Recent content by Magister

It's an interesting idea; it does seem to imply that the players would know the numbers of hit dice of enemies they are fighting, but I suppose they could just keep being offered the chance to make another attack until the hit dice they have attacked plus the next attack exceeds their level. It...

Like the other replies, I don't see a problem with getting a powerful result when using a powerful spell slot (or other limited resource). Also, double check the casting times, I do think there is a problem with Leomund's Tiny Hut; it can be cast as a ritual, and gives 8 hours of safety to rest...

I think the level titles in OD&D were kinda dumb, but it might help your case if you actually shared your understanding of the word.

Since the 8th level fighter in OD&D was in fact "Superhero", yes, that would be correct.

My impression is that it's coming from players rather than DMs, although of course that's not always easy to distinguish. You don't see a lot of questions about "which armors can be crafted as non-metallic?" or "how often should magic armor of kinds that are normally metal be non-metallic?" -...

Some of Lovecraft's stories are much less than cosmic level. Probably the game needs to present antagonists who can be defeated by revealing their secret machinations rather than things that require heavy weapons and major combat to deal with; family curses, conspiracies and dark secrets...

It's mostly worked out badly, in my experience. Few of the players who like being the traitor are any good at it, from the point of view of making it work overall for the whole group. The best result is when the GM sneaks one in as an NPC who nobody suspects; there was a certain flying monkey...

I always thought of the early D&D ability scores as mostly an inkblot to suggest a character, which then had to be given increasing mechanical effect. You can still see the effect today; druids in 5e cannot wear metal armor, and people want to know what the mechanical effect is rather than just...

It is pretty clear that Geralt in the television show is not completely unemotional, but in any case I don't think that unemotional implies asexual.

Wisconsin information regarding refunds for cancelled entertainment events: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Publications/TicketRefundLaw180.aspx

I read the announcement as saying guest room reservations were cancelled; meeting rooms may be a different matter.

It's unlikely that the venue could be fully cancelled less than six months out, so I can understand that the organizers could not afford to refund tickets. I expect there are any number of other expenditures that the convention can't recover this close to the event. There's a link to a...

However that paradox is resolved, it would have no effect on the reason for my house rule.

Gamehole Con has had Convention Created Content modules set in the Border Kingdoms the past two years. The link above has a link to the Border Kingdoms lore document on DMs Guild which describes plans for that use of the setting.

My house rule is the opposite; whoever starts the fight goes second, unless they've gone out of their way to arrange successfully an ambush or a sucker punch. I rationalize that (for melee) the person starting the fight has to move to within striking distance, and the opponent reacts to that by...