Recent content by J-H

If I were doing it, I'd create a multiple-choice list of 8-12 previous adventures that individuals have had (2-3) and that the group has had (3-5). Each choice has a relevant magical item, potion, etc. associated with it. Once they've made their choices, everyone has an individual history of 2-3...

How many combat encounters are you running per day? The Sorcadin only has 3-4 1st level slots for Shield. If you have 5 3-round fights, that's only one casting of Shield per battle. Enemies with high grapples: Crocodiles, constrictor snakes, large dinosaurs, giants, trolls, dragons, etc...

As of level 8... The sorcerer has swapped out 1 cantrip. The cleric has changed a prepared spell twice, and otherwise just added something on top of his existing list. The Arcane Trickster has changed out one cantrip, finally, for Booming Blade. All they're doing at levelup is picking...

5e's subclasses make the system much more customizable than 1e/2e, but less than 3/3.5. I have no experience with 4e. The forum population doesn't represent typical players. I have an 8th level storm cleric (playing from level 1) who doesn't remember most of his class powers. My wife is...

I'm fine not knowing all the spells, although - how do you even keep track of 5,000 spells? I have to look PHB spells up on my phone sometimes while DMing! "You're casting X? Cool, I've never seen it used before."

Have you tried looking on Adventure Lookup?

Why would I want to buy all of SCAG to get 3 subclasses? I have used the a la carte fairly extensively to support character-building. Counter-point: Why would WOTC want to sell me 5 pages of a book instead of the whole book? You can't do that with paper books.

I use Forgotten Realms/Faerun because they are what I'm most familiar with from Baldur's Gate II and various fictions. The Greyhawk Pantheon just seems kind of goofy. Heirononymous vs HEXTOR the edgelord, Boccob who doesn't care, etc. I have borrowed Pelor at least once, though.

Something psionic would be nice, but not "magic as spells." I think I like the Matt Colville version, but I haven't gotten to play it :( I was recently reading a Battletech/Babylon 5 crossover, and Alfred Bester came up. I'd like to see a dedicated shapeshifter class, and then we can get that...

I tried looking up some info about septic tanks backing up during high rain events today. The first two articles that came up were either AI-generated or written by someone whose first language is not English. The tip-offs are really odd, awkward phrasing, a high degree of repetition, and...

For myself: 2 campaign-length items for sale, total sales 171 6 short modules (one is a 1-7 "campaign" but reasonably short as it's goblins defending a lair), total sales 66 The oldest one (Castle Dracula) is my bestseller and accounts for over 90% of the campaign sales. It's close to 4 years...

I agree. I have run a couple of long campaigns and they are fun, but scheduling and RL attrition takes a bite. It'd probably be easier to do a bunch of semi-connected drop in/drop out modules that each take 4-6 sessions. And play by post or over Discord, which are both slower? Imagine running...

Have you tried Adventure Lookup yet? https://www.adventurelookup.com/adventures?q=dwarves

We ran across an Alligator Snapping Turtle a few months ago. I wish I'd taken pictures. It was about a foot long, had a very spiky shell, and aggressively lunged and tried to bite the stick my wife was waving in front of it (we were trying to get it off the road).

Interesting how this thread got one response, then sat for a week before getting noticed. The new DM screen has turned into "We need a birthday gift idea for you!" so I am about to order this: https://www.etsy.com/listing/996391092/personalized-dungeon-master-screen It may take a few weeks to...