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Oh for them it's more about decision paralysis. I have to be cognizant to not overload them with too many sidequests at once or they start having issues following the plot, so to speak.

Ironically I try this and my players are indecisive and get all squirrely. I have even had a couple of them ask me to railroad/guide them a bit more in the past at times. They are a weird but loveable bunch misfits. 😅

That I'm forced to hear about Magic the Gathering or popular d&d streams like Critical Role / celebrity DMs, or forced to use electronics/online material to play the game, whether I want to or not. ...a less cynical take: the game is a hell of a lot simpler and easier to learn for new players...

My problem with the post War of the Lance period is that it's too calm. Everything has just been wrapped up nice and neat with a little bow and everything is just fine. What that era lacks is conflict material for running games by default. The Age of Mortals by post War of Souls by contrast has...

I don't disagree with you largely, other than pointing out that the setting having a lot of stuff happening in an unrealistic time period is nothing unique to Dragonlance. I mean there have been just as many world altering disasters and gods being created/killed in Fae'run too but no one seems...

It's way more than just the Knights of Takhisis we'd lose though. Just to name a few things offhand: the interesting conflict between the wizards and sorcerers, depth and levels of grey to both the knight orders that weren't just "we fight because our gods say to", the existence of a third...

I have begrudgingly accepted that they are likely to retcon and throw out all of the Age of Mortals through time travel bull$&>/ despite it being objectively better and unique from other d&d settings for actual campaigns. What annoys me most is that they are doing it through bringing Takhisis...

Yes. You are right. I did forget about Kron! More to the point of my previous comments on the taunting, I'm not argusing that it isn't a fitting or decent ability from a mechanical standpoint, just that in a scenario where it's a choice between two of three options: fear immunity, pouches, and...

Let this be a reminder to everyone you aren't actually owning anything with D&D beyond, but merely paying to access it. They can keep their expensive rental system thank you. I'll stick with physical books (piracy reference removed) thank you. Mod Note: Advocacy of piracy- even obliquely- is...

True Strike: This spell no longer requires concentration. Additionally, it is now cast as a buff effect upon yourself that grants advantage on your next attack roll rather than as a debuff on a target. I specifically avoided the bonus action route due to concerns that it would instantly become a...

Except that not everyone does agree with your words (which is btw another logical fallacy: ad populism, I'm noticing a trend in your posts here), I firmly agree with Raunalyn's statements, interpretations, and interpretations of the words. I have also had many successul kender players in my...

Obligatory mention of the Abserd build here from Puffin Forest. Craziest actual character I've played in 5e was a gestalt artificer / battle chef (a homebrew class we found online). The character was entirely focused around cooking. I was mostly an alchemist build artificer but it was heavily...

We allow more or less all of the skill feats from the previous UA (Brawny in particular gets taken a lot at our table oddly). We also use the UA ability to let learned spellcasters switch out one spell each long rest and all find it incredibly dumb that that rule didn't make it to print. Also...

So literally the entire spectrum of movie tones. He literally said the entire scale. Thanks for that worthless bit of information I guess? sigh This is why it annoys me that they always interview actors and directors but never the writers who actually know wtf they are talking about. See for...

I hope. It would be the one UA/recent news related to the setting I'd actually be excited to see.

My only thoughts on why the letting the players pick which phase isn't a terrible idea? It does make it a heck of a lot easier to track. That moon chart is a nightmare to keep track of and we all know it. o_O At the risk of weighing in on the heated kender topic, I do see the merits of some...

Honestly I'm torn with the sorcere subclass. On the one hand it is very thematic and cool mechanically, but one the other it feels very much like they are going to do exactly what I worry they will with the lore: pretty much wipe the slate clean of the 3.5 lore changes. First, I don't think...

The problem with this is twofold: only one class has sorcery points without a feat, the sorcerer, which if you follow the actual canon lore, is explicitly not effected by the moons. Hell it was even discovered during a time period where the three moons weren't there and is even considered...

I'm not surprised to be honest. I pitched the setting as heroic setting where people fought on dragon back and described it to them as "star wars, but medieval and with dragons instead of the force". One of my party tends to favor martials and really wanted to give the echo knight a spin while...

You're basically describing Savage Worlds. It's another game that's been around for quite awhile and is perfect for those who want a more rules-light cinematic game. It might be that D&D 5e just isn't the game for some and there's no shame in that.