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I always thought Mutant Future looked like an awesome game, and I’m finally looking into running it. However, it hasn’t been updated in a decade, and the forums for Labyrinth Lord and Goblinoid Games as a whole looks kinda… dead. Any news about Mutant Future? Where did all the Labyrinth Lord...

Hey gang, I’m plotting out my first A5E campaign, and planning to use the starting/intro adventure, “Memories of Holdenshire” as the basis. I have a few questions about the setting though: 1) Does Holdenshire exist explicitly or implicitly within another setting world (e.g.: Zeitgeist), or is...

Is there a summary of the basic rule changes in LU:A5E compared to O5E? I don’t mean spell-by-spell or monster-by-monster, rather just an overview of the major changes I should remember as a DM. (I used the search function but didn’t find a prior thread asking this question; sorry if I missed...

In my copy of NEW (v1.1), several weapons listed in the equipment section have both the Heavy and Auto properties, including the heavy polaron gatling gun, the portable pulse cannon, and the railgun. (All of those weapons are also listed as size Large, which seems implicitly related to the Heavy...

I love 5E, but lately I find myself missing some aspects of 4E's monster design. I find this particularly true when I'm looking at 5E's dragons; we've gone back to the days when the main difference between a Red and a Blue is the type of breath weapon they use. OTOH, in 4E (especially later on)...

If I understand correctly, Curse of Strahd is currently available in select stores, and will be released generally within the next week or two. I'm curious about he price point though; I've seen it in a couple LGSs for ~$50 CAD, but online at Amazon.ca or Chapters.ca it's going for about the...

If I understand correctly, Curse of Strahd is currently available in select stores, and will be released generally within the next week or two. I'm curious about he price point though; I've seen it in a couple LGSs for ~$50 CAD, but online at Amazon.ca or Chapters.ca it's going for about the...

Lately I've been slowly digging into WOIN, getting pretty excited as the final releases trickle out. Somewhere along the line I saw a comment that OLD's tantalizing modular-magic system will be based on something called "Elements of Magic" by Ryan Nock (an esteemed/notorious poster on ENWorld...

I'm a big fan of Eberron, but I really like 5E. However, I've been running my group in FR for the sake of convenience, though I'd certainly prefer to play in Eberron. Recently there's been some discussion about what settings people are playing in 5E. WotC indicated that most people are playing...

I'm an "ELECTRIC BOOGALOO"-level backer on the W.O.I.N. Kickstarter, but I must admit I haven't been following the project closely since then. I'm wondering if there's a list of W.O.I.N. products (especially from the Kickstarter) that are ready in final download form, so I can doublecheck...

I recently got the group I DM to try speed factor initiative*. I've been in love with the idea of this variant for a while now, but I had thought it would be too impractical for actual play. I opted to give it a try following after reading a couple positive reviews, including from @Fralex as...

Two 5E spells: hex and bestow curse. Hex is a 1st-level enchantment spell which only appears on the warlock list. Bestow curse is a 3rd-level necromancy spell which is on the bard, cleric, and wizard spell lists; it is not on the warlock spell list, although warlocks have an invocation that...

Bear with me, this is a crazy idea that I haven't fully explored yet: what if witch bolt was a cantrip? It kinda (really) sucks as written, but as a cantrip it might be interesting. Thoughts?

A two-weapon warrior (fighter, barbarian, etc.) gets Extra Attack at 5th level. Rules as written, he or she now gets three attacks (2 main hand + 1 off hand) rather than two (1 main hand, 1 off-hand). Why not just let off-hand attacks scale upwards as well? For example, why not let a TWF...

Has anyone tried mucking around with the warlock's spells known list? I'm considering granting my party's FeyChain warlock the Archfey spells automatically. I wanna know what the long-term effects will be if a warlock has a number of extra spells known for free. My intention is to make her...

I know there's the feat (Charger), but other than that, does 5E not have a distinct action for charging? In other words, is "charging" exactly the same as a vanilla "move in then attack"? Just wondering.

Princes of the Apocalypse is released in March 2015. Princes of the Apocalypse is set in the Forgotten Realms, in the year 1491 DR. 1491 DR is also known as "The Year of the Scarlet Witch". Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron is released in May 2015. Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron features the...

My party found a magic dagger, but none of the party members are particular interested in wielding it themselves. However, our FeyChain warlock wants to give it to her sprite familiar. I'm the DM, and I'm okay with this, but I'm interested to see what the consensus is. (5E does not seem to have...

A couple weeks ago, I started a thread asking folks' opinion on the best way to use pets/familiars/summoned monsters in 5E. I was looking for a way that balances combat-impact and the action economy with verisimilitude. The conclusion I drew from that discussion was that the best way would be to...

Confession time: I don't "get" bards as a character concept. I have a hard time imagining a cool character whose main power is music or singing during a fight; that's always seemed kinda lame to me. Most other class concepts I can't think of some (or several) inspiration from popular movies or...