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As an active D&D 5e DM, I don't use dice rolling for ability scores in my game. Firstly, on average, what does it really get you? If you use the 5e standard array of [15,14,13,12,10,8] as representative of a typical point-buy character (remember, the standard array is built using the 27-point...

Loved the design overview, and it has motivated me to check out the game. I did come here for the same thing TwoSix already brought up. If you're rolling a single d6, there is ~ 16.7% chance of rolling a 6. Because any of the dice can be a 6 regardless of what any of the other dice roll, you...

It's a dice pool system. The article itself has two links to previous articles about the Tests: "To make a Test, you will assemble your pool of six-sided dice (d6s) and try to meet or exceed the Difficulty Number (DN) of the Test."

Not that this necessarily carries any weight, but early Advanced Dungeons & Dragons convention games were tournaments. Players formed teams and threw themselves at the adventure trying to score as many points as they could. They were competitive. They relied on a Dungeon Master to fairly...

I hadn't considered that, using the dark-to-light token flips not as impetus to introduce a horror or Unknown element, but rather an indicator that it happened. I'm going to give that a try. Good tip.

I enjoy Chill 3rd edition. My D&D group takes occasional breaks for Chill adventures, which we really enjoy. As a GM, though, I was surprised that I liked the light/dark token system less in practice than I did when I first read the rule book. As a storyteller and game master, I don't need a...

You mentioned "non-public Kickstarter." I didn't listen to the podcast. Why won't the Kickstarter be public? Thanks for any info.

I'll be honest with you, Adam, even if you could sit down with everyone for 10 minutes and give your spiel, it would probably mean less than you think it would. I attended an entire presentation/game session for that whole Project Morningstar debacle at Origins a few years back. They gave a...

All I can see is a link to the D&D Beyond logo.

I CM (Chill Master, the Chill term for GM) Chill 3e from time to time. I've invested in all of the Kickstarter campaigns to date. I find that it's not a system that I would be interested in CMing as a long-term campaign. For instance, our gaming group tends to run years-long D&D campaigns. I...

What do the following acronyms stand for (within the context of W.O.I.N.)? 1. O.L.D. 2. N.O.W. 3. N.E.W. Thanks. CNYGamer99

Okay, thank you. Soon as in "sometime in the coming weeks" or soon as in "put it on your Christmas wish list"?

How do you get the WOIN books in hardcover?

Like many spells and abilities in 5e, this one has too-vague wording. So the question is, do you interpret the text as: 1) You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can not have new instances of the Frightened condition put on you. or 2) You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you...

I'm hoping someone with experience using the Game Master 5 iOS app compatible with D&D 5e could answer a question. When setting up an XML document for a player character for use in Game Master 5, I'm having trouble with the two multi-word skills (Animal Handling and Sleight of Hand). It seems...

I like that, it sounds like a fun idea. I might steal that for my game.

In my opinion, Tomb of Horrors is not meant for at-home campaign play. The adventure was written as a tournament adventure, which was run with pre-generated characters. The early D&D tournaments were competitive in nature; groups earned points based on how far into the tournament they could get...

The term "weapon attack" differentiates an non-spell attack from a "spell attack." But yeah, making a weapon attack with something that is explicitly not a weapon (such as an unarmed strike) can create some confusion. I'm sort of surprised that made it through the supposedly exhaustive play...

If it is a record, it will only be so until Tome of Beasts releases: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/350683997/tome-of-beasts-300-new-monsters-for-5th-edition

I do have to agree with the people indicated that straight-up refunds would be too much for BMG to bear. If all 276 people received refunds (264 refunds at $150 each, and 12 refunds at $140 each), that's north of $40 grand. I do, however, remain adamant in my opinion that BMG has not been...