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I can’t say I’m sad that the polearm+sentinel combo was nerfed. Did they also pick bugbear as their species?

These first-hand accounts are gold. Thank you!

I play almost every game like an RPG, just to entertain myself. It's weird.

The Arkhan Horror games are amazing; Eldritch Horror is probably my favourite boardgame. Cthulhu: Death May Die is also a good time, and so is Cthulhu Pandemic for that matter (though more of a striaght-up co-op game), so if you're into Lovecraftian horror, you're covered. Betrayal at the House...

I quite enjoy the DCC books - they are basically popcorn entertainment. If you're looking for nuance, this is not the series for you, but if you are looking for plot-driven adventure that is both high stakes and kind of wacky, then it's just gonna be a good time. That said, I do think the cast...

This, and that the whole point of keeping 5e with minor updates is that they want to get away from the short term model of relying on new editions for sporadic sales boosts at the cost of splitting their base, and become like a mature business that prioritizes steady, predictable sales. They've...

Are you playing with the 2024 rules? Because that is flat not the case. It's around levels 8-20 that full casters start to catch up to classes like monk, fighter, and barbarian. In some circumstances. If it's a combat heavy campaign, the balance is still heavily tilted. At level 5, 2024...

Same. I generally make it a low intelligence character so I can roleplay them as someone who shouldn't be making major decisions, figuring out clues and puzzles, etc.

That one of the Big Book of Battle Maps series? Those are super handy!

One of the best things you can do to combat brain fog is learn new stuff to exercise your brain. There’s heaps of amazing TTRPGs that aren’t D&D; they might be just the thing to give the old coconut a boost.

I was organizing my miniatures and took a photo of the D&L giant we were discussing a few pages back:

I don't allow stats higher than 17 at 1st level for just this reason.

My initial reaction is that your application seems aggressively critical of Wizards, so I am interested in your strategy. Was this a serious application, or were you using it as a way to critique the company?

That's my strategy. Prime (with ads) is free for me because we use Amazon a lot, and I maintain the Netflix Subscription as it is worth it (it also gives me a free Twitch sub, which goes to Critical Role). Then I pick up services like HBO (Crave in Canada), D+, ect. periodically to catch up on...

I believe it’s “Roll! Roll against the dying of the light!” Unfortunately, the DC just keeps getting tougher…

Fantastic post, per usual, but I feel inclined to quibble with this statement, because to me it's a classic example of correlation being conflated with causation. There are a lot of variables, and even before the Ebert incident, sales of D&D were starting to balloon. To me, it has the hallmarks...

I agree that it's all magic. Those more specific classifications still make a narrative difference for me - psionics in D&D annoys the heck out of me because in my head it is conflated with all the pseudoscientific psychic woo that some folks take seriously IRL. Similarly, one of my very...

I also got around to this Wizkids "spectral cloud" I got for X-mas. One of those paint jobs where you don't know exactly what you want, the initial steps do not go well, and then you are just trying to make it okay: