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@James Gasik That was a great story, and some very good first-hand experience. I appreciate you sharing it. I suspect this is all coming down to personal preferences, which I can get behind. So I might be better off waiting to ask my own players what they want to do when the time comes. Thanks...

Yeah, me too. :rolleyes: Agreed, though I don't know how many more were really needed. In Dragon 398, they compiled them all into an index by ritual type that was almost 15 pages long. But that included rituals from all sources, including the magazine so that might not be useful (or applicable)...

I can accept that answer. Every time. Agreed. But they also had the goal of blending seamlessly with the core classes. So players have the option to play a simple fighter or the more complex version. Since I am removing that option, I wanted a compromise to make sure all classes had a little...

That's not a bad idea. If nothing else, it saves me some extra work before I find out if players are interested in that option. Thanks! I have several sources for that, including my physical books. For anyone else, you can find it for free (and legal) in the official Errata updates for DMG and...

There is such a thing as "good metagaming" and "bad metagming". There's no point in articulating specific examples, however. What is acceptble to one person or group may be frowned upon by another. The only thing that really matters is the intent. A case of "that's what my character would do" is...

@GreyLord Thanks for the feedback! That was very helpful. I appreciate it. I hear ya. But since I am creating a rules module for Fantasy Grounds, I decided to go all-in so I would only need to do this once. You're probably right. I don't believe doing so would upset the balance, but it may...

Before I get into this topic, let me just say that I'm not here to spark a debate. This is not about how anyone feels about Essentials, now or then. I've been working quietly in my own corner for some time now, focusing on my own thing. But I am genuinely curious to hear if anyone has some...

I've never encountered players sitting around doing nothing during a game. I've had players who just want to be part of the game group and will do whatever others tell them, or just wait for the action to start so they can take their "turn" during the key parts that interest them the most (i.e...

If your players need to take action in order to find a story, motive, etc., I'd say the campaign (regardless of classification) needs a better hook.

I am far less interested in seeing any more movies about anything than I am about seeing a good season or series of shows. Rather than cram something epic into a 2-3 hour window (or sequels), take the time to invest with multiple character plots and storylines. For me, the best shows for Star...

A single chest sitting in the middle of a large chamber bare of anything else is highly suspicious. Launching a fireball into the room would have been completely justified, even if overly cautious about any number of potentially unseen or hidden surprises.

Showing off some older work. This is one of several post card boxes I converted for storing Pathfinder Pawns by the set.

@GreyLord Thanks! I do it for most of my games. It's the hobby within my hobby.

So I recently picked up the Temple of Elemental Evil board game, my first in the D&D series. Of course, it has a ton of components so my first order of business was to build an insert to store and organize everything into the one box it came in. This wasn't my first time doing this for my board...

Your town sucks, bro. Either conform, get out, or become the sole founder of your own personal Hellfire club and see who converts.

Being in a similar situation myself, I've been coming to terms with the real possibility that I may never play in person again. But there is a major difference in my scenario. I live in a very large city with an active geek/game culture. And even though I won't leave the house most days and stay...

Before the pandemic, my wife and I played thru the various Pathfinder Adventure Card Games (Rise of the Runelords, Skull & Shackles, Mummy's Mask), some with family or friends. We had a hard time adjusting to the 2nd edition so that still waits for us. Heroes of Terrinoth is kinda similar but a...

Yeah, I have more or less walked away from all of this for a while. I have a ton of games I can have fun with, but I don't dare to leave the house. I just need to decide on which system to play, which vtt to use, learn to use it, and then get the nerve to invite random strangers online to play...

Game, Not Science.

Just about every Dragonlance module, but I'll narrow it down a bit.