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Salient. That is what I do as a DM and all I expect from a prospective DM.

Agreed. Early 3rd edition my experience was everyone toe dipped into Rogue for one level just to get D6 sneak attack and evasion. Once evasion was moved to 3rd level, players stopped doing it.

The classic fighter, rogue, cleric and wizard/sorcerer party is a classic trope for a reason. It covers all your bases. It's what I would recommend for most new players and even some experienced groups. Fighter - good but can easily be replaced by barbarian, paladin or even melee focused ranger...

Thanks. I'll take a look. :)

Next I want Curse of Strahd to collect some updated classic D&D. I take it Temple of Elemental Evil hasn't been updated since 3rd edition?

I got it for £55 GBP so about $70 US. That still felt rather excessive to me but frequently I was seeing it online for nearly double that. No idea why.

Just managed to get a copy of Ghosts of Saltmarsh on eBay (Ye gods! How much does that book go for? Crazy prices!) ready for when I start a new 5.5 campaign in a couple months.

I buy adventures occasionally because they are usually something easy too pick up, read and run when I need something. Or they are great sources for ideas or maps that I can use in my own games. These days I don't have a lot of time to write my own things and a published adventure or campaign...

I'm not a fan of the idea of consent forms or what have you. I've had grief before because on certain social media pages, I have said that are we not all adults and can we not handle such within the confines of a game? If someone, a new person coming into the group or at a convention... etc...

I plan on letting the players create their own by letting them choose where their stat boosts go, and what origin feat, skills and tools. Something we can work on together to create what they want.

I was really stoked for Daggerheart initially and I loved our first playtest but each subsequent rules alteration striped that really quickly. Now, I've lost interest and it looks like D&D 5.5 will do the job for what I want. Shame but there it is.

I'd say and rule, that yes, you are your own ally. What could possibly be the issue with doing so? Does it break any aspect of the game? Probably not.

My players aren't interested in anything but the basics and even then, they would prefer to learn it in game. Shame. For me personally, give me a 50 page PDF and I'll read it thoroughly, print it out and bring to the game. To me, knowing the setting is a priority.

Not an adventurer's guild specifically but there is a mercenaries guild that basically can fulfil that same role. I do really like the idea of that. I hadn't considered that option. That could work to then assist the player in guiding their character to pick and join a guild at some point. Nice...

Sorcerer or Rogue, wearing leather armour.

Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't considered them being the same Guld by default. I'd leave that to the players to decide but it might be an interesting idea to suggest if they want to do it. The fact that the Guild Membership isn't technically a background is a fair point, and it is why I...

Strange Aeons, the Lovecraftian adventure path.

So... coming back into D&D 5 with the new 2024 release and I'm using the old Bard's Gate city setting from Necromancer Games as my base for future campaigns. The world will expand as we create it going forwards. In Bard's Gate there are numerous guilds that characters can join. Pay you dues and...

In D&D but Pathfinder 1st edition has two adventure paths which have you visit Earth. One takes you to 1918 Russia and the other to 1890's Paris. Personally I like to keep Earth out of my cosmology. The closest I came was a 3.X setting that never got used, using Atlantis as the setting and...

In the early 90's in a 2nd ed AD&D setting I wrote, there was an ancient insectoid race called the Thrax. They became sci-fi advanced and eventually left for the stars, leaving the world for whatever came after them. Those Thrax who stayed eventually de-evolved become the Thri-Kreen.