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Ever time I run this adventure, I free associate into new weird items for Erdan to give the party. Last time was a Bear mask that gives you a bite attack when you wear it. One PC put it on his horse, lol.

ZEITGEIST has worlds with elemental vibes, but that are more than just chunks of raw element. Caeloon is entirely floating islands, most of them covered with meadows or forests, with storms roiling in the center. Monks attempt to create places of respite and beauty, to weave together a world...

I recall designing a ZEITGEIST boss fight with this in mind. I had a singular mastermind who had bound four ghosts to him which he could use as little minions to grab and such. But if he was affected by something he didn't like, he could just have one of the ghosts take the hit instead. It was...

I played a fight in 4e where a dragon attacked a village built on a lake, with homes connected by narrow wooden bridges. I marked the dragon with my aegis of assault, and so of course he ripped me to shreds. With only a few HP left, I shifted out of reach and dove into the water so he couldn't...

I rather fell in love with the Legend of the Five Rings fiction published during the period when Fantasy Flight Games oversaw the IP. They basically rebooted the setting to focus on samurai drama more than crazy gods and demons and such. You can read the vast majority of it here: Chrysanthemum...

Also, for when you do get to adventure 5, I recommend taking a read of my thread where I did some (incomplete) brainstorming on how to make that adventure feel a little more interesting, and to make the characterization of Pilus more compelling...

There is maybe one halfling I recall putting in the whole AP, and he's very earnest, honestly. But as is the case with the wee folk, I appear to have mostly overlooked them. So you'll have to add stuff. I might suggest to have Seaquen be founded originally by halflings. You could say the...

Hm. I originally figured I'd let people just ad hoc combos, but the idea of having pre-designed combos is kinda interesting. Harder to just record stuff on your own sheet, but it might encourage me to be creative in designing PC abilities with an expectation that combinations should do...

I hadn't considered time for actions. Hm, I'm not sure how to fit that into this idea, unless it's like, spend an action this turn to get a Charge, then spend the Charge next turn?

Can I ask you a random game design question? I am brainstorming a beat em up video game style fighting system. Think Double Dragon or Streets of Rage. As opposed to the normal RPG combat which has you declaring an action, rolling a die to see if you succeed, and then having the result, here...

I also really liked God of War, though looking back, I do think that there were some gameplay choices that were a little repetitive for the side quests. But the main plot and especially the character arc for the lead is really great. The music is awesome too. I'm actually playing ghost right...

Kasvarina and Gradiax decide after the adventure path ends to become time travelers.

This must've been something added in the 4e version. I don't recall them in the 3e version.

I'll message you, and can share the first couple chapters. If you like those enough to keep reading, great, but please feel no obligation if it's not to your taste.

It depends on the game and GM. Some GMs ask for more because they want to weave the characters' history in. Others are just doing action, and the present day is what matters. If I were in a Game of Thrones game, lots of backstory. If I were in a Walking Dead game, not so much. Probably the...

By the way, if anyone wants to read a Bronze Age fantasy novel and offer feedback, let me know.

Yeah, I still get this: It is the same in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge. Morrus?

I'm not sure if it's useful for you, but in EN Publishing's Adventures in ZEITGEIST, we have the Gadgeteer, a fighter subclass that gets limited use gadgets. The idea was to make Batman, basically. https://a5e.tools/node/3726

I don't think I agree with that. For Andor to land right, you need to show the banality of the bureaucratic side of the evil empire, and show how normal it seems to so many people, rather than everything being high stakes and high speed. It grinds down people's will to resist. But then amid...