Search results

I agree. To split the two might be a bit pedantic. But maybe they can create a new version of each for me. I'm open to it, but it does feel like they are the same.

Maybe scholar?

Again, not really. Is that urchin a little less smart. Well yes, if the point buy can't exceed 15. They will be a +1 behind the top most optimized. Might they gain something else from the street urchin background that makes them unique, and dare I say, even better than that +1 optimizer? The...

I might push back a little on that. I think that number will be 20%-30% also. I think there is a middle-majority where things will work out as intended. I do not disagree that the 20%-30% people forced into picking a background they don't want for optimization's sake will be disgruntled. It is...

For some players. Others (my guess is 20%-30%) will be happy to play sub-optimal designs if it matches their character's story origin, motives, or player's vision.

To be fair, I think @Horwath is worried about the same thing that others used to complain about - to get to the coveted 16 at first level, you must play this (fill the blank) race. There were many, and I mean many, complaints about that. Personally, it never bothered me because not having a 16...

It was awesome! (y)

Didn't Colville do a video on this or something? I thought someone posted it on these forums. I watched it and thought his conclusions were logical; smaller modules back in the day helped people piece together campaigns and finish stories without the fear of party breakup, schedule mishaps...

Yeah. I know I logged on and was ready to buy the second it let me. I was 6,000th in que. I got 1 out of the 10 things I was trying to buy. And I was buying a solo ticket, so it's not like I was with a group. Oh well, it'll still be fun.

Nice list there. Unfortunately, it looks like most are sold out. But still, it is informative for those that might want to "see" if there is a spare ticket available while there standing outside the door. ;)

The background art is pretty neat. I like the concept. It may not be my favorite art, but the concept is really cool. It will be interesting to see how the character-building process gets deconstructed by the community.

If you believe there are modern audiences (see the thread about modern audiences going), then adventure paths are doomed to fail for them. If you believe older audiences need modules like The Keep on the Borderlands with their open airy feel, then adventure paths are doomed to fail. I really...

Here are a few I can think of: Getting the gist of a scroll when only certain words are visible or the language is dead and lost, but a few words have (insert language here like Sylvan) roots. If I were to do this, I'd either make it a real paper puzzle for the players to solve or have a...

Those are all fair points. It had been long enough time between posts that I accidentally shifted the argument. My apologies.

Or both. ;) In all seriousness, in my experience, DMs that know their canon, yet are able to succinctly point out what is important, are top notch. Agreed. This is especially true across tables.

This might be the best analogy of Greyhawk I have ever seen. Thank you. I think it might also explain some players' preferences (and tolerances) for a table's setting, as well as some DMs' preferences for liking and/or hating books. If I remember correctly, that is one of the reasons we, as...

All of your examples use multi-classing. They are all also built with character optimization in mind. Having to use those two things to compare a single class, non-optimized paladin should give you perspective on smite. I don't know about your table, but half of our selected feats and classes...

If I may cut in here, I believe people are saying it is extremely powerful in the right circumstances. And (here is the important part) for many tables at higher levels, those circumstances tend to happen more and more often. This could happen from fewer combats during the adventuring day or...

My approach wouldn't be a mixture of what was said earlier: Interesting lair effects (Especially in a Greek themed campaign, these could range from shrines where only one god's divine magic works to permanent silence to sovereign glue traps (seeing how there are lots of centaurs. ;) )...

They do. They just utilize third parties to do the work.