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So, I'm finally able to get back to playing this. I just hit level 8 and got tasked with going after the Giants slinging alchemy-bombs, but I seem to have lost access to Woljif. Is that a normal, unavoidable situation? I feel I missed something.

I didn't notice anything, at least not relating to modern politics and I'm hyper-sensitive to woke, political trash. It's a great game.

I almost completely forgot about these two games. I never finished Arcanum, but I did complete ToEE. However, it was hot garbage for years until the mod community fixed it. Circle of 8, I think they were called. They really turned ToEE around and made it a great game.

Not a clue. I'm not a min/max'er. I've never looked up a build guide for a single one of these games. I played a Rogue for Deadfire and had a great time, but I really can't help you with some kind of game-breaking character. It's just not my thing. And honestly, I doubt it'd have that much...

The Monk class has never appealed to me, but for PoE 1, I went out on a limb and played one because their take on Monk with a mechanic based on taking damage/wounds was interesting. I had absolutely no problems finishing the game with that character.

It's been a long time since I've played DoS II, but IIRC, that's roughly the level I was when I left the first map. I know I wasn't higher than 9. Also, there isn't a level cap. My characters were level 23 and 24 when I finished it, but I did absolutely everything I could find. However, it's...

It opens after a certain point in the game. It's fairly early on (maybe 10-15 hours into the game), but it's not available until after you leave the first map. There's a mirror on the boat that allows you to, basically, re-work an entire character.

Agreed. I found Tides of Numenera to be extremely difficult to get through. It's the only Iso-RPG I've played that I couldn't wait to be finished with. I didn't back it, but I followed the Kickstarter campaign and when it was finally released it was such a disappointment because it was promoted...

I don't really know which game I'd recommend based on difficulty, but what I will tell you is that if you play modern Iso-RPGs first, you're going to find it very, very difficult to go back and enjoy absolute classics like BG I/II, Torment, and Fallout I/II. Those games are absolutely amazing...

That sounds really fun. Everyone getting together every couple of months for a few hours of high-level, episodic adventure would be a blast. Only being responsible for one game every 8 weeks would allow me to craft some really amazing sessions. I'm not an incredibly expressive person, but for...

That's a totally different dynamic than my groups, but I also try to foster a fairly complex environment. Playing online really let's you go crazy with certain aspects of the game. I started running games on Fantasy Grounds 5-6 months ago and it allows you to easily do a lot stuff that is much...

I don't have a clue what the framing, narrative, or theme is at your table so take what I'm about to say with a grain of salt. Also, my comments may be self-evident or completely irrelevant for you and your players. For Epic (level 21+ characters) that, inevitably, spend a lot of time...

lol Yep. At that point it's the Wild West and the DM is just trying to hold on tight enough to keep from being bucked off completely. However, I've had a couple of campaigns (one in particular) where the group had a really massive shift in focus. Almost to the point they were playing a...

Come on, now.

Yep. Totally agree. The Plane of Fire is particularly difficult because, under canon lore, anyone (and anything worn) will instantly immolate to ash without total immunity to fire. Just opening a portal to the Plane of Fire from the Prime Material Plane will kill creatures close to it. I don't...

I've never played PF, but I have the PDF for every adventure Paizo has published. So, after I saw your post, I went and briefly scanned Part I of Jade Empire and it looks like a fairly straightforward, generic published campaign-opener with a Far Eastern theme. In my short read through, it...

Yep. Karissa, or whatever the fuck her name is, has all the markers for a mentally-ill Karen on her Twitter: Anti-fascist, anti-racist, BLM, etc, etc. Maybe she wasn't as far gone 8-9 years ago, but still -- Never stick your dick in crazy.

For the few of you that aren't aware, much like you can enable stuff like Power Attack to always be on, you can also right-click a spell or ability and the character will repeatedly attempt to use that skill, power, or spell. It's really useful for certain skills (like Hex's) on certain...

If you go to their retail site All it shows exactly what the first run offered. Once you look, you'll see that some encounters will require multiples to be able to set up an encounter. I purchased at least 1 of everything the first run had and 4 or 5 of some of the creatures that are typically...

They're awesome. Having front/back art is really convenient. Also, unlike full minis, these don't block a lot of the map/battlefield. I know that a full-on physical mini can be really imposing, but they're retard expensive, take up a lot of space, and leave a lot to be desired if they're not...

There is one that's just books. I guess the way I explained myself was confusing.

I'm in on this one for ~$425, but the work is strong and the value is pretty incredible with all the stretch goals. And because...Ed Greenwood. However, I keep waffling back and forth about changing my pledge to only include the books because I don't own any minis other than the flat plastic...

Yep. When I pledged, they asked for feedback and that's essentially what I said. I said the product was great and they should reach out to other 3rd party creators to license their monsters. Arcknight has already collaborated with a few companies for their flat plastic minis, but those products...

KS can suck a dick lately, but I had to back this one. I missed the first run and ended up having to buy the product at retail. It was one of the few cases where I've had to pay far more than the KS, but these minis are amazing and it was still cost effective. The pictures really don't do them...

I don't run published adventures, but I do enjoy collecting them and I read through some of them to spark my own imagination and steal an idea here and there. That said, Descent requires A LOT of DM intervention to work. Not only is the whole premise questionable, the players get super...

Fuck me, I was just about to buy a copy of Dungeon World to flip through because it's gotten such great reviews and I've seen several D&D YouTube channels praise it. As I was checking out, I noticed the author -- Adam Koebel. Jesus Christ, I couldn't get that shit out of my cart fast enough. I...

Yep. I don't have it in me to poopsock loot hunt games, but Grim Dawn is really underrated. I only played it for about 150 hours but I enjoyed every bit of it.

I can't speak to anything beyond books because that's 99% of the projects I back. Furthermore, in nearly every project I've backed, shipping wasn't part of the campaign. There were posted estimates, but whatever the shipping ended up being, it's charged much later, after your pledge is...

Yep. I back anywhere between 2-5 projects a month and I'm probably going to stop completely for many of the same reasons. The shipping profit padding angle is just one of the many things rubbing me the wrong way. If some random guy from Ebay can mail me a hardback book from 3,000 miles away...

I must be wired completely differently, because I have NEVER done this. I've played and finished every Iso-RPG there is and always finished the entire game with the first character I made. For better or worse, I stuck with it. My D&D game just finished and I'm at character creation for WoTR...

That you received at level 14. That's close to the end for most campaigns. Even if you played it out to the max level, having flight in tier III play is almost a given. It's something I would expect at that point. And no, I'm not missing your point. I don't play with people that disrespect...

At level 14, flight is near the bottom of the list of things that make my DM life hard so it doesn't surprise me at all that it didn't cause any problems at your table.

I Kick a lot of projects, but I just don't have any use for this one. Still, good luck to him.

Flying PCs is one of those things that doesn't sound too terrible in theory to DMs (or players), but in practice, it can be a huge pain in the ass. Certainly you can account for flying, but once it's introduced, you ALWAYS have to account for it. Flight tends to steal some level of dynamic play...

Yep. I encountered one of the campaign-ending failure scenarios that I wasn't even aware existed after I had invested something like 60 hours. There wasn't any way to recover it, I had to start over. I said fuck that and downloaded a memory hack so I could turn back the world clock in-game.

I'm incredibly excited about this game. My Fantasy Grounds D&D game is tomorrow night and I know I'm going to be counting the minutes until we're done so I can properly dive in to this. I love my tabletop game, but Iso-RPGs do it for me differently (particularly the best-in-class ones) and I've...

I absolutey loved the first game, but I haven't touched any of the testing opportunities. In fact, I haven't even read much about the story because I want the experience to be as pure as possible. Without spoilers, how does your limited experience with the sequel rate in comparison to the...

The other two pieces of really important advice I can give you for DMs with minimal experience is: 1. Do NOT allow players to play use content from 3rd party sources. You're not going to have the experience to recognize the problems it can create. Classes, sub-classes, spells, feats, etc from...

Tasha's DEFINITELY has some player options that are incredibly powerful relative to content from earlier books like the PHB. The custom lineage optional rule is complete retardation and banned at my table. It's a min/max power gamers wet dream. If you allow that, all other races (except some of...