Recent content by Osgood

Whenever we roll stats, I always have a couple of players that get boned. I like to keep things even, so I've tried this a few times. I give them the choice, whatever the majority decides, we go with (and I am the tiebreaker): they can either go with standard point buy or a shared set of rolled...

I like both covers. Its also nice to hear the book will hit the FLGS 2 weeks early; seems like it's been a while since that was the case.

I could nitpick individual elements--I'd like the red dragon in the foreground to be a little more prominent--on the whole I think it is a really great piece. I like that it strongly invokes the feel of the 2E covers, and it makes me eager to see the rest of the covers. So far, I've been happy...

That’s what they want you to think! Looking at my conspiracy board it all makes sense now that I can connect Williams to Edmond J. Funko… the puppet master that’s been pulling the strings of every major since gaming controversy since Col. Mustard’s involvement in Iran-Contra was leaked on the...

I’m 50… it’s been a long time since anyone’s called me a young’un, so thanks!

Not to derail the thread, but I had a short wedding themed adventure... at my own wedding reception, so that doesn't seem odd to me at all. Granted, the wedding was at a castle, and the reception theme was "choose your own adventure," so we had booze in the pub, board games in the great hall...

Excuse me while I go out and buy a lottery ticket.

Nice. Perhaps those who insist on using 5.whatever to identify the revision could settle on 5.2 to match the SRD. Still, I wonder how many posts it will take for someone to spin this as a negative. I predict 7...

Don't be too hard on yourself. I'll be a lot of use don't set boundaries. It does sound like your players are taking advantage though. Since you are in therapy, I'd definitely bring this whole situation up.

GM burnout is a common issue. I feel like we all go through out at some point. What we don't all have are groups who aren't understanding and willing to work with us. As others have said, it sounds like you are in some toxic groups and that's a problem (the fact that your wife is part of it is...

Plot hook? Pass... gimme death!

There are some interesting ideas in this thread. The problem is there are just too many different types of settings that folks want--you make one, it will appeal to some and piss oof everyone else. Maybe the smarter play would be to create a setting book that doesn't detail a single setting, but...

Other than the odd set of miniatures, I've managed to avoid buying gaming stuff on Amazon. But since I used D&D Beyond, their physical digital bundles have been what's kept me from buying at the LGS. I imagine I will do the same for the new core rules--the savings is just too good over buying...

I've stayed at Landoll's castle--my cousin got married there. It's nice. The act that it would be a 90 minute drive rather than a long flight makes it more tempting... but it's still a lot of money.

Truth! Even when a system has a free SRD it seem like some gamers are like “ugh, I have to buy dice?! Why are there no systems that will pay me to play them?”