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The jerren are an evil halfling subrace from the 3e Book of Vile Darkness. Have they ever been developed further? Is there any lore for them outside of the BoVD?

I love pulling resources from old editions- monsters, spells, adventures, etc. I convert old kits from the 2e brown books into subclasses; I update old feats; etc. What are some old edition things you brought into your game (or for that matter, for those playing older editions, what are some new...

Hey guys! The dromite is a race in the 3.5e XPH, basically a little humanoid insect dude that is genderless except for their Grand Queen and Elected Consort. They live in hives underground and form life bonds that kinda-sorta resemble human families. Has there ever been an adventure that...

So yeah, as the title says- there is a chance a pc in my game will receive a boon from a deity whose portfolio involves maintaining cultural norms and resistance to change. I have some ideas, but they aren't that closely tied to the portfolio. For context, a rough equivalent from a god of...

What are some changes to the game that you think would improve it that we WON'T see in the new 2024 releases? And why won't we see them? I'll start with a couple of things. In general, I think that one of my personal complaints about the upcoming revision is "power creep is creepin'". We've...

Has there been any word on when the next playtest packet will be out? Has it been derailed by the recent raft of personnel being fired/laid off? Anyone have any info?

I got to play D&D Trivial Pursuit on New Year's Eve. The other players were other decades-long, deep-lore-loving D&D geeks. That game is MUCH HARDER than I expected. Much harder. The questions range from easy ("what iconic monster fills a 10' x 10' x 10' space") to absurdly difficult- I think...

I tried my first tejocote yesterday! I'm a fan of weird fruit- weird being relative to what you're used to, of course- and have been on a quest to try as many different types as I can for the last few years, inspired by a Youtuber called Weird Fruit Explorer. My girlfriend and I went on a road...

The 1e DMG is famous for including a list of government types, including introducing the word "Magocracy". But it lacks a term for "rule by the bearded, or by the person with the biggest beard". Is there such a term? I doubt it. There should be. What would it be?

In the Guide to Planescape Monsters video from WotC, they talk about demons being made of Chaotic Evil, and it made me wonder: Is 5e PS where the game finally leans in to alignment? Can anyone who has read or seen it comment?

So in the near (?) future, I'm going to be running a crossover game where a 5e party enters the 2e Gamma World setting, has an adventure, then eventually returns to my 5e setting with some GW pcs in tow. I want to work out a way to convert those GW pcs to a level, which they don't really have...

It doesn't seem to be in the playtest. What do you guys think about this? I'm guessing the majority will appreciate this.

All right, so I have to set this up a little bit. So one of the groups I run is in the middle of doing a series of quests for the King of Birds- basically, the Animal Lord of birds. It manifests through other birds, speaking through their mouths, etc. This quest has involved a number of very...

What do you think about the idea of a spell that lets you recharge a lower level slot as well as producing some effect? For example: Verse of Triumph 2nd-level enchantment (bard, cleric) Casting Time: 1 bonus action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You...

I ran what I consider to be a really cool fey scenario last night, or at least the first half of one, and wanted to share. The set up is that the pcs were hired to find some missing people. The person doing the hiring had told the pcs that he thought that his son was kidnapped by a circus. A...

All right, so it's pretty clear that the designers are currently leaning away from short rests, in large part because many groups don't use them as intended. This is a problem when some classes rely on them to keep up with those that recharge everything on a long rest; I'm sure most of us are...

So I was playing my paladin 5/wizard 1, Alaxis, last night. He's a glass cannon, with a Con of 10 and only 42 hp at maximum. We'd seen some enemies coming; I had cast Aid on myself and two of our allies before things went down. We ended up in a nasty fight with some S3-style robots. I was down...

Unseen servant is described as "formless" but also as "Medium". It also can only be conjured into an unoccupied space. Does it occupy a 5' space? This question opens up a can of worms- can you move through it? Can enemies?

See the title. I am wondering whether the wargame elements are enough for me to pick up DL. I'm not a fan of the setting, don't much care for the lunar sorcerer, and am not too interested in the monsters, but if there's good mass combat rules or a good wargaming system I can export for my own...

Since it's Thanksgiving in the U.S., a day for eating and drinking, I feel like it's a good time to start a thread on cocktails. What is a cocktail that you have created or enjoyed? I'll start with one I haven't yet named, but really enjoy. I created it a month or so ago at a friend's birthday...