QOTD: If you've played other RPGs, what single mechanic was your favorite, and how would you port it into D&D?
Someone mentioned Champions - which had a similar thing to the ElfQuest RPG (as clunky as it was) - I did like the "to hit" location as well as damage reduction based on armor. And while it's a cool concept - it would, in the end, slow down combat further, which I would not be in favor of.
I come with a question for experienced GMs and 3PP lovers. I’ve (somewhat) recently become obsessed with nautical adventures and underwater worldbuilding, and my creativity has been stretched to its limit in that regard. For this reason I’ve become increasingly interested in books and related media from which I can draw inspiration, such as the PotC movies and Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
In my search for ideas, I’ve encountered a few DMsGuild supplements on the subject that greatly interest me, namely Underwater Campaigns and Call from the Deep. These two books are available in both PDF form and Print-on-Demand. I prefer to avoid digital formats in my reading, in part because I’m easily distractible and the online world only exacerbates the issue. And so my question is:
Can anyone vouch for the reliability and quality of PoD books from the DMsGuild and DTRPG?
I’ve heard good things, but I’ve also read many horror stories about books falling apart after only a few weeks of use. Are these isolated incidents, or would I be wise to avoid PoD entirely?
If anyone could share their experiences with these sites, it’d be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Brief bump in case anyone missed the initial post. I may end up simply making a thread on this topic General Discussion, but I’d prefer to avoid doing so if possible.
Is there an underwater movie, book, RPG that has already done this that you like? Borrow from that for starters - and tweak as you play, if your brain is already too tired. Sometimes, listening to your players while they're in the environment, they will (un)intentionally give ideas, as they're talking. "I wonder if ABC is down here." And suddenly, you think, "Great idea!"
Anybody want a free homebrew idea? I had a good one but I don't feel like fleshing it out. Basic idea is that it's some sort of thrown item that you toss into a portal. The next creature that comes through that portal takes damage/transforms into a newt/is sent to a random plane etc. It's a portal sabotage device.
Anyway, yeah, um, Hi, I am around for more than just checking on listings, lol, and um, well, *waves*
Well, well, well. Look who finally showed up after ignoring my concerned PM from like months ago! :D
I didn't exactly ignore it, I just didn't respond.
And especially given where I was trapped at the time (a toilet), you would have, at best gotten little more than grunts, groans, and some foul smelling odors.
(yes, do not try to guilt me or face the wrath of TMI!)
and good to have time to be back!
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QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
I mean the use of things like Tasha and Vecna and Mordenkainen and Tenser and Leomund and such?
I mean, Vecna wasn't even a "being" really in AD&D -- he was a hand and an eye and a super vague two sentence comment, lol. And the DM had to create the powers of the hand and the eye themselves.
Tasha was always a surprise among all of it -- it was when she became tied to Iggwilv (in the original tsojcanth) that she started to gain more notoriety than just being the only woman that is mentioned by name in the AD&D books. And who the **** was Tenser with his little floating disk?
I have found it peculiar to watch them being grabbed and developed as "characters" for use in licensing and such (ah, cynicism, raise your head proudly), but also shocked at just how very differently I see them (having seen Gygax actually play Zygyg) from the way they are being shown today.
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QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
It doesn't really make much difference to me one way or another. I'm not terribly interested in the FR or Greyhawk lore, so the easter eggs aren't doing anything for me. What bothers me is the sinking feeling that the FR and other WotC IPs are being developed at the expense of efforts to create new settings and new iconic characters.
On the one hand, we see some efforts to develop new settings in the form of Radiant Citadel etc. But on the other hand, we've seen many more ports of old settings, eg. Spelljammer, Planescape, the adventures in the upcoming Infinite Staircase, etc.
QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
It doesn't really make much difference to me one way or another. I'm not terribly interested in the FR or Greyhawk lore, so the easter eggs aren't doing anything for me. What bothers me is the sinking feeling that the FR and other WotC IPs are being developed at the expense of efforts to create new settings and new iconic characters.
On the one hand, we see some efforts to develop new settings in the form of Radiant Citadel etc. But on the other hand, we've seen many more ports of old settings, eg. Spelljammer, Planescape, the adventures in the upcoming Infinite Staircase, etc.
Oh, there is no doubt that they are being developed at the expense of creating new worlds. I mean, that's like bluntly said in investor stuff -- they are working to monetize those figures so they can license the IP more readily and have more value out of the creations (even though to players they ae obscure as hell, they are not to new folks).
Especially after seeing the success of Critical Role's character stuff (i mean, they have merch -- hasbro must be salivating, lol).
Honestly, I am surprised they haven't tried to create their own version of a critical role type of show -- hire actors and all that.
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QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
I mean the use of things like Tasha and Vecna and Mordenkainen and Tenser and Leomund and such?
I mean, Vecna wasn't even a "being" really in AD&D -- he was a hand and an eye and a super vague two sentence comment, lol. And the DM had to create the powers of the hand and the eye themselves.
Tasha was always a surprise among all of it -- it was when she became tied to Iggwilv (in the original tsojcanth) that she started to gain more notoriety than just being the only woman that is mentioned by name in the AD&D books. And who the **** was Tenser with his little floating disk?
I have found it peculiar to watch them being grabbed and developed as "characters" for use in licensing and such (ah, cynicism, raise your head proudly), but also shocked at just how very differently I see them (having seen Gygax actually play Zygyg) from the way they are being shown today.
Not to nitpick, but there was also Baba Yaga, who through her hut got almost as much mention as Vecna. (Don't get me wrong, 1e was far from woman-inclusive, and I'm not trying to argue otherwise. Just, there was more than 1.)
But to answer the question. I like it. It does exactly what an easter egg should do, if you're in the know, it's fun little detail that makes you smile. And if you don't know, it doesn't get in your way of enjoying the product.
As far as I know, most of the named spells come from the names of characters of the first players, where often the player -- through their character -- invented the spell and it got added in. And they were not super creative with their names -- Drawmij is Jim Ward backwards, Tenser is an anagram for Ernest (Gary's son). Melf was a male elf, etc. Though I'm pretty sure I heard Tasha was actually a young girl who wrote in with the idea of a spell that made you laugh, so Gary named hideous laughter after her. I think using them in current products is a fun way to keep that history alive, and re-imagine it for a new generation. Or, use it like bits of apocrypha, to fill in blank spaces as they did with the deck of many things book, take a name and fill in a story. (Ohh, Euryale, she also goes back to 1e, albeit in a very superficial way.)
YeAh, i did mean the only original character -- Eurayle and Bab are more pulled from myth.
And I can verify that is the story Gry told to folks who asked -- Tasha didn't exist until he made it an alias of Iggwilv, whom he created as the baddie for tsojcanth.
But, I mean, it was the early 80's -- chainmail bikinis were high fashion for women in those days. No matter how much they would pinch nipples. Hell, Working Girl hadn't even come out yet, and political correctness meant saying postal carrier or Airline Attendant instead of Postman and Stewardess.
"it was a different time"...
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QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
I like the idea and it is fine the way they do it now, but it could be much cooler. I think it is cool to have spells named after someone because it adds a little extra flavor and lore to the world. I'm not interested in the Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk settings at all though and I think the characters they do have are pretty boring. Tasha, Mordenkainen, Vecna, etc. seem to be pretty basic and boring. They aren't characters I would actually use in my game, not without trying to actually give them interesting lore. I don't actually know a lot of the official lore so maybe I'm missing something, but from what I've seen I haven't been impressed. It would be more cool if they tried to come up with compelling, interesting characters to drop Easter eggs about instead of ones whose only value lies in their age.
Anyway, yeah, um, Hi, I am around for more than just checking on listings, lol, and um, well, *waves*
Well, well, well. Look who finally showed up after ignoring my concerned PM from like months ago! :D
I didn't exactly ignore it, I just didn't respond. And especially given where I was trapped at the time (a toilet), you would have, at best gotten little more than grunts, groans, and some foul smelling odors. (yes, do not try to guilt me or face the wrath of TMI!) and good to have time to be back!
Heh, being married 20+ years now - my poor wife endures the worse from me. I barge in while she's on the toilet and sing songs, but change the lyrics to be toilet related.
QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
I mean the use of things like Tasha and Vecna and Mordenkainen and Tenser and Leomund and such?
If you're playing straight Forgotten Realms D&D, great.
If you're home brewing - or DMing in a world that isn't specific to Forgotten Realms - say, Dragonlance - it can be a bit jaunting when a player says, "I cast Tasha's Hideous Laughter."
Why not just call it Hideous Laughter? And in the spell description explain, "The powerful mage Tasha created...."
That way when people say I cast the spell - there's no name attached.
Tasha, for example, never existed in my homebrew world.
Yeah, I don't have any of them either (and I don't use any named spell, i strip them, and then end up adding them as players create them).
Also, there is a "tell me a story" thread in Lore sub forum, and I just told the story of the first Bard. Which is kinda wild, since my Bards don't exactly stick to the standards of the game, lol, but damn, that was kinda cool given I didn't even know the story until i told it.
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There are four mages scattered across the parties I am running for, and one of them is named Giggles and another is named Karen.
They are being run by the same pair of sisters who once very smartly and deftly tricked me into letting Frozen characters into my game. I fully expect them to be inventing new spells.
Giggles' Thunderous Spear has a certain ring to it, does it not?
Karen's Fabulous Alarm anyone?
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Not every DM loves a page worth of backstory, but I do...
... and typically, my players give me some details about their character, ask me to write up their backstory - I pass it to them, make sure they're good with it.
Now the reason I love a good page or so of backstory, is I tend to pull NPCs, towns, whatever, from a character's background, somewhere down the campaign - and it gives them a hook to really be interested in that particular story/plot that's unfolding. (I have an entire thread on another forum, like 38 pages or so deep, worth of people who have requested a backstory from me) Recently one of my players mentioned he wants to (briefly) swap his character in the main campaign with another (reason being his main character's wife is currently pregnant and he wants to be there for the childbirth) - so he was going to bring in another character while that was happening. And I was very OK with that - but when he came at me and had a backstory already (it needed SOME work), I told him I was impressed with what he'd written, because he wasn't known for writing backstories (but was an excellent RP person - one of my favorites, as a matter of fact, from my main game). So I thought, "Oh, these ... six... seven years of RP through my D&D campaign taught him how to delve into a character history! Very cool."
Was not the case. He used ChatGPT and fed it some information about the new character, and what he wanted and it spit out a backstory. Again, needed some work, but overall was still pretty solid.
It was, admittedly, a little heart breaking because he didn't write it himself, and didn't come to me to ask - he used AI.
I don't hate AI, but for myself - creating campaigns is what helps my brain calm down, because it's a maelstrom of ideas (not just D&D, but writing in general whether it's D&D, stories, lyrics, poems, whatever the case may be). But I know not everyone has the thousand voices screaming in their head keeping them up at night.
So DMs (or heck, even players!) - how do you feel about using AI to generate backstories? Or, perhaps some DMs use AI to generate campaign ideas?
I wouldn't use AI, but I wouldn't mind a player or DM using it as a tool. They could use it to get ideas or lay down something basic as long as they build on it and add their own touch to it.
When AI first became a thing, a friend made it write a DND campaign set in a fantasy version of the reformation where you played Martin Luther and the Pope was the BBEG.
I’ll admit to having asked AI for advice and inspiration on a few occasions, but I’d never try to use it in the place of my own writing. I’m far too egotistical for that ;)
As for my players using AI, it’s really a case-by-case basis. The biggest issue is that it feels sort of disrespectful — you only needed to write two or three sentences, after all.
Someone mentioned Champions - which had a similar thing to the ElfQuest RPG (as clunky as it was) - I did like the "to hit" location as well as damage reduction based on armor. And while it's a cool concept - it would, in the end, slow down combat further, which I would not be in favor of.
Is there an underwater movie, book, RPG that has already done this that you like?
Borrow from that for starters - and tweak as you play, if your brain is already too tired.
Sometimes, listening to your players while they're in the environment, they will (un)intentionally give ideas, as they're talking.
"I wonder if ABC is down here."
And suddenly, you think, "Great idea!"
Well, well, well. Look who finally showed up after ignoring my concerned PM from like months ago! :D
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
Anybody want a free homebrew idea? I had a good one but I don't feel like fleshing it out. Basic idea is that it's some sort of thrown item that you toss into a portal. The next creature that comes through that portal takes damage/transforms into a newt/is sent to a random plane etc. It's a portal sabotage device.
I didn't exactly ignore it, I just didn't respond.
And especially given where I was trapped at the time (a toilet), you would have, at best gotten little more than grunts, groans, and some foul smelling odors.
(yes, do not try to guilt me or face the wrath of TMI!)
and good to have time to be back!
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QOTD: What do you think of the use of the "legendary" characters in a lot of newer D&D products?
I mean the use of things like Tasha and Vecna and Mordenkainen and Tenser and Leomund and such?
I mean, Vecna wasn't even a "being" really in AD&D -- he was a hand and an eye and a super vague two sentence comment, lol. And the DM had to create the powers of the hand and the eye themselves.
Tasha was always a surprise among all of it -- it was when she became tied to Iggwilv (in the original tsojcanth) that she started to gain more notoriety than just being the only woman that is mentioned by name in the AD&D books. And who the **** was Tenser with his little floating disk?
I have found it peculiar to watch them being grabbed and developed as "characters" for use in licensing and such (ah, cynicism, raise your head proudly), but also shocked at just how very differently I see them (having seen Gygax actually play Zygyg) from the way they are being shown today.
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
It doesn't really make much difference to me one way or another. I'm not terribly interested in the FR or Greyhawk lore, so the easter eggs aren't doing anything for me. What bothers me is the sinking feeling that the FR and other WotC IPs are being developed at the expense of efforts to create new settings and new iconic characters.
On the one hand, we see some efforts to develop new settings in the form of Radiant Citadel etc. But on the other hand, we've seen many more ports of old settings, eg. Spelljammer, Planescape, the adventures in the upcoming Infinite Staircase, etc.
Oh, there is no doubt that they are being developed at the expense of creating new worlds. I mean, that's like bluntly said in investor stuff -- they are working to monetize those figures so they can license the IP more readily and have more value out of the creations (even though to players they ae obscure as hell, they are not to new folks).
Especially after seeing the success of Critical Role's character stuff (i mean, they have merch -- hasbro must be salivating, lol).
Honestly, I am surprised they haven't tried to create their own version of a critical role type of show -- hire actors and all that.
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Not to nitpick, but there was also Baba Yaga, who through her hut got almost as much mention as Vecna. (Don't get me wrong, 1e was far from woman-inclusive, and I'm not trying to argue otherwise. Just, there was more than 1.)
But to answer the question. I like it. It does exactly what an easter egg should do, if you're in the know, it's fun little detail that makes you smile. And if you don't know, it doesn't get in your way of enjoying the product.
As far as I know, most of the named spells come from the names of characters of the first players, where often the player -- through their character -- invented the spell and it got added in. And they were not super creative with their names -- Drawmij is Jim Ward backwards, Tenser is an anagram for Ernest (Gary's son). Melf was a male elf, etc. Though I'm pretty sure I heard Tasha was actually a young girl who wrote in with the idea of a spell that made you laugh, so Gary named hideous laughter after her. I think using them in current products is a fun way to keep that history alive, and re-imagine it for a new generation. Or, use it like bits of apocrypha, to fill in blank spaces as they did with the deck of many things book, take a name and fill in a story. (Ohh, Euryale, she also goes back to 1e, albeit in a very superficial way.)
At least Tasha was original. Baba Yaga was just stolen from old slavic folklore.
YeAh, i did mean the only original character -- Eurayle and Bab are more pulled from myth.
And I can verify that is the story Gry told to folks who asked -- Tasha didn't exist until he made it an alias of Iggwilv, whom he created as the baddie for tsojcanth.
But, I mean, it was the early 80's -- chainmail bikinis were high fashion for women in those days. No matter how much they would pinch nipples. Hell, Working Girl hadn't even come out yet, and political correctness meant saying postal carrier or Airline Attendant instead of Postman and Stewardess.
"it was a different time"...
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
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Ahhh, I see. Original is an important distinction.
I like the idea and it is fine the way they do it now, but it could be much cooler. I think it is cool to have spells named after someone because it adds a little extra flavor and lore to the world. I'm not interested in the Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk settings at all though and I think the characters they do have are pretty boring. Tasha, Mordenkainen, Vecna, etc. seem to be pretty basic and boring. They aren't characters I would actually use in my game, not without trying to actually give them interesting lore. I don't actually know a lot of the official lore so maybe I'm missing something, but from what I've seen I haven't been impressed. It would be more cool if they tried to come up with compelling, interesting characters to drop Easter eggs about instead of ones whose only value lies in their age.
Heh, being married 20+ years now - my poor wife endures the worse from me. I barge in while she's on the toilet and sing songs, but change the lyrics to be toilet related.
If you're playing straight Forgotten Realms D&D, great.
If you're home brewing - or DMing in a world that isn't specific to Forgotten Realms - say, Dragonlance - it can be a bit jaunting when a player says, "I cast Tasha's Hideous Laughter."
Why not just call it Hideous Laughter? And in the spell description explain, "The powerful mage Tasha created...."
That way when people say I cast the spell - there's no name attached.
Tasha, for example, never existed in my homebrew world.
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
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Yeah, I don't have any of them either (and I don't use any named spell, i strip them, and then end up adding them as players create them).
Also, there is a "tell me a story" thread in Lore sub forum, and I just told the story of the first Bard. Which is kinda wild, since my Bards don't exactly stick to the standards of the game, lol, but damn, that was kinda cool given I didn't even know the story until i told it.
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Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
From Rogues Gallery:
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
I like using the spells as named because it's nostalgic for me. It reminds of when I started playing, so warm fuzzies.
As far actually having them in game and interact with the party? Probably not. I mean, most of my players don't even know who they are anyway.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
There are four mages scattered across the parties I am running for, and one of them is named Giggles and another is named Karen.
They are being run by the same pair of sisters who once very smartly and deftly tricked me into letting Frozen characters into my game. I fully expect them to be inventing new spells.
Giggles' Thunderous Spear has a certain ring to it, does it not?
Karen's Fabulous Alarm anyone?
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Not every DM loves a page worth of backstory, but I do...
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
I wouldn't use AI, but I wouldn't mind a player or DM using it as a tool. They could use it to get ideas or lay down something basic as long as they build on it and add their own touch to it.
When AI first became a thing, a friend made it write a DND campaign set in a fantasy version of the reformation where you played Martin Luther and the Pope was the BBEG.
I’ll admit to having asked AI for advice and inspiration on a few occasions, but I’d never try to use it in the place of my own writing. I’m far too egotistical for that ;)
As for my players using AI, it’s really a case-by-case basis. The biggest issue is that it feels sort of disrespectful — you only needed to write two or three sentences, after all.
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