Recent content by FitzTheRuke

I think they can have Muls, Cannibal Halflings, and Desert Raiding Elves. They just need to adjust some of the worst elements of slave-breeding from some, if not all Muls, make sure that "Halflings Eat People" is some halflings, during times of food scarcity, and desert raiders being very...

WotC will probably avoid the word Savage due to its historical use as a slight against indigenous people, but that doesn't really change much. The world can still be a nightmare by another name. "Harsh", I think, is probably most descriptive.

I have it too, and I remember liking it, but I don't think that I've looked at it in quite some time - and I probably should!

Looking at it, I have two questions for those longer familiar with the setting than I (I only know it well from 5e, so I know the Sword Coast, but not much else). 1) The Sea of Fallen Stars appears to be landlocked. So is it a really big lake, or is it a salty sea? Any story behind that? 2) I...

She'd probably agree to that, but the only way out that you know of is through the Kobold Caves.

Let's ask some of our resident monster masters: @Nixlord, do you want to share an Ankheg from one of your books? @dave2008 have you made a properly designed solo version of an Ankheg? I know that I've run them in terrifying encounters, but I may have added to them on the fly.

Very tricky indeed. I am slowly working on it, but I don't think you'll see it very soon.

You agree with that and I agree with that (and fans of the 4e Dark Sun had to agree with that) but... there's a group of DS fans who will definitely never agree with that. But I don't think that matters. The group is small, if loud, and the rest of us can enjoy D&D refluffed to suit Dark Sun...

Well, he's right that you can't be 100% certain that it will happen, but it seems like the most likely scenario, given what you know about them, which is what I was trying to clarify, more than telling you "what the DM knows". There's definitely no likelihood that the Kobolds would treat them...

She gains more (her life) by not crossing you. She never once crossed you. You crossed her. PCs tend to forget that they are the ones who kicked in the door and started knocking over the furniture. I'm just speaking philosophically, and clarifying story details from an NPC's perspective. Please...

Wow, I've read a whole lot of Naval Rules, but most of them are (for me) too cumbersome. This hits a sweet spot, I think. I'll have to give it a try! Thanks for the heads-up!

I have everything on DDB myself, but I read "real" books when I'm sitting in bed at night, and I generally cut-n-paste into MS Word, and edit down, information for "at the table". I don't like digital tools at the table. I find that anyone who uses DDB for their character sheet always takes...

I don't really care one way or the other about Spelljammer, but I like Ships, and I thought that SJ would improve on the lackluster Ship-to-Ship-Battle rules from Ghosts of Saltmarsh. Unfortunately, if anything, they were made worse. I also tried to give Light of Xaryxis a fair shake, and I...

Team Caves Valendra grunted at some of the suggestions, and said, "If I may: Urbone, Chief of the Kobolds is a petty tyrant who treats his subjects with little to no concern, while he takes and eats all that he desires. If you give us to them, they will most likely kill us for his...

I think you are wrong here. I think that people who like old DS who will like new DS are very common. It's just that people who are guaranteed to dislike NEW DS (no matter what) will shout much louder on the internet. Here on ENWorld, there will certainly be both. And they'll argue.