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I'm a bit bummed it isn't Brazilian OSR anymore. The LATAM TTRPG scene is really cool and avantgarde.

For 5e: if you you're healed from 0 HP you're still unconscious for 1d10 minutes

Looks like they changed the badge of the Zentharin again. And to be honest, the "Z" snake is a bit silly.

I always find funny when I click to see the latest page from a thread and I can't understand what it has to do with the topic and how the discussion went that way... Until I notice I clicked the wrong thread. It's me, I'm wrong on the internet today.

Not yet, but I'll make sure to read it! Thank you for the recommendation.

I like them as mixed bags too. As I presume the "intention" behind the five factions they choose for original 5e is that each one is on a represents a point of the alignment chart: Zentharin as the most Evil of the bunch, the Lord's Alliance as the Lawful faction focused on bringing order and...

As much as I would like to believe it, I doubt the Forgotten Realms novels will be set on 1492 DR forever :(

Why everything I read about DC20 seems suspiciously close to a disguised paid ad?

Grey Box had a primer to the realms in the players booklet, and the crunchier mechanics like subduing a dragon, wilderness traveling and some adventures on the DM's booklet. I think these new books will be similar: Player's book have character options, factions and general knowledge stuff like...

Slightly related: one reference I like that depicts this turning point from the "nightmare monster" to the shades of grey approach is Metroid 2: you spend the whole game extinguinshing an parasitic alien race clearly inspired in the Alien movie. Then in the last moments you find the last egg of...

I mean, I also love the 4e's chaotic cityscape, but my players mostly solved it through the last decade and even found the real Alagondar heir in my last RotF campaign! I need some fresh chaos to replace the old chaos :ROFLMAO:

I tend to disagree. I see the presence of children and non-combatent orcs as a sign the author intended them as more than stacks of HP and game tokens. Gygax had a very "naturalistic" approach to game design. I would say that even if orcs and goblins were just piles of HP to give you XP...

Applying culture to the monsters isn't exactly novel. The D-series from the 70's is a good example, showing the drow as evil but as a highly structured society, and the kuo-toa as primitive and evil, but not outright aggressive, and you have the possibility to "appease their customs" instead of...

I would keep the old version, the niche for true summoning spells where you conjure monsters from another plane is already lacking.

As much as I love Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, we had excelent guides for both in BGDiA and RotF, I ran an entire campaign from level 1 to 7 using only the Baldur's gazetteer. I wish they published something about Neverwinter instead.

You can't have gold as XP in this economy, by the time a boomer wizard would be level 20 and living in a tower, you would still be level 3 and trying to rent a barn to sleep at night.

I'm glad the "how to play" rules are all condensed before the "how to create a character" rules. When I introduce a new player to D&D I say which chapters are essential to read and which ones are just character creation, and they are always surprised the 300+ pages book only have 30 or something...

If you have a cleric from the war domain you can do it in about three rounds! Edit: oh, nevermind, now I understood the context

Maybe they could survive one day of adventures, but if they can't get back to 100% of their capabilities with a night of sleep after fighting monsters, falling into pits, barely dodging fireballs, having their strength sucked by undead and being cursed by hags.... I don't think they will survive...

I have seen some comments on Ginny being "more an influencer" than the others, but I don't understand why's that. To me all they've been chosen by WotC as having potential to influence people to buy their product (marketing).