Recent content by der_kluge

Yea, I'd never even heard of this until like a week ago, when I saw something in passing, and now it's really blown up. People are really into bandwagons, it seems. I think it just goes to show there's a huge appetite for something that's not related to WoTC. And I think people want something...

I haven't seen the rules. When I played the game, we ended up just playing a game that was 100% exactly like any 5e game I've ever played. So, in the end, it felt completely unchanged.

I played in a TotV game at a recent convention. I sat down, all excited to learn one of the new 5e replacement systems, and the GM tells us "Tales of the Valiant is 99% 5th edition." Oh, ok... one of the players, who was familiar with the system, made a badger-man race, because the rules have a...

I'd be happy if folks want to collaborate with me on the "5e, simplified!" ruleset. I'm happy for 2nd and 3rd opinions on that. PM me if you're interested.

Glad you like it. I've actually switched to "Low Fantasy Gaming" for my main campaign on Thursday nights. It's 5e-like, but not entirely. I like it because it's flexible, and not overly powerful. I haven't ran it yet, though. I did fix quite a lot in that system, too, though.

This thread is right up my alley. I had recently downloaded the SRD, and at 400+ pages, my initial thought was "My god, why does it need to be so long?" Of course, it has all the monsters and magic items, which explains a good chunk of that bloat. But still. I wanted desperately to see how much...

I'm curious to know how folks have dealt with pantheons in Ravenloft? I'm thinking of going back to my 2nd edition roots, and laying into the Legends of Lore. Celtic deities, in particular, feel like they would be quite at home here. I normally use an FR pantheon, but it seems a little too heavy...

I came to 5th edition because of the simplified rules, and bounded accuracy. I'm leaving because of class and power-level bloat, broken combinations, meta-spells, and rabbit/turtle/owl, etc. people. No thanks

Yes, the quest-giver is the one who has a claim to the property. All I'm saying is, if he dies in the process (because he accompanies you on the quest), the PCs could have a free-for-all. Easier solution would be to just let him NOT accompany you, and then he claims what is rightfully his. It...

Well, it's a pretty minor quibble in any case, it just seemed more complicated than it really needed to be.

The Ghost of Mistmoor (Dungeon #35) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This is another haunted house type adventure. Though, not specifically a Ravenloft module, the module came out around the time the boxed set itself was released, and thus was written just prior to its arrival. The author even laments that it...

Dark of the Moon ⭐ This adventure is set in Vorostokov, yet another domain the 5e VRGtR seems to have forgotten about. It’s got a Russian feel to it, and at 300 miles across, mostly arctic-like conditions, and a grand total population of, like, 1,000 people not a terribly interesting place...

Well, you could just easily require Greater Restoration instead. That might at least make it more difficult.

One thing I was just looking at had a novel solution - they reserved the full powers for anything under 7th level (not sure why that level exactly). I'd want to avoid having to deal with the PC infecting other things, and having to roll those saves and yes - it does create a pandemic of...