Recent content by jayoungr

Love the bread mimics! I hope they were tasty.

A few that I have really enjoyed: https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/295211/ddal09-08-in-the-garden-of-evil (Cursed grove full of blood-drinking trees, with a captive unicorn at the center.) https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/178795/ddal04-04-the-marionette-5e (A creepy old house with a tale...

So are you saying a channel can't be a D&D channel unless it's crunch-focused? I'm confused. Pointy Hat has always struck me as fairly clickbaity. All his video titles are negative: "The problem with X" or "X SUCKS." I don't think anyone's mentioned Seth Skorkowsky yet. He doesn't talk about...

There are days, getting more and more frequent lately, when I feel that allowing monetization of YouTube videos was a mistake.

They didn't really have a reputation because people literally didn't know or forgot they existed. There would be tons of threads asking "Why doesn't WotC publish any short adventures?" I'm the first to concede that the AL adventures do vary widely in quality, but there are some real gems in there.

There were over 100 of them, and you always could mix and match. People just totally ignored things published for Adventurer's League for some reason.

If that was the issue, I'd expect to see more channels that started out with D&D advice and switched to "D&D is Dying" content. But the ones that I've seen running the "D&D is Dying" headline recently are ones that have been anti-D&D at least since the OGL debacle if not longer.

Awwww, what a sweet story! (And just inject some contrarianism, I don't believe having a most popular RPG is detrimental to the RPG as a whole--the opposite, in fact.)

I voted "sometimes." It depends on the campaign and the players. For players who are new to the game, I like starting at level 1 because it introduces the features gradually. For those who are more experienced, especially if it's going to be a short campaign, I am more likely to start higher.

The site won't open for me in Firefox. Is anyone else having trouble?

If it happens for many combatants in a row spanning multiple rounds, you've probably set your monster's AC too high. Awesome idea, but I have to ask, what happens when a player pulls from the cup, rolls, and still doesn't hit? Does that just compound the issue?

Oh, thank goodness. Now we can stop being all over the place in what we call it. Though, ironically, it seemed like the fans had settled on calling it 5E (2024).

Just use the PHB only, no supplements. Boom, done.

Both combinations are good! The contrast is key. I figured a sharp apple might "ping" less as dessert, and therefore seem less weird with cheese, which is why I suggested it for a starter option.

You're missing out! Try a sharp apple (like a Granny Smith) with a mild cheese (like Monterrey jack) as an experiment. Mmmmm! 😋