Recent content by Distracted DM

Another thread fallen to the "players should be able to play whatever they want" vs "DMs should be able to curate what content is allowed in their games" argument 😓

Yeah I like how 13A drops lower level spell slots as you gain higher level spells. Regarding "why incentivizing lower level spells," I guess it's because I like seeing high-level magic missiles and such thrown around due to a lot of experience with AD&D's spells just leveling up with you. Level...

I wonder if it'd be better if the spellcasting check used your proficiency bonus instead of your spellcasting stat. I've been considering what the DCs would be, what the chances of success would be using different DCs and different check methods. DC10+Spell Level, using Spellcast stat: Level 1...

I also like Advantage/Disadvantage, it's great... but I also think it gets leaned on too heavily, and then you have advantage coming from so many sources it's invalidating a lot of them cuz you can only have "advantage." So bonuses and penalties do have their place, but yeah I'd never want to go...

I think I have the basic idea down, I'm wondering if there are any holes I'm not seeing or obvious breakages. Quick n Dirty rules: prepared casters (wizards clerics etc) get a number of prepared spells per day equal to their spell slots per day table (4 1st, 3 2nd, etc). They choose and prepare...

ToV's Luck is probably the easiest solution here, but to keep it as an incentive it should be the only way to gain luck. If you're running ToV's Luck RAW, it's quite plentiful. The alternative (more work-intensive) option is coming up with temporary boons, maybe single-session durations or...

I was guessing it was designed to cut the seriousness of the moment, to show the audience that this was a different kind of show from GoT. "I'm going to be a knight!" Dramatic GoT theme song begins Cut the song a few seconds in with a scene of him shitting behind a tree That being said, I did...

I've only regretted Kickstarters because I overspend, sell myself on stuff that might (probably) never get used, and then it sits there taking up space, collecting dust, and reminding me of unnecessary debt 😅 . I have thousands of dollars of unpainted minis, between reaper and CMON crowdfunds...

2C Gaming (RIP) did a LOT of high level/high difficulty monster books. Check them out. 2CGaming

Yup- he gave a talk at PAX East years ago in the Kickstarter room called "How to Monetize Your Youtube Audience." I think it was around the time of K&W's crowdfund campaign. It's funny because I went there for solely for that talk, decided to drive to Boston sort of on a whim the week before...

Funnels aren't unique to DCC- there are rules and adventures for funnels in other systems. I ran the funnel from MCDM's Arcadia zine for dnd5e.