Recent content by MarkB

I'd fall back on the old "soul must be free and willing to return" clause. Once infected by the parasite, your soul is bound inextricably to the Absolute and the only way it may freely return is if you allow the parasite to be resurrected along with the body. You could even make it that a live...

Reminds me of Skyrim, where simple potions are easy enough to make that you see health and stamina potions set out at peoples' dinner tables. In D&D healing potions are too expensive to be so ubiquitous, but maybe these are diluted versions that only heal a hit point or two - that'd be good...

Not the OP and I don't remember which book it is, but at one point Pratchett likens out-of-town malls to parasites, feeding upon the cities they adjoin and slowly sucking the life out of them (with the whole thing becoming disturbingly more literal within the setting of the Discworld...

"Fantasy mall" makes me think "bazaar" and there are plenty of historical examples of those. Set it up as a large plaza or promenade, with the buildings bordering it containing the most prestigious and long-standing shops. But what used to be the open ground between them has gradually been...

The first question is, would you do the whole "de-powered by the tadpoles" thing to knock the party back down to low level after DIA? That happens in BG3 to characters like Wyll and Karlach, and is a good way to reconcile their high-level backstories with their current low levels. But that sort...

I don't think it will change your mind about Godzilla movies in general, but it is an excellent examination of post-war Japan that happens to make very good use of a giant monster to help explore its themes.

It varies a lot. Some encounters are very self-contained, others are in larger areas. Even in places that are one large area, like the goblin fortress interior, while it's possible for fights to spill into each other it's also possible to keep them fairly isolated. The main thing that tabletop...

"And they have a plan."

It's going to be even harder in my case - I get the service as an add-on via my phone provider. Last time I wanted to change it (after they automatically upgraded me to premium when Disney+ went to split pricing) it took the better part of an hour just to find the add-on on the provider's...

I wouldn't make them full-on pre-gen characters, instead I'd package their backstory elements into optional backgrounds/backstories for players to pick (similar to the Secrets in Rime of the Frostmaiden) with the promise that taking one will give them some deeper roleplay elements and storylines...

I really need to cancel Disney+. I keep it around because it's got all the old Marvel and Star Wars stuff that I like, but when I consider how often I actually watch any of it, I'd probably have spent less buying them as individual downloads on Amazon or YouTube.

Maybe you're a former MIB agent and you don't remember because they Neuralysed you when you left the service.

Or older. I'm sure there were tales of strangers meeting at the local watering hole back when it was a literal watering hole.

Goo!