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I like to think of D&D's wizard basically keeping almost everything they were since they were the only arcane casters, the magic-users. The arcane casters that came later (sorcerer, bard, warlock) are more specialized. Those trade versatility for more focused special features to go with their...

I'm with you on Volo's Guide to Monsters. I would have loved to see more like that. Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (not the newer Monsters of the Multiverse) was still good, but I felt like Volo's was just better somehow.

How does this book compare to the fluff in the 2e Draconomicon and the 3e Draconomicon? The 2e book was pretty short, but almost entirely fluff and this dragon lover quite enjoyed it. The 3e version was big and full of crunch, but it also had a lot of good fluff (maybe even as much as 2e)...

I was just going to post the same thing. I think I pretty much picked up the original boxed set when it came out, so I never had any misconceptions about what it was. Anyone who is really wanting to get into it in 5e should consider picking up a pdf of the original on DMsGuild/Drivethrurpg...

2e has some better take-off and landing times on page 51 in the Concordance of Arcane Space (in the original boxed set). Translated from AD&D jargon it is: Celestial Body Diameter in Miles -> Time to Exit Gravity Well Less than 10 -> 10 minutes 10 to 1,000 -> 20 minutes 1K to 4K -> 30 minutes...

I use the Planescape/Great Wheel cosmology for the Outer Planes. So a character's soul should go to (in this order): 1) The judge of the dead in their pantheon, or 2) The realm of their patron deity, or 3) The plane that best fits their alignment and outlook. I favor having characters go to the...

I didn't read the 80 pages, but I have a question and this seems like the place for it. What are the known variables contributing to the movie's financial under-performance? Everyone I know liked the movie. This makes me think that variables other than quality were involved.(1) What other...

I think whether monks have enough ki or not is highly dependent on whether your party is getting something around the assumed 2 short rests. If your group isn't really using short rests, triple all of the short rest recharge features that classes get and make them long rest recharge features.

I believe in 2e you also very slowly drifted to the edge, so if no one threw you a rope you would eventually find yourself falling out of the gravity plane into empty space.

Honestly (and I'm probably going to get strong disagreement on this), I think one of the biggest things holding back even the best game building software (like NWN) is too much reliance on the mindset and assumed skills of software design and coding. A couple examples (may not apply to all...

You know, this almost feels more like a Neverwinter Nights 3 than a Baldur's Gate 3 for some reason I can't quite place. If they release software to make your own adventures and a DM client--I'm sold. I haven't really been following it, but it does seem promising.

First, the DMG statement that the Feywild is supposed to be in perpetual "twilight" is wrong, because twilight is defined as the light from the sun when it is already below the horizon. The Feywild descriptions speak of a sun that is visible and low on the horizon. So, the Feywild is supposed...

I change skywrite to 4th level and sending to 5th level, because I believe they otherwise are too world-changing.

Definitely. If you want to put your players through Baator, you're going to go through Baator doing it. ...but it's worth it once in a blue moon for a suitably epic brawl. However I'm also of the school that thinks that (other than in 4e) high level play doesn't really work for the same sort...

I totally want the players to have fun and win, because if they aren't having fun I won't be either. It does go the other way though, and my multiverse is like my own PC with an identity, consistency, etc that needs to be respected for me to have fun (so that the players can have it in this...

Sure, but the closer I stick to what is published, the less work I have to do in that area, and the more time I have to devote to other parts of the campaigns I run. I want the fluff I have in the books to do the work for me. It's an encyclopedia, an atlas, etc, that I don't have to spend time...

I don't know, the changes to the Forgotten Realms make any official 5e FR lore that comes out suspect to me. If I were an expert in the lore maybe I would know enough to immediately recognize and ignore what is based on changes that happened after my last point of official synchronization...

Off the top of my head, the current official optional/variant rules I use are: -Multiclassing (discouraged though) -Feats -Skills with alternate ability scores -Healer's kit dependency for short rest healing -Slower natural healing (the one where you regain half HD but no hit points on a long...

In this case, I wonder if it's based on his professional relationship with the current IP holder, and a desire to keep that positive.

Thanks, makes sense.