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In re: the Diary of Vecna, I think the thing that drove me most crazy about the levelling treadmill in 3.x and 4E both was it made levelling feel like a lot of math for no benefit. As someone said upthread, if you have +5 against a DC 15 lock at level five and +10 against a DC 25 lock in the...

Mostly about his favorite books. :D But he was a class act, to coin a phrase. -The Gneech :cool:

What? O.o "The orc chieftain has stats similar to bugbear" doesn't mean a random orc put on the Chieftain Hat and magically transformed. It means that among this particular bunch of orcs, the biggest and toughest one (mechanically comparable to a bugbear) has risen to the rank of chief. If he...

I got nothing. I love the 5E fighter! -The Gneech :cool:

Er? This isn't my experience at all. My players have pulled off some pretty epic stuff, conning goblin kings and wiping out thieves guilds all by 2nd level. The only reason they haven't tipped any giants yet is because they haven't come upon any. -The Gneech :cool:

I want a quarterly release of 3-5 small, unrelated-to-each-other scenarios that I can drop into my own game easily. So. Dungeon magazine. I want Dungeon magazine. I'd be set, with that. -The Gneech

Oooooh! Color me interested! -TG :cool:

Looks a lot smaller in 3D than it does on graph paper! -TG :cool:

Yeah, that's kinda what I'm seeing too. It's not any kind of a statement about 5E (or even 4E), it's all about the business angle, as far as I can tell. I'm sympathetic; I've long been of the opinion that too much money involved poisons any kind of hobby. But it's also the kind of thing that is...

5 out of 5 rating for Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen One of the best GM screens I've seen: instead of being crammed to unreadability with tables, tables, and more tables, this screen has an open and airy design that enables you to find what you're looking for quickly, and has tables to generate...

Aaaand... 'nuff said. :D -TG :cool:

Almost always, but never as the star of the show. The NPC tends to be a "group sidekick" type (like Meepo) or buff up a hole in the party ("You guys really might want to have a healer along..."). I usually give the NPC an interesting quirk or two to make RP fun (e.g., the cleric who was afraid...

That's a cool idea. :) I'm liking the idea of "gold as currency for advancement of your choice"... if you want to invest it in leveling up, you can do that. If you want to spend it on crafting or acquiring gear, you can do that. If you want to use it to gain favor with social factions, you can...

I hadn't thought of that, but it's an interesting wrinkle. -TG :cool:

It's just an option, if it doesn't work for you, don't use it. :) The whole point is to come up with a model that emphasizes the kind of play you want to encourage. D&D started by emulating sword and sorcery, with pretty amoral characters chasing after loot more than anything else, and in that...

XP for treasure looted rather than foes defeated changes the focus of the game from "Fight! Fight! Fight!" to making stealth, negotiations, and exploring cubbyholes to find hidden caches a more effective mode of advancement. Since the critters with the most treasure tend to be ridiculously scary...

A very interesting analysis here: http://blogofholding.com/?p=6760 The article recommends, if going the "XP for GP" route, that you double the monetary awards for creatures at the top of their tier, but to ignore tier 4 treasure. I'm looking into adapting this for my own campaign. -The...

Also: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/media-resources/art-galleries Quietly lurking on their page with no shoutouts at all... -The Gneech :cool:

It's also backwards; 5E is the edition where they went back to Greedo not shooting at all, IMO. -The Gneech :cool:

Some at least were Mike Schley... http://mikeschley.zenfolio.com/p483322385 -TG :cool: