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It’s probably a wink and a nod for longtime fans. Or something the writers stuck in for their own amusement. Similar to how Guardians of the Galaxy had a cameo by Howard the Duck. Now, if the movie opens and social media blows up with comments from people who want to see the cartoon characters...

(Mods: If you feel this is the wrong forum for this post, feel free to move) I will be spending a few days in the Boulder area, and it looks like I will have a bit of downtime to explore a couple of gaming stores while I’m there. In particular, I am looking for a store that has a good...

(Yoda voice) A lawyer, I am not… but how can you claim that something is “private information” when you were offering it for sale on your website (even if it’s not clear that any copies were actually sold that way) AND you were handling it out as a freebie at a convention? I mean… I suppose...

I don’t always keep up with the books as as soon as they come out. I’ll sometimes hold off to see what the reviews are, or wait for a price drop. My last purchases were Fizban’s and Strixhaven, back in October. Since then, I was gifted Monsters of the Multiverse (so, not a purchase). I also...

These are great! Me likee.

I have not read the book, so I will just assume it’s a demon who went to law school for a semester and then dropped out. He never took a class on contracts, so he can’t go all the way Lawful Evil. This is my headcanon now. Shut up.

This suggests a new tactic to avoid being surprised by mimics: Have the wizard cast an illusion causing the room to look like an ornate, lavishly-furnished throne room. The mimic, indistinguishable from a merely “ordinary” chest, is now distinctly out of place—it is therefore noticeable and...

I mean… I’m not even a Spelljammer fan (I had stopped playing when the setting came out), but everything you just described sounds like fun. In fact, our DM just pitched an idea for a future campaign: “Nautical theme, the party gets its own ship, hunting pirates (or maybe you ARE the pirates.”...

Interesting. In my circle, pretty much everyone had the PHB and the DMG (and very often one of the Monster books). Part of that was due to the fact that we periodically rotated DM duties… but I think the bigger factor was a desire to have all the rules. No secret, DM-only knowledge for us...

After playing B/X and 1st Edition from 1982 to 1989, I stopped playing RPGs altogether. Partly because I didn’t feel like re-buying rulebooks for 2nd Edition, but mostly because my gaming group scattered to the winds when we hit college. Fast-forward to 2014, when I started seeing articles...

“I’d like to talk to you about the Harper Initiative.”

Lots of classes have access to Cure Wounds and/or Healing Word: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger (and Artificer, I think). So a one-level in any of those classes by any PC gives the party a secondary healer. That’s useful if the Cleric is down, or too far away to help. The Healer feat is...

Only drop attunement items, so that the greedy player can’t Gollum them all.

Asking politely… Can the people who want to engage in endless squabbles over the rules please move that conversation to a new thread? Some of us would like to enjoy the spectacle of Vecna-stomping without added distraction.

$25 is comparable to what I typically pay for a movie, popcorn, and soda. So I could probably justify paying it if I thought the DM ran sessions well and I was enjoying the campaign. But I wouldn’t want to have to round up 3-4 friends and convince them to pony up, as well. At that point, I’d...

Pretty much this. For me, D&D is a hobby, and I’m not interested in paying someone else for the opportunity to do it. Nor do I expect anyone to pay me to play at their table. That said… DM-ing is a skill, acquired through time and practice. Like hitting a baseball, writing computer code, or...

I’m kind of surprised that we haven’t seen WOTC release or announce anything relating to Vecna. Even a short adventure for, say, Red Nose Day. I would assume that they knew that “Vecna” would be featured in the new season of Stranger Things, which has been in development for two years now. (And...

The obvious solution: The players should spare the succubus, and teach her to channel her demonic fury towards a new goal… Brutally murdering everyone who torments the region through flagrant disregard of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Run-on sentence abusers, of course, get even...

I’ll believe D&D is mainstream when second- and third-tier celebrities start playing the game, in an attempt to boost their visibility. pause Oh, dear Lord…

Lots of salient points about the lack of high-profile fantasy stories being made for film. Another factor is the rise of streaming services, and the need to provide a steady diet of new content for those services. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Witcher, and the upcoming GoT and LOTR...