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I love Mystara. My advice? First, pick up a .pdf of GAZ-1, "The Grand Duchy of Karameikos" on DriveThruRPG for like $5. It's the default "staring point" of the Mystara world--but it's also generic enough to shape into anything you want it to be. While you're shopping around online for PDFs...

At least four times that long if we're using minis and a battle mat. Or twice as long, if we're on Roll20. The only time I've seen a 5E combat scene resolve in less than 15 minutes was when the characters were all low-level, and they were fighting only one or two opponents. 4 heroes vs. 10...

"I can take a vacation anytime they want."

Another bit of efficiency I should mention: I noticed that characters and monsters had to call their Three Things at the start of their turn, and those things would all resolve at once. For example, you would say: "For my three things, I will attack the orc with my sword, then attack the orc...

...or, maybe you're taking it way too seriously.

This sounds like something my nephew and his friends would play. I've never heard them talk about Pathfinder, but they are pretty much always talking about zombies.

Huh. Maybe I should check out PF2 one of these days.

Just spitballing here... Flurry of Blows: spend all remaining moves to make three unarmed strikes. Action Surge: once per short rest, you can make 5 moves on your turn instead of 3. Haste: while this spell is in effect, you can make 4 moves on your turn instead of 3. Slow: while this spell is...

Last weekend, I sat in on my nephew's D&D game, and noticed they were using a house-rule I've never seen before. I thought I'd share, and see what everyone else thought of it. First, a bit of background. My nephew and his friends have an after-school game every Friday. He's the DM, and there...

Ooof, no thanks. This wasn't so bad, I was only gone for two days...and those two days were right before a holiday weekend, when lots of folks would also be taking some time off. Still: dozens and dozens of emails on the day back from a fishing trip is a hard paradigm shift.

I'm back from my fishing (well, crabbing) trip...it was cold and windy and rainy, but still better than work. My only complaint was the distressing lack of pumpkin-related conversation! Let's check on this year's contest entries, and see how things are going as we head into the FINAL WEEK. As...

I'm back, y'all. The population of Dungeness crab in Tillamook Bay has decreased by 14, and in related news, I had Crab Cakes Benedict for breakfast this morning. Let's log into my email now, and see how much I missed... ...wow. Eighty-eight emails, from just two days of PTO. Guess I'd...

I didn't hear back from moderation, but I didn't really need to: I decided not to redo the 4E poll anytime soon. As for doing another version of it, even one with a "[+] only" tag, keep in mind: it wasn't just the 4e haters that got that particular survey closed. 4e fans can be downright...