Recent content by nevin

ok so it could be exactly like Operation Chaos......

that's fair.

Wages haven't been pegged to inflation since the mid to late 70's either. Average spending power on the bottom 2/3rds of the world economy is about 35% less than it was in the 70's. So add that to your rents and mortgage not pegging to inflation. Insurance has been increasing across the...

I"d argue that stagnation of wages is a universal issue and it's definitely an issue for all retail companies. Less people with money is a problem for any company that sells to a broad market. Now if D&D only sold to rich people I'd accept your statement. But they sell to everyone so it is...

kind've like norway, finland and canada for centuries. But the sword coast has mountains which is ore, forests which are timber and ocean which is fishing. The resources are there and sooner or later someone that can't conquer a richer place will rise up and conquer the area. Whether it's...

Well in 1977 I bought my DMG for 20 dollars that would be 106 dollars in todays dollars. We are actually paying 1990 prices for books now if you adjust for inflation. That book in 1990 was about 30 dollars which would be 73 dollars. But the problem with such a simple argument is 1. we...

See I like to think as it time shifts it moves eventually towards an Operation Chaos style modern world that Poul Anderson wrote about. You could have factories that produced flying carpets, special forces Lycanthropes that use magical lights to trigger thier transformations outside of the full...

well historically then that would put them in the path of some larger nation at some point because disconnected areas that try to avoid the world eventually get conquered by someone. Or it will end up like parts of Africa just out of control with random warlords and crazy powers popping up in...

In WaterDeep an elven exile from Evereska and a Dwarf from Mithril halls have developed a power source (think tesla broadcast energy through the air) using a very dangerous ore and elven magics to create a magical energy source that can be used to bring "magic" (think electricity) to the masses...

I don't know. I've enjoyed the series but this season was like popcorn instead of steak. I feel like the entire season could have been two episodes and nothing important would have been lost. I hope the next season is meatier and more interesting than this one has been.

which since he asked for a not very old paladin takes us to Billy Batson or Captain Marvel.

I think gods are the most underused mechanic in D&D. If there is any divine worshiper in the party you suddenly have someone whose entire level of power is predicated on keeping thier deity happy. Suddenly Alignment is important. Also Gods in D&D games are usually mythological style gods...

Nope

No the problem is players are juggling 3 balls, the GM is juggling the players while they each juggle 3 balls, while the train is going down the track. Sometimes you just do what you have with the limited mental bandwidth that's left. That's why some of those "unfun" things stay in the game...

I can see crafting challenges being incorporated into the game. Monster parts that have to be killed in a certain way. Say the monster can't be angry and fighting when it dies or it just wont' work. The parts have to be returned by a certain period of time without any magical preservation...