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Light comes from the sun and is reflected by the moon. Thus we can see both as they follow their courses. How could we have visible, even bright, moons without a sun? Magic is allowed, but only as a facilitator and not foundationally. We can't just magic the moon to be bright. The sun is a...

Are there critters or spells that work with the "out of phase" concept anymore? All I can think of are ghosts and phase spiders, but those are explicitly in the Ethereal plane I think. I've been thinking of what can be encountered that is insubstantial but still can affect the PCs.

Whilst in contemplation, I thought upon the four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, nuclear, and decay. There is some discussion as to gravity's place on this list, and perhaps a fifth that should be there. As I considered these things, I thought "what are non-fundamental forces?" I...

I'm looking for a system where the mechanic / artificer / &c. had to gather or build some generic resources. So, an aqualung would require two mechanisms. A lightning rifle would need two mechanisms, an electronics, and a battery. It was more detailed than a cost 1,200 quatloos, but there was...

Good day! Would some kind soul please transliterate Bahamut, Tiamat, and Nagamat into Cyrillic characters for me? Thanks much!

Does anyone know of construction projects that utilized bronze for the structure? Not for the skin, but as the skeleton.

Back in the day in AD&D, I remember that when our casters were dropped to zero hp, and subsequently got back up from healing, they lost all their spells. Once they rested for the evening they regained them. That was a house rule, yes?

Looking through the rules, I don't see anything about charging. Specifically spending all your move to race across the field of battle to then attack the foe with a bonus to hit and a penalty to AC. Is there anything like that in 5E that I'm just missing?

I wrote a handful of Living City adventures 20-25 years ago, and I'm hoping to see if I can purchase a copy somehow from Wizards. After looking through their site, I haven't found a means to appropriately contact them for this. Does anyone have pointers as to how to do that?

Back in the day, 2E I think, clerics would pick 2-3 different "spheres" dependent on their deity. Now, they gain one domain, although a particular deity might have 2-4 of them. New to 5E, I was wondering if people had tried having clerics that could exchange their domains? So, Oglethorpe of the...

Somewhere, I thought, I heard a tale of "Portuguese Treasure Ships". A captain would bring adventurers and opportunists to the New World, or wherever. Each person would have a large trunk, as would the captain. When the hold of the ship was filled with treasure or trade goods (the King's share)...

My home rules are a Frankensteinian kitbash on a stout AD&D skeleton. Part of this is my adaption of aspects of later editions while keeping the whole as simple and elegant as possible. I've noticed that it seems like 5E spell casting is different in that there isn't the pyramid of spells...

Hello! My players swatted the hornet’s nest two sessions ago and last session they kicked it down the road a ways. I’ve made my plan for tomorrow’s session, but I am a touch indecisive. I thought I would consult y’all for your thoughts. Situation: The players seek a great deed to earn a...

So, you look up at the night sky and see the moon. Lovely, isn't it? As in uffish thought I stood, I started thinking about the Jovian moons. If you were standing on the surface of Jupiter* and looking up, what would the Jovians look like? I would assume that Ganymede would have a familiar...

How would I go about generating a bell curve such that the range is 1-12 and the high point is 5? Obviously, 2d6 come close. I was also thinking about 2d4 + 1d6 -2.

Seasons are generated due to the differing incidence of light from a star onto a planet from axial tilt. As the plant revolves around the star the amount of direct vs. diffuse sunlight alternates between the hemispheres. For us, part of this seasonal variation is due to the shifting of the...

I am seriously considering buying a lightsaber. Does anyone have recommendations? I am not as handy as I once was, but I can assemble and fix some things. But, I would prefer to look through a catalog and pick something out rather than build my own at this point. I have enough things that I'm...