I had literally never heard of that but it sounds fascinating, just looked it up - I'll see if I can track down a copy.My favorite resource is Strange Tales from the Chinese Studio by Pu Songling. Some of those stories are just a page long, some ten or more pages. But they all each have a strong kernel of inspiration (these are all anomaly accounts, but they are very much like reading a book of folklore).
Yeah I was a kid in the '80s and teen in the '90s and Excalibur was one of the few fantasy movies that legitimately amazing and it had a tone that was just not like anything else out there. Speaking of which I still haven't watched The Green Knight and I really need to.Also Excalibur was really influential in the gaming community in the 80s and 90s.
I had literally never heard of that but it sounds fascinating, just looked it up - I'll see if I can track down a copy.
Yeah I was a kid in the '80s and teen in the '90s and Excalibur was one of the few fantasy movies that legitimately amazing and it had a tone that was just not like anything else out there. Speaking of which I still haven't watched The Green Knight and I really need to.
Amazingly I've seen both, from back in the early-mid 1990s when both Channel 4 and to a lesser extent BBC2 (TV channels over here) showed tons and tons and tons of HK movies in late-night slots.If you haven't seen A Chinese Ghost Story I highly recommend watching that (it is a kind of romantic ghost story blended with action, comedy and horror). And Touch of Zen is an astounding movie but requires a little more work as a viewer.
I have to say the Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide was an excellent resource and worth reading now. That was one of my favorites when I was GMing in the 90s:
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For those who don’t know, Kobold Press is creating a new core fantasy rule system codenamed “Project Black Flag.” Deep Magic (both volumes) will be forward-compatible with the Project Black Flag rule system.
Yes, this project has been in the works for well over a year as an OGL 1.0a release, and it will be our last Kickstarter to use that license.
Sounds like Black Flag really is going to be not-5E.And from their FAQ:
Yeah, I think a lot of the people fantasizing about Black Flag being somehow wildly different from 5E are missing the point from the view of the participating publishers. They want compatibility for business reasons.Sounds like Black Flag really is going to be not-5E.
If you want something out there, go MCDM!Yeah, I think a lot of the people fantasizing about Black Flag being somehow wildly different from 5E are missing the point from the view of the participating publishers. They want compatibility for business reasons.
I'd say it's more than a business need, it represents security for all of us. After all, without Durgons & Datgns, how will we dis the duunges of the next 50 years?!Yeah, I think a lot of the people fantasizing about Black Flag being somehow wildly different from 5E are missing the point from the view of the participating publishers. They want compatibility for business reasons.
Don't encourage him. Real dice have numbers.If you want something out there, go MCDM!
Man, I can't get my players to stop showing up with third party content, like a cat with a dead bird. Fortunately, 5E third party content is a lot better than much of it was during the 3E glut. I rarely have to say no any more.I'm utterly shocked by the amount of responses to 3rd party player's content. In all the years of the OGL, from 3e onwards, I've never seen a single player show the slightest interest in 3rd party content. I've tried getting players to use some of it, but, unless it has the WotC seal of approval, they are absolutely not interested. It's good to know that I'm an outlier here.
I wish I had this problem. The last time a player showed up with anything non-WotC would have been about four or five years ago when I ran a Dragonheist campaign - he wanted to play a sentient skeleton. Loved the idea and ran with it. Totally cool.Man, I can't get my players to stop showing up with third party content, like a cat with a dead bird. Fortunately, 5E third party content is a lot better than much of it was during the 3E glut. I rarely have to say no any more.
That is wild. We always viewed Dragon magazine as a catalog for the crazy new stuff we were going to use that month, even some of the more boring "NPC" classes like the cloistered cleric.Hell, even back then I couldn't even get them interested in Dragon mag stuff.