS has me on their list of people to pull it for. I usually get the special cover version.

Doesn't it also mean that, for instance, a gnoll cultist isn't a humanoid at all but rather a fiend? I don't get the reasoning.

I feel like removing all these creatures from the Humanoid type leaves the Humanoid type as basically meaningless. It's basically "most pcs are Humanoids" now. That's... not much.

I"m not a fan of a lot of the changes since, and including, Tasha's: floating ASIs, the massive amount of power creep, etc. I am likely to stick to the 2014 rules, when I am not running my own homebrew system. But I'm also likely to try out the 2024 stuff and see how it sits with me. I don't...

So I am liking my "per session" thing for combat, but am going to change it to being for danger. So it will include traps, hazards, etc. Something like- If up to 1/4 of the session is spent dealing with danger, the pcs earn a base 50 xp. If up to 1/2 the session is spent dealing with danger...

My favorite owlbear pic in unquestionably from the cover of the 4e Monster Vault:

Also my favorite manticore.