Recent content by Koloth

To be fair, considering how many players tend to be combat focused, a combat heavy initial play test release seems OK. But best to skip torture and sexual stuff. Even combat could be more to the toon side rather then hard core bloody death.

Hadn't realized D&D forums had been split. But I have been hanging out here for a while. Sad to see Fireball get nerfed that bad. The folks I play with left D&D proper when 4ed came out. Too much drama around the great license changes and cancellations associated with that.

For NPC critters or 'loan a mini', the WOTC D&D minis from the collectable miniatures game. Bought hundreds on the secondary market, often 10 for $1. The trick was to buy commons. Everyone was selling the piles of commons accumulated while trying to find a desired rare. High supply meant low...

Might depend on the system. Both 3.5 and PF1 have long bows with range increments of 100ft. Short bows are less. Fireball range starts at 400ft + 40ft/lvl, or a minimum of 600ft. A smart mage will start shooting while the archers are still 5+ range increments out. In most systems, mounts do...

Movie owners taking a lesson from Disney. Disney has a long pattern of re-releasing classic movies and pocketing the profits. The 'Disney Vault' really is a thing.

Long time host, sometimes GM here. Having a dedicated private game room is really nice. Especially the part about a table that is more suited to gaming vs a generic dining room table, conference table or worse, those folding tables with legs always in the way. And control over the lighting...

Even assuming that 6E has a CC published SRD, there will be some folks that delay buying new stuff as they finish up current campaigns. Far easier to keep playing whatever version of 5E the group has years invested into then deal with piecemeal conversions as yet another 6E book trickles out...

Nothing in the current CC/OGL/GSL prevents Hasbro from announcing the new D&D 6E will be closed source. No OGL or CC. All the current OGL/CC license means is that the current version of D&D 5x SRD is forever available for others to use. Very possible that in a few years we are having a...

A spider or similar small critter will be considered food or a toy to play with by other small inhabitants. Lots of wasps paralyze spiders and carry them 'home' where they become a living larder for the wasp's young. A paralyzed PC spider/familiar could become the next mission for the party...

I think Traveller 5e makes a good tie in to both the Best Times and OGL topics. Hard to imagine T-5e happening if Hasbro had succeeded in the attempt to remove D&D from the OGL. Unlikely Hasbro would have approved the use of a locked down private rule set for D&D on something like T-5e. At...

The Origins 2.0 version starts at $2700 with Presidents Day pricing. Guessing there might have been some pre order reductions or additional options included. Seems on par with similar custom tables from other vendors. Looks nice. Hope it works out for OP.

While the city isn't on your list, Norman OK has Soonercon in June: Soonercon | Oklahoma's Premier Pop Culture Convention At least for now, you can take a passenger train from Austin to OKC, with a stop in Norman, IIRC. If you are an NBA fan, longshot chance for a game 7 in OKC on June 19th...

Minor stuff doesn't have to resolve to a simple +/- modifier. Spice pack that renders Iron Rations tasty. Special oil when wiped on armor, counts as a repair and refit session. Non magical small gem that when charged in sunlight for two hours will glow like a torch for 2 hours when activated...

While off duty, they are running a contest to see how many of the dungeon inhabitants can be made infatuated with other dungeon inhabitants. Could make for some interesting encounters when the party finally arrives. Especially if some of the 'monsters' are still looking for love when meeting...

I got the feeling that the whole topic is a jest. That said, I disagree on the CE idea. Otherwise, most parties convert to CE the moment they enter the dungeon and start killing everything and keeping the loot. If you kill everything, good, evil, neutral, other and also chaotic and lawful, you...