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It does bring into question - "If I can buy alchemist fire that does times X more than the base stuff, why can't I do that with a long sword?". The game currently handles the increase in weapon damage (or other improvements) via things like Fighting Styles, the Extra Attack ability, Monk...

Hellfire is noticeably lighter, and it does feel like a somewhat pared-down version of Borderlands. You'll definitely get more adventure time out of Borderlands. I assume the similar cost is due to licensing/royalty costs paid back to using the Stranger Things brand. Either one looks to be...

There is a list of advanced poisons in the 2014 DMG, I think there’s even prices. The damage for alchemical fire in the PHB is insulting, and there certainly should be options that are better, and I’m not against such items scaling, though it might be better to do the scaling via a feat, or...

The birthday party goblins in Borderlands made me roll my eyes, but the great thing as a DM is if you don’t like a certain quest or presentation , you don’t have to give it out. On the other hand, if your players for some reason are into those sort of fetch or offbeat quests, it’s their choice...

I got a bit advanced with my spellcasting services. I haven't actually implemented this yet, though. (It's unlikely in my homebrew PCs would ever be able to get a hold of services for 6th circle or higher without it being some part of a larger quest).

Earlier today I got the Hellfire Club Starter set, and I've spent a little bit of time with it checking it out and comparing it to the Heroes of the Borderlands starter set. It, of course, has a really different feel - where the Borderland set seems aimed squarely at modern newcomers who've...

I have enough FFG games that I invested in small jewelry bags (from the likes of Hobby Lobby) and uses some of the extra ones I had, or just reuse the bags that my X-wing cards and stuff came in. :) The bags that came with the starter set felt overly thick/bulky.

WotC itself has been only producing a trickle of product, the 3PP scene is where all the options and action is happening. I find it very interesting these days how much 3PP stuff is now available through D&D Beyond - seems like a regular stream over the drip of WotC itself. Personally, I'm...

As a side note, if you have the RTF versions of the books from the Core rules, Obsidian is an excellent bit of kit to paste the text into (in small sections, by subject) and hyperlink. I believe it has tools for making the data available via cloud/web, but I haven't tried it. It also has a...

I'm curious on folk's experience with the new Lycanthropes, and other creatures that used to have B,P & S resistances.

1070? Haven't heard of that before, what is it? I never got into Immortal or Epic level play, so I didn't think to consider the difference in those rulesets.

Google translate doesn't do a half bad job ;).

Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog really seems like something to draw on here. It's like an old Sears & Roebuck catalog that not only lists a wide variety of equipment, but has blurbs what it's used for and even sometime touches on ideas useful in the game at large. Also, a couple of alchemical...

The details here are certainly interesting, I was only a kid the the last time I went camping in the woods and I've never heard this sort of advice. Seems like this would be something that would be covered under 5E's Survival or possibly a Nature check to properly set up a camp. As for random...

On the mind flayer, that's an interesting idea - using its ink as war paint.

I voted for the hybrid fighter/mage (though it'd be more 75% mage, 25% fighter), my personal term is Battlemage. Subclasses for it could be Swordmage, Blade Dancer (moved from the Fighter), Arcane Archer, Duskblade, Gish and even Jedi (Mystic Warrior). I suppose Eldritch Knight could be moved...

Quite literally but an expensive one. I remember printing out the changes from 3E to 3.5E, thinking I could just incorporate the changes and not have to rebuy books. What I got convinced me it would be easier to keep track of the differences if I just bought the books.

I'm not sure what you mean by "it doesn't work", further explanation would be helpful if you're having specific problems. Based on my reading, these are my suggestions: I have to step away for a bit, so I'll tackle the remainder later.