Recent content by UngainlyTitan

You are probably correct, note that usually, an announcement of end of support means, no more bug fixing and security patches will stop at some future date, a number of years in the future, to allow migration to other systems. But from memory they had announced before DDI even begun that...

I could be wrong, but I think that DDI was still being built when Silverlight end of life was announced. I remember being surprised that Silverlight was the chosen platform rather and a Web app.

You got to remember that 10 is average for commoners. 9 would be a good score, for this, not the brightest spark but with hard work, dedication and the proper motivation will get there.

"Is this the Dread Portal of the Ebon Brotherhood?....."

Nothing in this would induce me to invest in that setting. I have Greyhawk in the DMG, I have Wildemount, I have the recent Realms books (which are as close to my ideal, in terms of information and structure as settings, as I have seen in my lifetime). I even have some of the earlier 5e Ebberon...

I cannot definitively say they do, but I do remember seeing them in the text.

The "If it exists in D&D it exists in the setting" is the minimum needed to get it out the door at Wizards given the lessons learned from the TSR days. And in general I agree, it is needed for consumer acceptance, since DMs do not like to deny players options, more so in the modern era. A third...

I do not think that is why it is beloved and if it were just that the setting would not have survived the change in edition. I think it is beloved because it is not a slight riff on generic D&D. It has a bold concept, what with the magiteck, post WWi vibe.

Other than this no. I am not convinced that setting matters all that much, at least to people not reading this. And it really does not need a generic fantasy setting. Ebberon is interesting because it is not generic fantasy. Nor do I believe that for the general audience, Dark Sun or Dragonlance...

Multiclassing can work but it is harder to make work than a straight class.

Sword and board, you will be tanky as hell, but your damage output will suffer a lot. Origin feat, I would suggest "Alert" as one of them, being able to act early in the fight is a big boon. With sword and board, I would recommend "Sentinel", "Mage Slayer" and "Heavy Armour Master", perhaps...

Yes, I am aware of the conventional views on elves and for the purpose of a given campaign that is ok but when I put on my world building hat, I find it unsatisfying and uninteresting. I think elves should be really weird when you dig into them.

If Elven memory is as reliable or only marginally more reliable elves could experience a past where their own memories are unreliable guides. Be a hella interesting thing to explore.

I thought he might, but it has been a while and I have not read them all, I do remember him feasting and being in company, so to speak, but not specifically the payment.

That too.