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This sounds like a hard class to balance - your examples are of extraordinarily powerful, primarily solo characters. As to whether there is room...that's subjective. As I posted above, adding more complexity to the rules is a cost, and is something that a lot of players don't want (I'm among...

This is fair. I just make the wheelchairs magic. Basically, the same way the X-Men writers started treating Prof. X's wheelchair. It's a handwave solution that gets the job done. And when they players want more verisimilitude, they add it.

One thing that I have been thinking about is whether and how the widespread adoption of DnDBeYond affects WotC's decision making in all things, but especially on adding more stuff to the game. Thanks to DDB, they have a lot of data on class and subclass popularity (every now and then, they...

I agree, and this is basically the format of the Heroes of the Borderlands adventure. To me, a dungeon-type environment is a valuable resource for its inhabitants, and they are going to use that space, so all of it should be meaningful.

I plan a ton because I don't want the players to feel railroaded. So that makes me feel like I need to have a ton of contingencies in place, and it also means that I prep a lot of material that never gets used, or gets used years later, often in a different campaign. For some games, the players...

How many words is a typical game's worth of planning? Factoring in the prep materials specifically for the game and then averaging out the preliminary materials for that part of the world (gazetteer info, basically), I probably average 3-4k words per session. My last campaign arc was ten games...

5e was coming off the heels of 4e, which was much more of a tactical combat game, and I think some of that expectation was still baked in. But instead we got the rise of actual play shows that emphasize story and RP, where combats are relatively rare and consequential. Plus, 5e is not that great...

A) You created an account and necroed a thread to argue against letting disabled characters succeed in a fantasy game? B) It's a FANTASY GAME. If your imagination isn't strong enough for the scenario you describe above, then the game is probably not for you.

Yeah, the new organization kinda sucks. The creatures themselves are a bit stronger. In particular, a lot more of them have multiple damage types, which makes them more threatening to heavily armoured or (especially) damage resistant characters. There are also a lot more extras that creatures...

I don't think Laura Bailey is going to make those types of choices.

Matt's character is such a douche - I am really wondering what that arc is going to look like. I love the concept of a POed fairy, so Thimble should be a fun character in the hands of Laura Bailey. Sam and Whitney had excellent chemistry. I like that Marisha is leaning into wackier...

This is one of many reasons it's an apples and oranges comparison.

Except: Casablanca is two hours, total. It isn't being improvised. It has a plot. Kind of an apples and oranges comparison. Also, it seems a bit early to be comparing Season 4 of Critical Role to an acclaimed classic, based on a four hour funeral episode. IMO. That said, obviously Episode...

And having read through it, I think I will prefer to homebrew my starter game. I actually quite like these adventures, but they’re more aimed at kids.

I feel like people watched a different episode than me. If you came back an hour later they were still at a funeral. That's basically all that happened. Aside from the short side story with Thimble, it's four hours of people talking at a funeral. Hell, the funeral was still going when it ended -...

It's also a good setting if you prefer a grittier style of play, as it has a mechanic to make resting difficult and thus forces players to worry more about resource management.

I’m a heavy planner but I also plan with a lot of breadth so the players have tons of options. And I love using random encounter tables. So there winds up being lots of ad libbing, too.

I have the 5e guide - it's really rich and detailed. I'm glad to see it being ported to another system so more folks can try it out. I'm also glad that WotC isn't trying to enforce exclusivity with having it on DDB.

I never, ever use "the heroes have to save the world" as a plot device. I think it has diminishing returns, and it is much better to raise the stakes by building the plot out of the character's backstories and relationships. Stakes come from emotional investment, not from ever larger...

Yeah, its habit of flattering the author is lame. To me it doesn't read as insincere, since it's not sentient, but it is a dumb quirk that I wish they would fix - I just roll my eyes and ignore it.