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I still think there should have been a dragon in Sithicus. It's the Dragonlance domain, after all. A dragon darklord (or at least a dragon presence) would have been a far better option than that silliness with Magda's daughter as replacement Darklord after Soth got yanked out of the domain for...

I've lost the link now, but i remember someone actually asked one of the 4e designers (4e being when tieflings were visually homogenised, after being extremely varied in Planescape 2e and largely ignored in 3e) why tieflings got their now-familiar uniform 'look', and was told it was a mandate...

It's a funny thing though, isn't it - creating a Ravenloft party which has come from 'outside'? The player knows in advance that their backsotry NPCs won't get used because they'll be on the other side of the Mists, and that any plot hooks they carefully lay are likely to go the same way. And...

I'm part-way through the Spelljammer one. It's ok, but it's a bit on the younger side of young adult for my personal preference.

I haven’t (of course) read this, and to be honest I’m unlikely to. But I’m going to offer an old-ish school defence of it from a ravenloft point of view. First, we have a group of PCs pulled into Ravenloft by the Mists. This is of course classic Ravenloft, none of that stuff with native...

Honestly, in 5e there's probably no reason for Drizzt to have any ranger levels at all any more. He originated back in 2e days when that was really the only way for a warrior class to be properly sneaky and wilderness-wise, but a regular fighter with the right set of proficiencies can do that...

Drizzt has had ranger, fighter, and barbarian levels as far back as his 3rd Ed stat block of n the FRCS, and I’m pretty sure the later books had him becoming a monk too. He’s long since divorced himself enough from what a d&d game is actually like that it’s pretty much impossible to represent...

They should do something completely out of left field and make her a warlock or necromancer or something. Not necessarily an evil one, just different enough from her parents.

Yeah, I’m definitely planning on talking to the druid player first (he's playing a Stars druid who doesn’t often wild shape because Starry Form is great, but I’m going to ask if he’s ok with it anyway)

So, I have a player in my game who is playing a dhampir alchemist artificer. His character concept is of a studious doctor (this is War of the Lance Dragonlance, so healing magic is largely unknown and doctors/healers are actually useful...) who was deliberately infected with dhampirism by...

I like the idea of alternate prime stats for cleric because it gives you an option to play a cleric who ISN'T a perceptive bastion of immovable willpower. You should have the option to play a goodhearted cleric who's nonetheless a bit oblivious and prey to the temptations of the flesh, for...

I'd like a choice between Charisma and Int (and I offer this option, in the game i run). Surely the classic warlock archetype is the socially awkward loner who makes a devil's deal for power and recognition? Forcing all warlocks into the high-Charisma model model just cuts out too many options...

You mean to say … you don’t know already? Sounds like a skill issue. Such an inferior character build…

I'm in Australia, I buy a bit of stuff at Gameology or Good Games (they're kinda the big dogs on the block, in terms of physical game stores and online sales respectively), but there's quite a number of smaller game stores too - milsims, gumnut, etc. None of the ones in my city, that I'm aware...

I'd be living it up on a private yacht AND posting on nerd game message forums, myself. #livethedream

That was my assumption, but I was wondering if there was any possible slick maneuvering possible there too. For instance, having TSR buy its own shares back from Gary. This would have had the effect of taking those shares out of circulation and boosting the value of Williams’s shares (and the...

I’d have to go back and relisten to the relevant bit of the podcast, my jaw was kinda on the floor at that point. My recollection is that the offer was for all of Gary’s 800 shares at a way-above market value of $3000 each, plus the trademarks to D&D, plus a lump sum payout and a sum of...

Yeah, I suspected as much. The podcast kinda skates over any of the friends and new associates that Gary made in the days of TSRs success (with the exception of Dille himself), i think because it’s really trying to emphasise the ‘tragedy of the American dream’ narrative of ‘success made him lose...

Finished it today. It was an interesting listen. I've read a few of the books about that period - Slaying the Dragon, Game Wizards etc, but there was still a lot here that was new. Rose Estes added a lot to the story I think, and Mary Jo. Those were perspectives I don't think I'd heard...

Ah, I somehow missed seeing that despite looking several times, thanks for the pointer. I haven't read anything of hers. Heavy emphasis on YA fiction, plus a significant stint doing Star Wars tie-ins (and you don't get repeat deals with for companies like Disney unless you can write to...