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Looking for suggestions. Aim is for a short one-shot sword & sorc type adventure only. The backstory of a tomb: It appears for a single night every 10-ish years or so, emerging from the sand at dusk and melting away at dawn. It is the tomb of a ruler and consort, who died hundreds of years...

In case it's important to someone, the "Trending Content" panel is pushing threads that haven't been touched in 10 or 15 years: Wnen I click on them, the last post is years old. I only just noticed this, no idea how long it's been like that.

Edit: I understand there was a forum software upgrade, so I assume that's what this is. Please disregard, thanks. I'm browsing on a laptop, and I see article links and embeds show huge headlines. They're so big that they're often truncated, even on a regular (non-mobile) screen. Is it just...

It's a RPG genre I'm not too familiar with, but I'm interested in picking up a game to learn. I kind of prefer lighter weight games, but strong genre mechanics are also important, imo, for such worlds with such atmospheric settings. In poking around, I've seen a quite a lot about Alien and...

Here's an article overviewing the history of early text-based CRPGs through modern interactive fiction tools: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/from-infocom-to-80-days-an-oral-history-of-text-games-and-interactive-fiction/ I thought it was a neat read, and could be of interest to solo...

I just logged in this morning and noticed that quite a few threads are marked as read even though I haven't read them. Typically, after viewing the threads I'm interested in (eg, at end of my last visit for the day), I'll click the "Mark forums read" button up top on the Community page, so...

Columns and news items on the landing page don't appear to be timestamped within their thread OPs. That is, an article's date is visible on the News page, but if I click through, the article itself has no publication timestamp at top or bottom, afaict. It's not an issue coming to the article...

I played a couple one shots of BoL a few years ago, and really enjoyed it. I've only really started delving into the game in the last week or so, and already have some questions. Are there any people around who play and willing to give some input? Thanks! 1. BoL Forum? Is there a fairly active...

Often when a bot joins, it has a telltale sign that violates TOS (eg, inappropriate links, logos in profile/avatar, hidden links, etc), so it's easy to flag. Yesterday, though, i noticed one join that I'm 99% certain is a bot (gut feeling, based on likely AI gen text), but it hasn't done...

The much-hyped 2024 total eclipse over the US is in two weeks, on April 8. Anyone making special plans to see it? Anyone living in the path bracing themselves for the onslaught of tourists?

Not sure if this has been mentioned here yet, but it might be of interest to readers around here: Gaming journalists Lin Codega, Rowan Zeoli, and Chase Carter are launching a new gaming news site, Rascal. Their goal is thorough, verifiable, and ethical coverage of the TTRPG industry. From...

Anyone interested in the legalities of AI intersection with creative industries should know the US Copyright Office is currently seeking input on the topic until October 18, 2023. Comments are posted publicly, but can be made anonymously, I believe. To submit a formal comment, here is the link...

Every now and then, I see a post that lingers at the top for a while, because it's timestamped in the future, e.g "Later today": As far as I recall, I've only ever seen these future timestamps on ENWorld columns, and only rarely. I assume this is just something wonky about the submission...

... in words per minute (WPM). For this poll, "type" means whatever your usual input mechanism (keyboard, smartphone, voice-to-text, etc); and the context is whatever mode you use specifically for ENW posts (as opposed to at work, etc, in case that's different). edit: If you don't know but...

My list of alerts appears to have been deleted. When I click the "bell" icon (toward the right end of the navigation bar at top of any page, between username and search), the usual "Alerts" popup appears, but it's empty except for a single notification from a couple hours ago. If I click "show...

I've been trying to track down a movie I saw in Russia nearly 15 years ago, but I don't recall much about it. It was a modern, animated, feature-length film, dated from early- or mid-2000s. (Definitely post-Soviet era.) I don't recall much at all about the story, only that the film itself was...

(Posted in 5e because that's the edition I'm looking for tools for. But Mods, please post in another forum if more appropriate.) I'm looking for utilities to convert monster stat blocks and/or other structured text (eg magic items, spells, etc) into formats like HTML/CSS, GM Binder markdown...

I'm trying to recall monsters (any edition, but not setting-specific) that have vocal, non-spellcasting attacks or effects: speaking, muttering, singing, etc. I'm especially looking for ones that indicate a verbal aspect to the trait (ie, not merely noise-based effects, such as howls or...

Here's a review of The Dark Crystal Adventure Game based on a read-through and some minimal solo play-testing to get a feel for the mechanics. There are no explicit spoilers in here, but some discussion of game mechanics or adventure structure might be considered a 'spoiler' to a player in the...

Looking at random treasure tables or the hoard descriptions in adventures, you find lots of somewhat detailed descriptions of jewels, trinkets, sometimes even coins. I don't refer here to magic items or macguffins or quest items. Rather I just mean the mundane treasure which value is mainly in...