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Unless you're playing with 2nd graders that have Down Syndrome, I have an extremely hard time accepting that your "new" players are finding it difficult to understand the mechanics of the 6 basic stats given the fact that almost every RPG-like game (PC, console, etc.) has followed the same...

I came very close to buying this game when it released (and was discounted), but unfinished games have made me gun-shy of buying almost anything on day 1. The game seems to be well-received, but I have noticed a few reviewers don't like the fact that the game doesn't really have a satisfying...

The PF2 remaster is getting rid of ability scores because "they never use anything but the modifiers." Obviously, but the modifier stems from the ability score. They claim to be removing it because it streamlines gameplay, but that's so transparently bullshit. They're removing it because all the...

No. Actually, not just no, but fuck no. D&D (or whatever you play) isn't a place for any kind of "therapy." It's hilarious that a game that heavily leans into visceral, violent combat where players can behead, disembowel, and even outright murder people/creatures has to stop because someone at...

My first shipment of Pathfinder books arrived today and I might have made a mistake going all-in. Every book I have is brimming with 'strong whamen' and hyper-competent/intelligent/powerful American Inventors while anything faintly resembling a normal white male is a rarity and/or a villain or...

No one, except the blue-hairs and their sympathizers, use that garbage. Also, I particularly hate Sly Flourish because he'd be so valuable to TTRPG fans if he wasn't such a stereotypical woke faggot. He embraces all of the Leftist religion. I can't stand listening to that lispy faggot talk and...

Pathinder was developed as a response to the announcement of WotC moving to 4e. The fans loved 3e/3.5e and didn't want WotC to create an entirely new edition. So Paizo seized on the opportunity and effectively created D&D 3.75. D&D and PF are very similar, but they're different enough to be...

They also banished the word "Golem" for exactly the same reasons. There are a handful of other completely innocuous words that Paizo has deemed verboten. WotC and Paizo are effectively the same beast with a slightly different coat.

I was being a bit hyperbolic, but they're not far behind. Paizo employs a fair number of individuals that would be nuked from orbit if their social media comments/views were tweaked ever-so-slightly. And, of course, that trash makes its way into the final product. Remember, Paizo actually...

Yep. Literally every book. I had to buy from 4 different vendors because PF2 is incredibly popular right now. After sales, discount codes, and some store credit my total came to somewhere around $8-900. Remember, I only bought the hardbacks. There's a decent amount of softcover content...

I know that Paizo is just as bad as WotC, but WotCs continued idiocy has, for the first time, driven me to play a different game. I'm not done with D&D, but I want to give PF2 a shot. In fact, I just put in an order for every PF2 hardback that's been printed....I'm going to have a lot of...

I went a bit crazy with it and bought 3-5 of every mini they have in production. That's obviously completely unnecessary.

The whole "Now, now guys...let's just all be friends," approach has achieved absolutely nothing. In fact, it's allowed the wack jobs to push deeper and deeper into every aspect of culture. I have a lot more use and respect for people that actively take an aggressive stance against the...

He's not an idiot or bot, he's clearly got a number of mental-illness'. Sox, you're wildly delusional, man.

My $1400 Skinny Mini package arrived and they look fantastic. For those of you that want an extremely good-looking and economical option over traditional tabletop minis, give them a shot. I can't recommend them highly enough. The art online doesn't do them justice. P.S. I have zero ties to the...

Yep. Bio-essentialism is one of the fundamental elements of the game because it's necessary to mechanically differentiate one race from another, but that gives the blue-hairs seizures. The aesthetic differences between races can be interesting, but it's not enough. Furthermore, people tend to...

You're automatically disqualified from my table for using the word "cis."

I give my players a number of options when it comes to Hit Points and each option has its own pro/con. 1. Roll normally. 2. Roll, but do so splitting the die in half. For example - a Barbarian doesn't roll 1d12, they roll 2d6. 3. Take the average. Lastly, if the player chooses to roll and...

Yep, it's completely different.

4e had a few mechanics that were definitely good (skill challenges being one of the best) and I continue to use several of them in my 5e campaign. However, the system as a whole is too 'video-gamey.' When 4e was being developed the entire TTRPG genre was being gutted by MMORPGs. MMOs were at...

Are you saying that you're not a fan of a defined start and end point? If so, there are definitely groups that play extremely long-term, open-ended games like that, but you're a tiny, tiny minority of players. Though it's more of a consequence of how difficult it is to keep a core group of...

How much experience does the DM have? Now that I think about it, that's really not relevant until we know how he intends to handle it.

It certainly can be if your DM is ultra-soft and it basically ends up being a major character boost with no repercussions. That's a huge mistake, but it's not my game.

Lots about him I like, but lots more about him I don't. I've seen enough of his Tweets to know that he's just another brainwashed woke sheep with a terminal case of TDS.

I'm not surprised at all that your DM wasn't prepared for you guys to lean in to it because the rules for Lycanthrophy in 5e are kinda scattered around. Not to mention pretty lame. Your DM probably knows this and wants to introduce something a lot better than how it's handled officially. There...

Today I learned that both Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins are gay. I knew about Crawford, but didn't have a clue about Perkins. It might be because I don't use social media at all. Regardless, I was still surprised I wasn't aware of that fact. Also, both of the primary individuals in charge...

The Abyss would w I'm curious why you feel this is true because Paizo is just as bad as WotC and worse in some cases regarding "the message." Paizo is definitely down with getting in step with the woke cult. To provide some context - I haven't played a single game of Pathfinder, but I own...

To answer your question - In my opinion, the Abyss would win because it would likely come down to a battle of attrition. And though the Hell's are massive planes with some incredibly powerful inhabitants, demons/devils require souls to be created, but the Abyss is effectively endless and the...

One of the primary reasons we haven't seen games keep pace with the cost of everything around them is the fact that digital distribution is how most games have been purchased for the last decade. It's a lot more expensive to physically produce and ship games than have customers download them. A...

I give absolutely ZERO fucks if you, or anyone else here agrees with me or not. My confusion is about why my dislike of the movie has been such an issue with a few of you.

Do you expect anything less from that compromised site? The only audience that could have seen it en masse at this point are journalists and they're obviously on board with the forced diversity, the emasculation of the male characters (quoted as intentional by the producers), etc. etc. However...

I admit that my review of the movie was, maybe, a bit too critical, but I stand by the fundamental points made. I'm a D&D superfan and watching the IP get devoured over the last 10 years by the woke cult has made me disproportionately reactive. I have zero tolerance for woke bullshit. In fact...

I genuinely did too, but it's complete trash. The IP cannot or will not take itself seriously long enough to break away from the "hurr, hurr - isn't that funny" garbage that has continually plagued D&D on TV/big screen. The acting is terrible, the story is entirely predictable/boring, and the...

Yes, it is.

Eh. I've been talking about it in a few Discord channels for the last hour and a number of people have made the same argument. I guess it's just me and the people I choose to play with because I definitely don't enjoy or play D&D games with that goofy shit.

I watched a leak of this movie this morning and it's complete shit as many of us predicted. D-tier acting, boring plot, forced 'diversity,' etc., etc. Save your money. Trust me on that.

I'm going to update this as I find more. Abyss: 1. For Duty and Deity (2e). 2. Tales From the Infinite Staircase (2e). 3. The Rod of Seven Parts (2e). 4. Dead Gods (2e). Hells: 1. Descent to Avernus (5e). 2. Crown of the Oathbreaker (5e). This campaign is massive at over 900 pages and the...

@Rajaah I completely missed the part where you asked for not just PC games, but modules that take place in the areas you referred to. There are numerous examples. As previously mentioned, almost the entire module of Descent to Avernus takes place in Hell. There are a lot of others, but it'll...

I did play ToB. Agreed. Absolutely, I did. In fact, it's been 25 years since my playthrough and I have a hard time remembering a lot of the details, but I'll never forget how amazing the two games were. I'm not going to lie and say that I am not a little bit spoiled by the fidelity of modern...

I can't remember any content that takes place in the Hells/Planes other than the examples you gave. However, I haven't played the majority of those games in years; some decades. So I could be missing something. It's not "D&D," but the Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous fits the bill later in...