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One word I wouldn't use to describe the book would be "consistent".

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After 3 nights & 2 full days that had a whopping 107 gaming tables (holding somewhere in the region of 550 gamers!) #AthCon3 is done.

Once again, we've been wholeheartedly supported by our beautiful gaming community.

Team #AthCon3 thanks you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Tired/happy now.

Paper miniatures representing a lava para elemental and ice para elemental

Magma and ice para-elemental minions.
Perfect foes if you’re thinking of running Scions of Elemental Evil!

You're art style is so distinctive it's amazing 😍

The ever growing list of adventures to write haha

Hmmm maybe it's a local village ritual that their ancestors always did but this year it actually works. If you could pull it off it'd be a great kick off to a campaign

The first couple of quests could be the party collecting items that end up being used in the ritual. Black goat, broken horn, amulet that kind of thing. This might be a full baked idea haha

Getting my grubby paws on the monster manual this weekend. Can't wait to dig into it and see if the changes have given the monsters more flavour

His statblock is so bad I'd actually give a level 11 Paladin with the sunsword a very good chance to solo him

Teos holds up the 2025 Monster Manual covers, showing a battle against a beholder and other creatures on one and on the other a mind flayer holding a mind flayer tadpole.

2025 Monster Manual - Major Takeaways!

My main impressions, looking at stat block simplifications, spell list and monster type adjustments, legendary actions, and so much more. See examples and learn what works and where the design falls short.

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In a perfect world it means that it is compatible with older content and it's balanced with older content.
My expectation is that it will "work" with older content but the power level of new content will step everything up, making old content feel obsolete.

With Storm Eowyn knocking out electricity/Internet for the past few days prepping my D&D game is a nightmare. @slyflourish.com is right, it's time to get physical media. You can't turn off paper !

So you are proposing a Plane of Berries?

If there exists a Goodberry what about the Badberry

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A fun, developing Starter Pack

Roll for shoes ! 6 rules and you only need D6's

Four-panel comic. Gru from Descpicable Me giving a presentation. The board reads: Panel 1: The PCs actions are very important! Panel 2: They have broad implications for the future! Panel 3: The same thing happens no matter what they do! Panel 4: Gru double takes, reading the text from Panel 3 again.

When you know how RPGs are supposed to work, but the only thing you know how to prep is a railroad.

If you distill playing a TTRPG down to a single click of a button and the AI tells you what happens, you're not playing a TTRPG.

It also sounds like you are trying to call the gods of breakfast !

Coldest it got in my area was -6°c and it was damn cold ! Stay warm and safe

Happy new year to all and I wish you happiness in your Gming for all of 2025

If bonus actions were just a swift action to let you turn on rage or use sneak attack/smite then it would be fine but it is out of hand for some classes. I'd love to see some revised classes without them

Does Santa play elves and Artifacts ? Or maybe something from Eldraine ?

I'm exactly the same, I wanted it to fulfill that tinkering fantasy but really the best artificer is a wizard at this point, I think.

If the campaign has an end, that's railroading.

Great idea to raise the stakes! Especially when you know things are looking more dire than usual

Dragon cultists mourn the death of a dragon, while also bringing tribute to the dragon who slayed it.

CHAPTER 4: CREATING ADVENTURES.

We're continuing our Let's Read of the 2024 DMG... with a twist.

I've been backwards and forwards through this section. I realized I didn't want to do a true Let's Read/Reaction Off-the-Cuff to this chapter because it would really warp my understanding of the text.

Thanks so much I'll make sure to look into lancer 😁

I was literally looking at running that soon haha
First NPC the party meet "here is a list of Q's the party might ask" with answers in the NPCs own phrasing. My jaw hit the floor lol