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As a pretty eclectic player interested in trying and playing all sorts of systems, I do think D&D (especially 5.0e--RIP) has a certain magic to it. The rules have some rough edges, but the relative efficiency provided by the interaction of complexity with design goal is pretty high. In other...

They cannot obtain it, despite attempts, because WotC refuses to grant it to them. For some reason they don't want to enter a formal agreement with a VTT that is likely bigger than Fantasy Grounds at this point Personally I hope they continue not to long enough for me to import all my content...

And subject to content alteration or deletion at any time.

Maybe if we're really fortunate, the most financially successful OGL dependent players will successfully bring an antitrust suit against D&D. If it's finally gotten big enough, maybe Hasbro will have succeeded themselves right out of the ability to exercise the market control they wish.

Yep, that works.

Normally I'm pretty good about answering survey questions by their own rules and expectations, but I found I couldn't really work with this question: "I am pleased with the existing maneuvers for the ________ Combat Tradition in the Adventurer's Guide, regardless of whether more options...

Prediction 1: WotC will come up with a DM-less way to play using D&D Beyond. This will help them get more money directly from players. We could probably pre-emptively start a placeholder thread for the topic, lol. Prediction 2: Someone will come up with an AI assistant GM that will provide...

Do you give casters some other sort of benefit to make up for the loss of their assumed default power level that is based on being able to cast a spell every round? If not, do you reduce the power level of non-casters in some way also? Or do you consider casters are too powerful compared to...

I've never read a detailed on the ground examination of what life in Istar looked like (it may have been written, but I've only looked at the overviews of some gaming sources), but I make some assumptions that are probably at least subtle changes from original intent, and it makes it work out...

5e actually says a god can have different power levels in different worlds. It also described lesser deities, greater deities, and demigods, as way more fundamentally different from each other than previous editions (in the DMG at least--I'm not sure later products really backed that up). It...

Thanks for all the additional analysis and sample revisions! In thinking about it more, I have some possibilities. The consumable component isn't really a balance factor at higher levels when you can use as much as you need. But it remains a psychological factor (at least in my group that is...

Stoneskin has always felt underwhelming to me. At the same time, I can understand why they went with the version in the PHB: it is devilishly hard to balance it well. I think what really makes it feel underwhelming is that it both requires concentration and costs gold. But just removing one or...

I know I bought old TSR titles from Drivethrurpg when I was in Washington state in that time frame, and I'd buy more if they'd put up the three still-missing 2e Monstrous Compendium appendices.

Sorry for the delay; I forgot to get back to this. So the main question I think has to be addressed to decide how you want to do it in your game, is where do you included choice, and why? Traditionally, you don't pick your ability scores, or you hit points, or the spells you learn on level up...

I've never gotten around to the novels; how did the Knight capabilities differ from the game sourcebooks?

I'm not really following the 5.5e playtest because I know I won't be able to adopt the edition change in general. But that doesn't mean I won't snag ideas I like from the SRD when it's done. And I happen to run across a news article that said the bard is being changed to a prepared caster...

This is the attunement rule for monsters from the DMG, and I think could be adapted to PCs. "If the prerequisite is to be a spellcaster, a creature qualifies if it can cast at least one spell using its traits or features, not using a magic item or the like."

For those who don't want to think through all of that: Random Stats Quick Fix: Each player randomly generates an array of 6 ability scores. Then each player can choose to use any of those randomly generated arrays, and more than one player can choose the same array. If you want to avoid the...

I'm a fan if D&D traditions, but random stats and hit points are something I'm highly opposed to. The reason is that they are incongruous with other character creation elements. They are one time random rolls that create permanent character traits. Nothing else does that. If it did, we would...

Unfortunately I'm on the other side--I need them to put up PDFs to complete my collection.