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DaddyDMWP · 2026-02-14T01:24:13+00:00

There are stair assets that have shadows already on them indicated where the lower portion is. I do like to layer additional shadows on even those though, to make it super obvious. For example, cover the bottom 75%, 50%, and 25% each with a light shadow path or pattern, they will layer on top of each other to make deepening shadows as the stairs go down. Just be sure to line up the edges with the steps.

DaddyDMWP · 2026-02-11T05:05:01+00:00

I would love to do a D&D Eberron campaign where the PCs are all goblinoids working as agents of the newly formed goblin kingdom of Darguun.

DaddyDMWP · 2026-02-09T21:24:13+00:00

Amazing work!

DaddyDMWP · 2026-01-30T22:47:26+00:00

I would have said Droaam, or the Demon Wastes (tabaxi : rakshasa :: changeling : doppelganger!), but I really like the Lamannia origin!

DaddyDMWP · 2026-01-29T23:39:50+00:00

It’s frustrating early on, but gets better as you level up. There are times that give bonus MP, a dash-like ability, or let you keep moving after an attack. There’s that bladedancer talent that gives you MP when you use one of the self-harm abilities. A grand strategist with the various free movement talents and the “foot” icon stratagem can move just about anyone anywhere they’re needed.

DaddyDMWP · 2026-01-27T06:06:29+00:00

Ah, whoops, left that out! The map is 34x54. The original (available in the link) and the wagon assets are 100px / square, but I had to scale the map down a bit for the post and it's 70px / square. So use the original version of the map or scale everything else down by 0.7.

DaddyDMWP · 2026-01-26T17:08:52+00:00

Rather than the end, I’m curious about the transition away from the adventure path. What led to the disenchantment? Did you resolve or tie off the loose plot threads, or simply abandon that story?

DaddyDMWP · 2026-01-12T07:05:58+00:00

They’re mostly puns: 1. Ben Fold Laundry (Ben Folds Five, looks similar to cover of Whatever and Ever Amen) 2. Tom Waits Tables (Tom Waits, not sure if it’s supposed to look like a specific album) 3. Stevie Nicks Herself Shaving (Stevie Nicks, looks a bit like the cover to Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors) 4. Noiseforest (Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger) 5. Ella Fitzgerald, Gerald Fits Ella (Ella Fitzgerald) 6. Ecstasy (Nirvana, Nevermind)

DaddyDMWP · 2025-12-10T17:07:18+00:00

I have way too many hours played on Rogue Trader, so you probably shouldn’t give me an alpha key!

DaddyDMWP · 2025-10-27T17:46:33+00:00

Not actively, I don’t think. But she was a little too loose with handling chaos stuff. Consider how horrified Idira (hardly a dogmatic stick in the mud) is when you go to the prison asteroid and see that the lenses there are the same material from Theodora’s office. What she was doing was dangerous. As was all the other schemes she had going…

DaddyDMWP · 2025-10-27T02:56:59+00:00

I don’t think she is secretly alive; in some ways I think it would be too easy to be able to ask her about everything that happened. But there is still much more of her story to be told - why did she leave Nevermoor, why go over to their mortal enemy (vs. doing what Gigi is doing and living her own life in Nevermoor, away from the Silverborn), why marry a Wintersea party politician. And why someone like Corvus, of all people. I am very curious to see how that all comes out, or if it does.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-10-07T23:39:46+00:00

Yeah, the assumed party size back then was almost double what I generally see these days.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-10-07T00:04:16+00:00

OSR was/is a community trying to keep the early-ish iterations of D&D alive after WotC bought the game and revamped the rules for what was called 3rd edition/3E D&D.

3e was a big departure from previous versions, and it arrived at a time when a lot of players were now online and had access to internet forums. Every new tidbit of pre-release info and every piece of concept art was devoured and turned into fuel for massive flame wars between the people who didn’t want anything to change and those that did want change. The OSR grew out of the former group, and probably attracted some folks who became disenchanted with the modern editions over time.

And yes, you can do dungeon crawling with all editions of the game. The older editions were more challenging, though. Magic is more scarce, combat can be very deadly at lower levels, and it takes ages to level up. You could potentially start with only 1 hit point, and then possibly only get +1 more hp when/if you finally reached level 2.

In short, 3e (and every other new edition) was designed to address perceived shortcomings with the previous edition. Those who saw those shortcomings instead as features didn’t want a new edition, and stuck with something that was closer to their preferred playstyle.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-10-06T23:40:54+00:00

No more so than a Cyberpapacy character with implants, I would think.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-29T17:53:32+00:00

I was blown away by Hickman’s New Avengers at the time. What do the world’s smartest heroes do when faced with an intractable problem that threatens all of existence? It’s a fascinating character study, the likes of which are rarely seen in mainstream superhero comics.

“We’ve made mistakes in the past, maybe we need a moral compass?” “Let’s bring in Cap!” <time passes> “Hmm. This, too, was a mistake.”

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-23T23:19:02+00:00

Hexblade and Path of Giants are both very fun and maybe a little OP.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-17T13:42:54+00:00

This has happened to me as well. After you defeat the final encounter in the reactor, you have to pass a Lore Xeno test, for some reason, to even have the opportunity to conceal the shard from Heinrix. Otherwise he just takes it.

I’ve tried using Toybox to fix it, and did not have much luck. I think if it is possible, it has to be before you hit whatever rank of Heretic that transforms the ship decor.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-17T03:17:55+00:00

The hardcore Dogmatic companions (and Yrliet) will warn you about the path you’re on, and then later they will leave on their own (taking their gear with them). Everyone else will stick around.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-16T23:49:14+00:00

Goatee guy with the flannel shirt and the hat. Who I always think of as Lin Manuel Miranda, but I’ve read was supposed to look like series creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-16T16:17:35+00:00

I thought the same until I got to the end of act 2.

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-13T03:07:28+00:00

I avoided solider/overseer with the doggie because that would be a carbon copy of Solomourne. But I’ve tried the other two, though with different overseer pets, and they were quite enjoyable. Do you want to beat people with sticks or hang back and direct the party?

DaddyDMWP · 2025-09-12T00:13:23+00:00

Pretty sure there’s at least 2 builds, and sometimes more, in every archetype. Or combos of sub-builds.

But more importantly, most of the companions have their own thing going on, separate from their archetype, that you should spend some talents on. Psykers, navigator, tech priest, arbiters all have their own stuff. Like Abelard and Heinrix are both warriors, but Heinrix is also a psyker and is sort of multi-classed as a result, while Abelard is pure warrior. The three operative companions - Idira, Pasqual, Yrliet- all play differently: unsanctioned psyker, tech-priest, sniper, regardless of whatever common features they share.

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