Recent content by Benjamin Olson

Oh, okay. I'm in the "fine with 5e and don't want anything to change" camp. So it sounds like it's probably still just a (to me) crappier version of 5e that adds nothing I like better (other than, it seems, the cover art). Good to know.

Okay. I kind of figured it was all along. But I got a new job as a teacher in a remote village, disconnected from my D&D groups, overworked, and often without internet, and haven't really followed the development of 2024 D&D at all since April or so of last year, and back then everyone here...

Well that's cumbersome branding. "Hey what edition are we playing". "We're playing the 2024 revisions of the D&D 5e core rulebooks!" Presumably "OneD&D" was just a nightmare I had.

So far this cover art is my favorite thing about 6e (or whatever it's called now).

Thumbed through it at the bookstore the other day. I mean they definitely went big, I'll give them that. But all the worst aspects of WotC official adventures for me revolve around shoehorning in "big characters", and this adventure seems to treat that as the main draw and selling point (I...

The Paladin is based on medieval literature and ideals of knighthood, not on medieval history. While I don't remember as much as I'd like from my graduate reading on the subject, one thing I remember multiple historians noting is that the literary knight actually arrives shockingly fast...

I think the standard 2 pack of minis retailing for $5.99 or whatever is the bread and butter of Wizkids, and I don't think it makes economic sense for them to undercut the retail sales of those. I would guess it is hard enough to get enough store space to display much of their range with the...

Well suddenly it got some momentum again today. It stalled out for like three or four days and I was getting worried. I've never been so invested in a kickstarter, but then again I think this is the first time one for something I've really cared about has happened and I actually became aware of...

50-75 for my own use and about 150 more I bought in bulk when I was running games for a Summer camp.

I guess "Alien 6 (but actually maybe 7, 8, or possibly 9... depends what you count" wasn't a punchy enough title.

That was definitely what piqued my intrigue as well.

The main thing I didn't like about it (back when I bothered to use it) is that I'd have to lug it around if I wanted the catalogue of magic items, which I used several times more often than the rest of it combined. And having had the strap of my favorite backpack break because I was lugging to...

For my part I'm okay with both Darksun and necromancy of 20 year old threads, but I see why some people might not be fans.

For several years now I have checked in on the Zombie Orpheus scene every few months primarily just to see if literally this exact project was ever happening. I totally would have missed it if you didn't post it here (and in the same week I logged back in for the first time in most of a year)...

A multiverse is what you create to form a shared continuity of existing properties. Nobody wants a multiverse just for a multiverse's sake. I would suggest that Big Game Company is just kneejerk following trends without understanding them, and that they'd be happier if we started with just one...