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The solution I find for this problem is doing the opposite: giving plot hooks like candy. You can't have real agency without information, and plot hooks are nothing more than information about things you can do in the game world.

I tend to agree with both definitions.

My back was asking for a break at the fourth hour, I need a better chair if I ever do this again.

I had to check the date to be sure it wasn't posted on the first.

It went well! I think all four objectives were met. It felt D&D enough, even if it wasn't actually D&D; all players could create the characters they wanted to play; nobody besides me read the rules beforehand; and the combat was almost too deadly, but hit the sweet spot. The group was composed...

I like dungeons, not as the sole feature of a campaign, but as an integral, even central, part of it. Dungeons are a great place to place your main conflicts because they are a space where the party can exert all the main pillars of play: of course you can have combat, but you can also have...

My guiding principles as a D&D DM (they are different for other systems): - Always try something new: the two main reasons I say that are: 1. because there's always room to improve. If you're a DM for a long time you acquire some "habits", some ways to run the game that aren't deliberate...

Fun fact: $69,000,000 would be the winning bet if it was about worldwide opening box office.

Pike it, these barmy berks are gonna ruin the Cage.

Although I'm excited to see what's the payoff of this obelisk setup, for me it's kinda bittersweet because I'm a fan of unsolved mysteries in RPG modules. They are wonderful as a device to DMs expand the worlds on their own unique ways. I hope the next edition campaigns have some overarching...

DiTerlizzi recent art looks a lot "cleaner". I like it, but I miss the "dreamlikeness" of 90's DiTerlizzi's art, it fits Planescape perfectly.

I'm betting Vecna will use the Obelisks to "reset" the timeline of all D&D worlds, so the next edition lore can start from a blank state, since RotFM says he used it to erase the Weavers from existence, and you can reset the timeline to before Karsu's Folly with the one present in the adventure.

Is this skull Morte?

I didn't see the movie yet, but that's kinda sad. LotR taught everyone how to do halflings two decades ago, and did it again with The Hobbit and Rings of Power. Why not just use the time tested technique?

The orcs could be elves mechanically warped into something else, so we can call them Cyborks.

Mononoke Hime on the Borderlands: Just rewatched Mononoke Hime yesterday and thought "hey, this guy is playing Keep on the Borderlands all wrong!" and then got me thinking, how can I reproduce this as an RPG campaign? The party goes to the Keep with an objective (in the movie, the protagonist's...

I will introduce some folks to TTRPGs this Saturday, and while I think I can give a good explanation of "what's a TTRPG" to someone who never played any before, it got me thinking. So, as a fun though experiment, I ask you: what would be the best definition of TTRPG if you were explaining it for...

Jokes apart, my favorite are tomatoes, garlic, Parmesan cheese and basil. But cream cheese, chicken and dried meat are very close.

Where is this as an option?