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(Please stop using "begs the question" - a type of logical fallacy - to mean "leads to the question". Thank you. :) ) If you can find somebody who wants to buy your "stuff", you can sell it to them for a mutually agreed on price, which may or may not be "book value...

I used Emacs. Which is to say, I directly authored HTML. :) I had a "template", so to speak, which was a file with all my normal tables with an empty row in each, and I duplicated and filled in rows for each item. I manually inserted each row in the numerically appropriate (by value) place...

If feel that the current party in your current world is being underserved in treasure by my presence, I will withdraw. Odd response. I said that the party will get whatever treasure the module provides. I don't see what that has to do with "your presence". As Seston said (or implied), in ...

People have their own visions of what their characters want and what they want for their characters. We should be allowed to make our own choices - even if they are dumb choices in the eyes of the DM or other players. Talon, the (several) times I planted treasure hoards that had "one appropria...

II definitely agree that the parties need some mechanism for division and an accurate ledger. I also confess that tracking your treasure isn't something I see as typically my responsibility. Personal preference there, but I do feel the party needs to track their inventory. When I was a player, I wa...

(I edited the actual player names in previous notes.) As a DM, I do not dictate how parties decide to divide treasure. It's simply not my call. When the Tarrastra party decided to pool treasure and "assign" items, with Carric keeping the gold, I shrugged. I did make several attempts to giv...

Generous DM rolls 16d20: (16d20) : [19 + 13 + 11 + 2 + 9 + 18 + 13 + 17 + 9 + 19 + 3 + 12 + 13 + 13 + 12 + 5] = 188 Generous DM rolls d20: (d20) : [13] = 13 Generous DM rolls 3d6: (3d6) : [3 + 3 + 3] = 9 Calder rolls Skill - Perception (WIS+Prof): (d20+2+2) : [16 + 2 + 2] = 20 Morpheus rolls Skill (...

Is here . Over the Edge was a modern-era RPG set on the island of Al Amarja. It was published last century by Atlas Games - Jonathon Tweet's company - which also did Ars Magica. I think I have everything published for both of those games. They were both really well done. And now, Atlas Games (which ...

From Monte Cook Games.

I have not yet backed this, but there are 28 days to go.

I'm curious to hear your-all's thoughts on this.

Gentle DM: Bring out yer pogs. Bring out yer pogs. Kili Nutcracker rolls d20: (d20) : [6] = 6 Brandt: https://www.facebook.com/mari.l.young/posts/10216289265481913?comment_id=10216298126583435&notif_id=1530134307758086&notif_t=mentions_comment&ref=notif Belle: We meet Morpheus, older bro...

Kili rolls Skill - Medicine: (d20+3+2) : [10 + 3 + 2] = 15 Belle: We all go up to L3 when we leave the haunted house Kili rolls d8: (d8) : [2] = 2 Kili rolls d8: (d8) : [6] = 6 Calder: 1. Small mumified yellow hand w/sharp claws on a loop of rope (a goblin's hand). 2. A knife carved from a human bon...

Calder rolls Skill - Medicine (WIS): (d20+2) : [9 + 2] = 11 Calder rolls Skill - Investigation (INT): (d20+1) : [15 + 1] = 16 Belle rolls Skill: Investigation +0 INT: (d20) : [13] = 13 Belle rolls Skill: Medicine +2 WIS: (d20+2) : [13 + 2] = 15 Generous DM: "He is the Ancient. He is the Land&qu...

Calder rolls Skill - Perception (WIS+Prof): (d20+2+2) : [18 + 2 + 2] = 22 Kili rolls Save - CHR: (d20+2+2) : [5 + 2 + 2] = 9 You tell Kili: hear me You tell Kili: You are posessessed by Rose. You gain a flaw: "You like being in charge and gt angry when people tell you what to do" Sedon rol...

Belle: watching the procession from the Church. At midnight the spirits on dead adventurers go up the hill to the castle. Belle: Priest's son is a Spawn of a Vampire. Has been living under floorboards without eating. Belle: The fog or mist is getting thicker and thicker outside. Belle: No more spiri...

Belle: okay Belle: I take the note Belle: and put rope away in backpack Belle: and sit out on watch Belle: Belle wakes next two who wake next two Belle: i can't hear Belle: only static Belle: should I reconnect Belle: may I call Belle: type anything you want to say Belle: don't have number handt Bel...

A pity that it came to this, and it seems so unnecessary, but I support you in your decision.

Results for XO Skeleton after 12 trials using 144 turns: Contest XP[1] XP[2] XP[3] Original Rank Derived Rank Cage Match 72 30 6 0 1 Scavenger Hunt 39 56 72 0 3 Obstacle Course 67 71 54 0 2 Hide and Seek 62 72 42 0 2 Results for Garbage Fire after 12 trials using 144 turns: Contest XP[1] XP[2] XP[3...

"DM intervention" means "DM screwup". I should have fully absorbed that if you were in the company of the Vistani, you had a free pass until you reached Madame Eva's camp. Now, had you refused the offer to join with them, The Mists would have risen soon enough and you'd still be ...

Yeah, this is what I get for not turning on my laptop since last June. Since then, both Skype and Dropbox have declared that I am obsolete. I'll try to do an OS upgrade (this weekend?) such that I can run both of those programs. If not, it'll probably be six months before I can justify upgrading my ...

That's nice. You didn't answer my question, however.

Apparently it comes from WotC's online supplement: Elemental Evil Player's Companion, which was released to go along with the Elemental Evil campaign/adventure book.

Which 5e WotC book has the details for a "deep gnome" as a character race?

P.S. I came home early this evening and went to try to start my car (for the first time in a month; I've been driving Katie's Prius, since she is in Kuwait) to make sure I could drive it to be inspected tomorrow - and the battery was dead. AAA comes out, jumps the car, says the battery is charging, ...

gegen-unter-welt -> "against the under world"?

Cool. I'm inclined to say "yes" for your "philosopher artist" background. We are, certainly, using backgrounds, and there is no reason we can't make custom backgrounds that are of comparable benefit to existing backgrounds. We'll run with this, with the caveat that I may want to ...

At first glance, that doesn't seem unbalanced. It's an unusual background for a Fighter. But, you come up with interesting characters.

I'll rule, by and by.

Can I get a list of players, proposed character classes (and races) (and names)?

Thanks.

Please share where you learned this? I have seen no posts or emails about it.
And who is "Torm"? Looking at the Tarrastra deity list, I do not see him.
What world do you think your characters come from?

Please - inform the DM!

Veracity wrote:So we are playing:
1 Cleric of Torm
2 Paladins of Torm
1 Fighter
1 Sorcerer
1 Bard

Do tell where you learned this. All the "Torm" stuff is news to me!

I'd prefer that you have your character planned, if not completely finished, before the first game. That probably means "rolling" and selecting backgrounds and proficiencies and such. And a personality. And hand-painting a character portrait in watercolors. :D Did we use a 27 point buy for...

I just backed Postcard Dungeons for $7.
Why not?

To be clear, I have these 5e books:

Players Handbook
Monster Manual
Dungeon Masters Guide

Sword Coast Adventurers Guide
Curse of Strahd
Tarokka Deck

Volo's Guide to Monsters
Xanathar's Guide to Everything

The last two are the books you are talking about, right?

Do we need to know each other n Ravenloft or all be from the same world? I confess that my first inclination is to scratch and old each by playing someone from Taladas. Scratch and old? Taladas? You are not from Ravenloft. I am tempted to say you are all from the same town in Tarrastra. If you are ...

I have both of those books. I’ll look and decide soonish.

I'd say the acrylic one is decorative, but the plush one is actually rollable.

The creator is taking a work break, but, man, I need this.

InnerGeekOuterBeauty

Here's one in plush:

0InsideOut

Here's a Kickstarter campaign that I like. I backed their previous one and got all three decks of NPC cards and the companion app, which is pretty darn cool, and am a backer for this one, too. They're making a 4th deck and have some nifty stretch goals. I am confident that they'll fund the basic cam...

Google tells me this was (until recently) The Call of Catthulhu.
I wonder if Chaosium sent them a cease and desist order.

Horror/cats role playing game In Cats of Catthulhu, players take on the roles of a variety of ordinary-seeming cats fighting conspiracies of cosmic chaos. Mighty spirits such as Snarlyathotep, slimy Phatphroggua, and Hastpurr of the Yellow Eye inspire their cultists to destroy civilization-but that'...

Veracity wrote:From Caelesti:

Why didn't Caelesti post this? *puzzled*

Caelesti wrote:...one never knows how many straws short that poor camel is to breaking.

One doesn't. For example, you probably didn't realize that I would feel insulted by your post, which would therefore break MY camel - but I did and it did.

I did not feel like I had any real options in the last game. I felt totally unempowered to help my fellows and the townspeople. I'm sorry your imagination wasn't wide enough. I can't remember any D&D episode where we waltzed into a situation and Made Things Right immediately. This seems exactly...

I completely missed all the "was supposed to do" aspect of the scenario you claim was present. In fact, I would be astonished if there is a single predetermined path. I'm curious: do you believe that in D&D adventures you've participated in that you "were supposed to" follow ...

River Tam: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/the-uses-of-the-humanities-part-two/ Simon rolls d12: (d12) : [8] = 8 GM: PROSPECTIN’ GM: Sweethome, the fourth moon in orbit around the planet Elphame in the Georgia System GM rolls d6+d8: (d6+d8) : [6 + 6] = 12 GM: Possible Assets: Charmi...

DM McHappy Kill: Make sure your upkeep includes any short rest recovery. I know many healed at the end of last game. DM McHappy Kill: 10 minutes Arrowgroot: uisce beatha Eclipse rolls Save: CON +1: (d20+1) : [12 + 1] = 13 Eclipse: Eclipse feels very good after drinking with the satyr Fuma rolls Skil...

This was fun! The whole constantly changing dice pool thing is brand new and will take a lot of learning before we can use them as cleverly as the examples in the book (Mal's fight with Atherton in Shindig, for example). I really like the story-based emphasis of the game. Don't worry about "hit...

Google suggests: <embed src="file_name.pdf" width="800px" height="2100px" /> I'll try that when I am at home and can upload web pages - as well as determine the correct page sizes. I went into Chrome's developer tools/page editor and without specifying such, it gives yo...

She was my obvious choice, but Simon - as a brilliant noncombatant - or Zoe - as a loyal fighter - are appealing too.

I suspect I'll end up with Inara, but let's see how the party shapes up.

Interesting. The other pictures are simply "a" tags referencing a .pdf file. On the side view page, the two pictures are "img" tags inside a table. Apparently Safari is able to use PDF files as "images" but Firefox and Chrome are not able to do so. I'll investigate, whe...

I clicked that link on my Mac Mini, my home Mac laptop, my work Mac laptop, and my iPhone.
All using Safari.

All displayed exactly as expected.

I especially like Simon or Inara or Zoe.

If somebody is really enamored of one of those, no problem; I'm certainly not calling dibs on all of them.

I'll pick tomorrow, after I see how the rest of the party shapes up.

Long Bow +1 (Arrowroot attuned) that offers advantage on Tracking Beasts 6 red fletched arrows 8 black fletched arrows Studded Leather Ring of sustenance (Sedon attuned) Ring of Animal Influence (Fuma attuned) - 3 charges - cast animal friendship DC 13 - Fear DC 13 (vs. animal INT 3 or less) - speak...

Eclipse rolls Skill: Perception (+4): (d20+4) : [10 + 4] = 14 Fuma rolls Skill - Perception (WIS+Prof): (d20+3+2) : [7 + 3 + 2] = 12 Brianna rolls Brianna Perception (Listen, Search, Spot): (d20+16+3+9+2+30+1) : [2 + 16 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 30 + 1] = 63 Sedon rolls Skill: Perception: (d20+0+2) : [11 + 2] =...

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