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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!

I echo @Paul Farquhar's estimate (treating them as 9th - 11th level PCs for encounter building seems about right). Huge flaws with CR aside (and variability amongst monsters themselves), my process would be to take 4 Onis (CR 7), which have a total XP value of 11,600. Then look at which level a...

I saw 4e's monster roles as a good, if flawed, shorthand. If some version of roles makes a comeback, I'd like to see the box opened up a little bit to account for exceptional/unusual monsters. What is a Mimic or Piercer? Oh, it's a lurker! I know how to run an ambush! But there's this whole...

GM POST For a heartbeat, the magical red light flickers before shifting just a few feet to emanate from the illusory wall. The wall shimmers but the illusion holds. With the light streaming from the bas reliefs, Ludo and Aric clearly see the zombie arms clawing through the wall. @happylace...

GM POST Struggling under the weight of the massive icicle piercing its chest, the chopped up derro zombie effervesces with pale cinders that climb along the ice. The zombie dissolves before your very eyes into motes of light dancing towards Zeth, causing a shower of dust and ice to shatter on...

GM POST Despite the tension – shields, blades, spells at the ready – Rurm Doraghaen quips back to Lumrolur and Jack casually, trying to mask the nerves, “Oh aye, no wizards on the menu here! Well, once we had a wizard, a dwarf no less. Belleris Stornsharp. Magic never ends well for dwarves...