The Gaming Den

First, the idea that fire elementals should be immune to fire is a bit weird. I mean, adventurers are made of flesh and bones, and they aren't immune to punches. Even beings made of <thing> should feel something when <thing> moves in a very violent way against them. So I think most effects that gran...

It was rather bold of them to recognize that Monty Python is as much part of D&D's DNA as Tolkien or Jack Vance. It was certainly one of the movies of all time and I hope it doesn't bomb so they make sequels.

Point for clarifying... in my game mental attributes are vim rhetoric cheerfulness rhythm chutzpah and a certain je ne sais quoi ..you must be fucking joking right? Well I really hope he's being serious. Of course, the physical attributes are aim upper body strength density rhythm (again) twitchine...

But as I've been thinking about it, I'm wondering if 1st level would work just as well to reflect that. Mostly I'm unsure about spellcasting classes, beefsteak is easy to say a first level Rogue is a kid who's just stolen a lot and a first level fighter is a kid who worked as part of the local watc...

Anarcho-communism will always, ALWAYS, give way to entropy. Someone doesn't have to "step up" to take command when a group of anarchists is essentially just individuals, the "leader" just has to be better at everything than anyone else... Which isn't hard with no infrastructure ...

As an Atheist (tips Fedora) I don't like actual gods in my games. In my campaigns/world-building, the multiverse is simply too big for actual creator gods. Life, the sentient species and everything else came into being through mechanical processes, that are somewhat more colorful than the ones we ge...

What are you trying to accomplish? If the objective is to have sex-as-comedy as part of the game, you need to step back and realize the game doesn't even deal with comedy yet. I mean, it's usually great when you have a DM or player that's a genuinely funny person, but there are no in-game rewards/pe...

For all the reasons people mentioned here, I think D&D constant popularity is a chicken and egg situation, where the egg is that D&D was the first big name RPG, having basically created and defined the genre; and the chicken being that D&D works well enough for the majority of people pla...

A dear and close friend (the dude who first GMed GURPS to our group back in the 90s and who loved to play hilariously optimized casters in our D&D games) just died from covid19. He had became a grandfather last year.

It sucks.

"Messy successes" seems to be just a way to institute a "fail by succeeding" mechanic, like bearworld's success at a cost. Maybe if the 0-5 hunger dice were to be added to the pool, the process would be fairer, specially if the player has a chance to roll willpower or whatever to...

Kaelik wrote:Just a regular day in congress.

Yeah, that's America having a normal one in 2021.

I bet with my friends that nothing will be done about this clear-cut case of Sedition and Trump will be free to do more damage until Jan 20th. Really hoping you guys prove me wrong.

Zaranthan wrote:Their dorfs had a long, intricate courtship ritual, the primary purpose to tactfully determine your prospective spouse's gender.

This part comes from Pratchett, tho.

Prak wrote:Ok check-ins from Larping, where you simply flash an "ok" sign to another player to check in with them

There goes my hopes that v5 had removed all the white supremacy secret codes/s

It's terrifying that covid19 is a godsend for actual authoritarian populists: the pandemic presents a chance to give government money directly to a large swath of the population AND a situation where smart people don't want to leave home (to say, protest). If Trump was 1% of the 7D chess player his ...

If we're talking about terrible 3.X statblocks, Drizzt himself went from a badass to a wimp, since the 2e -> 3e transition particularly fucked up his fighting style and weapon choice.

He's a low str / high dex drow that dual wields a non-light weapon. You do the math.

Not to get into the obvious racism of mandating that all orcs are bad guys, but are also free willed and intelligent. What irks me about 5e and "evil races" is that all them have the same reason for being evil: "Their evil gods demands it". Such a lack of creativity on a fantasy...

Reporting for duty.

OgreBattle wrote:Do any other countries have gun militia-types arming themselves to demand an end to quarantine

Brazil does.

The Portuguese is just called "Gnome". Which is a kind of cop-out.

In the 90s, before Tolkien became pop culture, I had a Portuguese edition of LotR that adapted the names: Gandalfo, Orcos, and etc.

For some reason, the number of deaths caused by pneumonia was 10x higher than the normal in several brazilian cities last month.

So yeah, covid-19 deaths here are being under-reported.

pragma wrote:I’ve included a table to emphasize how overwrought martial arts are.

Bonus points for misspelling"capoeira" in a rather novel way.

A recent video from Nanjing's current situation made by a japanese and uploaded to youtube. Notice the complete lack of piles of millions of bodies anywhere. Allow me to introduce you to the concept of a PotemkinVillage . There is absolutely no doubt that there are places in China where the plague ...

I have seen reports from individuals who have caught the virus that there are mental side effects. Some have said that they are making stupid decisions. Others are saying they're more angry and argumentative. I'm finding it impossible to find information about because google returns articles about ...