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My first character ever was a grung, which I picked because I thought they were cute. I made her the smallest she could be (2 ft tall?) because I didn't really like the idea of a BIG frog. Her contribution to the human BBEG fight at the end of our first campaign was shoving her arm in the...

When I saw that Priory of the Orange Tree romantasy call-out, I knew I merely had to wait to see "Dragonlance is romantasy". I'm here for it. :D

My group has 3 players and we play if we have 2. We are playing Quests From the Infinite Staircase and the book says Nafas (the genie questgiver) can have a servant such as a mephit made of stardust. I combined this with the concept of "Carlton the Doorman" which Jasper used in his run of this...

I read the Daggerheart connection questions for character creation but I wasn't brave enough to try them on my first game. I've tried a couple Daggerheart-style questions during session recaps though. Examples: During the session recap after the PCs entered a dungeon floor filled with crypts...

My friend pointed out to me that Breaking Bad was not extensively pre-planned and still released yearly, and Better Call Saul was yearly at the start (a little more delay for the last couple seasons). There's hope!

The 2024 PHB lore text for Warlocks and Clerics, fwiw. Warlock Warlock additionally has under the Pact Magic feature: I don't see a later feature (such as the Level 3 subclass selection) with lore text indicating when the Warlock finds out who their patron is, just this early text that...

I've seen pieces of that supplement when I was looking up info on irda. It's not available anymore, but I'll check if anyone in my groups has it, because that would be great. Your post also inspired me to check my 3P Dragonlance Companion. That doesn't have any gnomes, but it does have some...

-6 to his Strength ability score (AKA -6 from a total of 15, or 15-6=9). I'll edit the post as you are not the first person to misunderstand that sentence.

A couple more questions: Module 1 / The Lost City My Lv3 party is approaching the "boss" of the 4th floor, a banshee. The party's current HPs and CON saves: 19 HP +1 CON 23 HP +1 CON 27 HP +2 CON 21 HP +3 CON (the sidekick) The 2024 version of Deathly Wail: Deathly Wail (1/Day). The banshee...

I have never met a person like Manousos. It's wonderful to me how, even so, his motivations are very understandable. I cannot wait for his collision with Carol.

To his ability score, not his modifier. He has a total of 15 Strength. That's why I mentioned him being the first one to run into the room is helpful against Shadows specifically.

Oh yeah, I just meant this specific blog post about how mechanics are prioritized over narrative in 2024. The tables could be useful for deciding a particular Shadow's tactics, if he's looking for ways to base monster strategies on flavor. One thing I use my VTT for is on some monsters, I...

On a different note I am surprised this blog makes no mention of the fun roll tables for monsters that can help a DM decide where a particular monster came from. Here's the one for Shadows: I don't really use these because I am just running a module and the module describes where stuff comes...

RE- People not reading the rules when they run the game and getting confused by monster blocks - I want to share what may be an illustrative example from my most recent session. I am a first-time DM. The party met a couple Shadows. Here's the 2024 Shadow stat block: I took note of the...