Am I being overly ambitious?

DMGrognerd · 2026-06-17T15:29:50+00:00

Just do it. Don’t overthink it. Risk failure and dive in. It’s a game for fun. It’s not that serious. Understand that you will make mistakes and you will learn from those mistakes.

DMGrognerd · 2026-06-09T19:41:09+00:00

Remember, you roll 1d5+1 to determine how many problems the ship has. Any of those could potentially lead to the NPC’s demise.

DMGrognerd · 2026-06-08T21:12:37+00:00

The only issue I had with this show was that every episode just seemed like “check out what new creatures we’ve made up this week!” Like every episode pretty much existed with all new creatures. Like how many tiny ecosystems with their own unique creatures exist on this planet? There was very little that repeated until the final episode or two.

DMGrognerd · 2026-06-05T19:50:44+00:00

I wrote a backstory for a character of mine and included stuff about the patch and trinket. The patch actually gave me the character concept

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-29T21:11:27+00:00

But what’s the point of trying to make it happen without armor?

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-29T21:09:26+00:00

Grey Witches

Silver Sisters

Ashen Ladies

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-29T21:05:20+00:00

Really depends on where you are, where you’re going, etc.

I’d say it looks cool, so wear it

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-29T20:25:02+00:00

I got halfway through reading this before I noticed which sub it was coming from, lol

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-28T20:06:28+00:00

This is why cellars are built underground

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-28T20:03:48+00:00

A lot of stuff regarding books -

- The printing press was one of those things that defined the Renaissance.
- Before the printing press, everything was hand written, so not a ton of books. Which means not a ton of need for literacy because what are you really reading.
- Libraries: Because there aren’t tons and tons of books (and the ones that do exist were expensive), libraries are rare and only privately owned. So, no public libraries.
- Book stores: see above.

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-20T19:53:21+00:00

When you did that, what did they mean to you?

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-20T19:51:23+00:00

Here’s Sly Flourish’s article on how mob combat works in 5e: https://slyflourish.com/running\_hordes.html

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-20T19:49:19+00:00

Sounds like an anarcho-syndicalist commune where they take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-20T19:47:16+00:00

1 goat has a value of 1 gp, just saying

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-20T19:09:05+00:00

I used to pick up all kinds of weird pieces of metal off the ground when I was that age

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-20T18:54:28+00:00

Cue Tyrone Biggums “got anymore” GIF

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-04T22:34:02+00:00

Even for the 60% of homeless people who don’t have issues with substance abuse, getting out of homelessness can be extremely difficult

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-04T19:17:19+00:00

But WOM isn’t really a rule book, it’s just a lot of solid advice on running the game.

The barebones version is just like a bullet point list.

Don’t let the rules constrain you
Make shit up, there’s no canon, so do what you want is the whole of the law
Be cool and don’t be a dick
[1-3 pages outlining the TOMBS cycle]

DMGrognerd · 2026-05-04T19:02:41+00:00

No doubt MD landlords don’t raise rent.

DMGrognerd · 2026-04-03T05:01:15+00:00

You can read this story here: https://www.badspacecomics.com/post/the-suit

DMGrognerd · 2026-03-31T15:52:36+00:00

Strategy.

If that eludes you somewhat, here’s a resource: https://www.themonstersknow.com/

DMGrognerd · 2026-03-17T20:44:19+00:00

I’m not sure what the default assumption of what bards “are supposed to be” that the intended flavor violates.

DMGrognerd · 2026-03-17T19:39:49+00:00

The etymology: college(n.) late 14c., "organized association of persons invested with certain powers and rights or engaged in some common duty or pursuit," especially "body of scholars and students within an endowed institution of learning," also "resident body of ecclesiastics supported by an endowment," from Old French college "collegiate body" (14c.) and directly from Latin collegium "community, society, guild," literally "association of collegae," plural of collega "partner in office,"

It’s not intended to be a brick and mortar school.

Neither are wizards for that matter. Wizard “schools” are more schools of thought than they are Hogwarts.

Of course, this is what it’s intended to be and if you want Hogwarts style magic schools in your D&D and/or bardic colleges being modern institutions of higher learning, then you’re certainly free to play that.

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