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GM POST The smoldering one-eyed zombie snaps and crackles as the flames burn away its desiccated skin. Lashing across its face and shoulder, the thorn whip tears its jerkin and leaves its jaw a dislocated lacerated mess. It should have dropped to the sheer fury of Aric's magic, yet some fell...

That's an exaggerated version, but I do something kind of similar with "falling reactions" – typically the character (or if there's someone nearby/on their path of travel) can attempt a reaction to save themself. These aren't strictly codified, but stuff like tumbling with an Acrobatics check...

GM POST Craning its head to follow taunting Jack, the drow zombie's guard slips and Lumrolur is there to pierce its leg, causing the bolted, one-armed tattooed drow zombie to slump down to its knees then keel over face first. Angrom advances, attempting to shove back the zombie clutching...

My falling house rule: Damage Die type is determined by surface, and damage is capped at 50 dice for a 500 foot fall – which approximates terminal velocity. Often, you can try a Reaction to save yourself at a cost. d4 = water, pile of hay or other soft material d6 = falling thru trees or...

GM POST Grasping hands pry on the steel and bronze plates of Ludo’s frame, as the zombie lunges through the wall to bite ineffectually on Ludo’s neck. Slumping back into the illusory wall, the zombie clutches the armored plates in a death grip, maintaining its grapple with blackened...

I liked it! And I'm the least Brazilian person I know. Well, I share the same crackpot theory, so that makes us a tea set.

Ah, interesting, this relates to that D&D Direct news event from last year. Chris Perkins talked about Venger, Kelek, Warduke, and others being part of an adventure in the pipeline. In addition to the Venger story, there's a Red Wizards story that is "farther along in the outlining stage and...

I love your thought process here so much. :love: To the original question... for my non-OSR modern D&D, I think the number is close to 18 classes, partly due to niche and partly due to legacy. Taking the existing 13 from WotC/Hasbro, with caveats, I am adding 5 classes... For spellcasters, I...

I have been Whizbanged.

Gnomes are monsters. They have a lair. And they have treasure. And badger minions.

GM POST A bolt through the eye should have stopped the drow zombie dead, but instead it sways back and forth, then glares right at Logrim with malign purpose. There's no doubt that if it makes its way past Angrom - last dwarf holding the line - the zombie will go after the gnome. As Ludo's...

Could have been a lot worse. I like how you've made Alma's magic the color red. It reminds me of arctic exploration / horror films when the red flares get lit. I just realized that the current player-run PCs are mostly small (Aric, Jack, Logrim, Lumrolur), with Alma & Zeth in the minority...

Yeah, "combat space" is really telling – I think you're describing a state of mind that differs from all other arenas of play during a TTRPG session. I would guess for a large segment of folks who played and enjoyed 4e, that one of the selling points was getting into "combat space." But for...

Oh gosh. There are some good tidbits in there – like the Know Your Players page at the very front, which reminds me of some Robin Laws (iirc) writing (actually, the Play Styles on page 34 should be reworked and added to that bit right at the front). Also the two pages on Settlements have some...

GM POST While the flames of Aric's bonfire don't yet lick at the zombie fingers, they do cause the illusory wall to shimmer and waver like a flame. It's just for a moment, blink and you'll miss it, but it might be long enough for one of you to exploit a window of opportunity. Zombie succeeds...

Forsooth, manticores be not like unto their visage in the Manual of Monsters! They have square beards!