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I mean, the Ten Towns gazetteer, the Baldur's Gate Gazetteer, the Waterdeep gazetteer... The now very detailed area around Phandalin (LMoP, EK). The sandboxy savage north in Storm King's Thunder? Chult in Tomb of Annihilation? The underdark in Out of the Abyss? Maybe they're not FR books as...

Planescape was quite good (and I say that as a fan of the 2E era, I still own all boxes and supplements from back then). Solid panoramic view of Sigil and the Outlands, largely on par, if not better, than the original campaign set, content wise, both on quality and quantity. Didn't run the...

Since 2023 or 2024 (2025 is a bit of an outlier for me, less games played, 4th child born): DnD 5E, multiple campaigns: Descent into Avernus (DM), Rime of the Frostmaiden (DM), Dragon Heist in reverse (DM), home made campaign in Ptolus (PC), home made campaign in Krynn/Spelljammer (Player)...

The kickstarter for a new edition (the third) of this seminal RPG is live! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lumpleygames/apocalypse-world-burned-over/description Instaback from me: to help and support the Bakers obviously, but also because new playbooks, updated ones, updated moves, and...

Not insignificant is good. Otherwise, it would be a waste of space. And "not insignificant" is not game breaking. It's cool that's the archmage can use his brutish henchmen to maintain concentration on his phantasmal killer. It could create surprises, open up new avenues. Ça crée du jeu, as we...

As many have said already, some corner cases may obviously arise, especially with strangely worded spells like these which refer to "all creatures in range" (earth tremor — which is not a spell in the 2024 PHB —, animal shapes — an 8th level spell! —, what else?). But I still don't see how this...

It's literally what Bavmorda does to the opposing army in Willow, though. Why not making it possible in DnD? At this level and with this kind of logistic involved, it's an NPC thing anyway. A plot device. I'm not inclined to derive any world-building from that, beyond the needs of the hour. I...

They still have 7 HP a pop, though. Maybe the opposing army could circle cast some expended fireballs at those hippos? Sounds yummy. Edit: ah, plus some temp HPs! Anyway, this is a 13 000 army, and a 8th level spell. I doubt this will break many table, really.

I would hate it if the game was exclusivly tested by power gamers and I think 5E great popularity precisely came from the fact it was not.

That won't work, IMO. The dragon has legendary resistance, won't die after such a fall, and the level one characters certainly will not want to attract its attention like that at this point. Then again, I won't be bothered by a dm (or player) who ban this. It's not in any way crucial and maybe...

I don't see this breaking too many things at a quick glance, though I'm not an optimizer by any means and I'm sure there will be some corner cases. The main thing is that the casters must all maintain concentration up until the end of the turn of the last caster. That's a lot of time for the...

Planescape! Planar Heroes (alt title: Manual of the Berks) 1) Classes: not a lot. Maybe a Bard College, Whispers (uncovering secrets of the planes) or Eloquence (for the political game). A planar fighter could be cool. The Oath of Redemption could fit, too (what could change the nature of a...

I thrice the Neverwinter Campaign Book from 4E, great ressource. Apart from the character customisation options (sadly numerous), everything in there is useful even if you don't play 4E.

Turn of Fortune's Wheel goes up to 17th (with a twist).

Pasión de las Pasiones, for telenovela-like over the top drama. Two Summers, for an exploration of friendship and interpersonal drama, with the passage of time as a major actor. Mothership, arguably, for space horror stories where combat is more or less a synonym of death.

Not the End, specifically taylored to stir the story towards dramatic conclusions for the characters, without any combat needed. (Generic engine.) Brindlewood Bay for who-dunnits in which combat is not really supposed to happen (the characters are old female amateur detectives). City of Mist...

3e FRCS gets the prize, right, but the old ones are not that far behind. Good if you really want to know when it's high tide in the deep harbor of Waterdeep and how it affects oyster prizes, or if you need twenty taverns and their menus for each town in Faerun. But otherwise, for purely gaming...

I've read most of it, yes, and strongly disagree. They are needlessly wordy, needlessly detailed and poorly written as rpg products. I don't have any use for them.

I, too, am in the outlier camp. I strongly dislike the 3E FR campaign book, which is a terrible mess on the editorial standpoint. Barely readable, way too dense by lack of a drastic, opinionated editorial eye with a good pair of scissors. I never use it. Strong contender for the title of perfect...

Phb, p. 228 : "If the spell is on your class's spell list, you can read the scroll and cast the spell using its normal casting time and without providing any Material components." Dmg p. 305 : " If the spell is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without Material...