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My guess is any DLC will be player-driven, meaning a bunch of new sub-classes, species, backgrounds, and spells. It would not surprise me if you started to see this stuff cranking out, via an anonymous helper named LLM.

You are correct. It is a business, and from a business position, this might work in their favor. Then again, it might not. Maybe taking a chance on the unknown would be better. But thinking about it more carefully, I tend to agree with your logic. As for drawing the art, I am a stick figure man...

I don't know, I guess that was my point before thinking it through. Do you need a "celebrity" endorsement for characters, or can you use an image that is specifically of the artist's design. One that truly encapsulates Faerun. (Which, I get, is very hard to do.) It seems to me that it would have...

I do have to wonder why they chose computer characters for this. I get that that BG3 is popular. But I believe there are many out there that buy the books that have no idea who these characters are. I for one, before reading the thread, just stared and tried to guess their species and class. I...

That is how I did my system. A predictable damage set damage. The variance I chose was to increase damage, dice pools, heal, or movement speed. Those were the "to hit rolls." Then, the cards effect was varied by the fighting style. For example, if you managed to succeed on an extra damage roll...

Yes. In a yearlong campaign, where the DM told us prior to character creation we had to have someone important to us go missing, I created the typical Human Champion Fighter with a background of Outlander. (Two things: We found out it was a cult, and at the time, I do believe there was only the...

When running from a published adventure, I almost always redo the map in Inkarnate. It is an incredible map tool. Then I send them off to some printing company and they arrive next week. I generally print about 12-18 3-4 months. Many don't get used, but that is ok. I also combine this with the...

If a fighter swings a sword and misses, narratively it might look like this: "You feign a swing at the goblin on the table, only to have it wait and eye you. Then you swing, catching it off guard, thinking it was just another feint." Or "You swing at the goblin on the table only to have it leap...

Let me start with what I said before. Each skill check is unique, and therefore, might not follow the same logic. But... I would argue the bolded above is not true. Combat is dynamic. After missing your attack, there are other PCs attacking, there are possible NPCs attacking, there are also...

Yes, I have written that into adventures for key knowledge checks. For example, a simple history success gives them x knowledge, but a hard history success gives them x + y knowledge, and an epic success grants them x + y + z knowledge. If you have the time to do it for adventures, I find it...

The 2014 DM's guide (the intro and first chapter), Matt Mercer and Satine Phoenix's videos on GM tips, and actual in-person playtime as a player with a good DM. That is what I would start with. Note: If they are still too young to read and understand the DM's Guide, read it with or to them.

Interesting. I am a much more of a success/failure type of DM. No gradients for me. It overcomplicates the game in my opinion. Also, I don't really like a whimsy DM as a player. What's the DC? 15? Cool. I rolled 14+2=16. Success. But I have seen it done in gradients, and it is really good for...

If you are going fantasy, I think it is best to start small. Toronto would be a good start, then choose the state and national parks that are in the vicinity for adventuring sites/exploration. Then, build out the next closest big city. Use the main road structure. And keep plugging in wild lands...

It is task dependent. Failing while climbing a cliff, especially if it's a cumulative skill challenge, can be dangerous. Failing to persuade someone might make it impossible for them to trust you again in that moment. Heck, even when failing to pick a lock the first time, I have seen DMs say...

I share a similar feeling. Remembering last session is easy. Remembering three sessions ago, the one where you got the plot hook and the quest, that gets very difficult. Remembering ten sessions back, outside of an event or awkward mental reconstruction of tone, is insanely difficult. And ah...

This is great stuff. Very enlightening, and it sets a nice picture for how to interact with the model, especially on a longer-term basis. Thanks for teaching me something today - it is appreciated.

This, one thousand percent. Every session I have completed (seven now, each about two hours), has shown this to be a difficulty. It often comes in some general form of: "What do Elle and Elias find as they open the door?" I am not sure if it is the way I am responding (in the same narrative...

Haha. Believe it or not, when I was younger - a lot. Now days, not as much, but still every six months. Although, if you ask my wife, she says I look nothing like him. ;)

That is a great example. Thank you so much!

@Jacob Lewis While you are on this thread, any chance you have a good format to use for the frontload documents. This is the format I have been using for the frontload document of the characters. # Characters for Campaign ## First Adventurer ### Overview: Name: Emme Barnes. An Allorian who...