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When rolling up new characters, I always tell my players to choose Neutral for their alignment unless they have a reason to choose otherwise. This begs the question "why would I choose to be Good or Chaotic or whatever," and in my opinion? Getting the players to ask themselves that question is...

The best ranger "patches" for me have been prestige classes (or subclasses, in 5E) for the fighter. I like to take the framework of the Fighter class, and add on a handful of good hunting, tracking, and wilderness/nature features. Sort of like splashing green in a white soldier deck, for...

It's a pretty common dessert in my family. Growing up, we were always putting dairy on our pies: whipped cream, ice cream, shredded cheese, custard, buttercream, all of it.

Child-free over here, except for two cats.

In most cases, when I invent a pantheon I'll create a D&D style list of about a dozen gods, then write a paragraph of info for each. Sort of like the 3E PHB does. Then I'll add more detail and stuff as needed, as the campaign progresses.

That Kickstarter looks really cool...I wish I were in a place financially to back them. ~sigh They were running a two-day "early bird" special offer, for a custom d20 die. I suspect the pledges will slow down quite a bit after that window closes.

This was my solution to the "what races should I allow in this campaign" situation: https://www.enworld.org/threads/dm-imposed-restrictions-to-the-game.701956/post-9237391

You guys lost me. The hypothetical players and DMs that y'all are talking about are my real-life friends. We respect each other a lot more than what's being implied. Maybe your situation is different but we don't treat each other like-- (gestures at the last dozen pages of comments) --this...

I used to be all about game complexity, but some of the earlier editions of D&D broke me. Now I don't really enjoy anything more complicated than the older B/X or BECM rules. I can tolerate 5E (2014), but that's my new upper limit. Fortunately we live in a time of unprecedented creativity and...

Why does every thread you join become an argument about "player agency"?

This would increase the likelihood of my gaming group actually trying it, by like a hundredfold.

Oh I agree completely. In fact, my comment was just a snarky (and mildly funny) way of saying "you people are dreaming."

Which team will win? or which team do I want to win? I need to know because, sadly, I think those two questions have different answers. :-/

Paraphrased from last weekend's gaming session. Player: "But....but I rolled a twenty! That means I passed my Persuasion check!" Other Player: "Dude, we talked about this--" Me: "You rolled a twenty, yes, which means you got the best possible result. So you propositioned the queen in...

That Guy: In your opinion, which is the best pizza topping? :)🍕(y) [+] [+] [+] Joe: My favorites are bacon, pineapple, and hot peppers. That Guy: Okay you're wrong and your answers are all stupid, and here's a 500-word rant about it. Joe: ~sigh Don't be That Guy.

In my dungeons and wilderness areas, there are occasional "safe zones," areas that are off the path of main patrols, hidden behind secret doors, forgotten/undiscovered by dangerous enemies, etc. I try to put at least two of them on every map. Players can determine if a place is a safe zone by...

Heh. This turn of conversation reminds me of that old "Table Captain" prestige class for 3rd Edition. (Someone wrote it as a joke. The whole premise was that the player got to tell everyone else at the table what to do, and the rules said they had to do it. The dream of every real-life table...

It breaks my immersion. I wouldn't call it an "issue," though. I've always found ways to avoid/remove it. It's not a great analogy; I was trying too hard to sound clever and muddled my point. My point is that Classes are all just different flavors of adventurers. Fighter = adventurer...

Evolutions I don't like: I never cared for "damage on a miss." Probably never will. I wish they hadn't moved away from monster templates. I liked the versatility and customization they brought to the game. I never liked multiclassing in any edition. Someone saying "my adventurer is a...