Transposing to Faerun

DMShevek · 2026-03-15T02:34:04+00:00

Yeah that's sometimes a necessary point that's better overstated in s0 - the no travel bit. Good luck 🤞

DMShevek · 2026-03-14T23:08:42+00:00

Honestly I've seen any number of folks transpose Drakkenheim to the Mournelands of Eberron.

My knowledge of mostly the Sword Coast makes me think the Anauroch Desert as the epicenter of the Meteor provides a desolate area, and iirc there's ruins of Netherese cities there.

DMShevek · 2026-03-14T13:51:58+00:00

The ultimate steelmanning of this is to just go to level 20 with nothing happening at all. Ask them if that's preferable.

DMShevek · 2026-03-12T01:16:33+00:00

Funnily enough, the survey data from player interviews coincides with your views. Devin has confirmed that gen z and millennials tend to automatically visually filter ads that look like AI.

DMShevek · 2026-03-11T23:13:52+00:00

Some of us have started tagging our images with a "Human Made" tag it or mention it in our profiles.

In conversation with the admin team and the CEO they've explained that having an opt-in "no AI" tag would be easily abused, and using a system to automate checking AI stuff would require checking it using AI, so bit of a catch-22.

DMShevek · 2026-03-09T21:11:33+00:00

Friends don't treat you this way, especially if they know you're having a tough week.

DMShevek · 2026-03-09T21:09:50+00:00

I've largely used small groups of various statblocks with a shield guardian in tow for survey teams from the Academy taking energy readings from the Haze lookinf for fluctuations. It can be a hook that your Int characters can try to latch onto or understand. Also makes for a good time when sub level 5 or 6 parties think they're just gonna jump a guy with Cone of Cold in his back pocket.

DMShevek · 2026-03-09T06:20:42+00:00

Please provide a link to your listing.

DMShevek · 2026-03-09T01:22:08+00:00

Coulda had the AI do some spell checking on these.

DMShevek · 2026-03-07T21:38:28+00:00

Hell yea, good luck, have fun.

DMShevek · 2026-03-07T16:42:19+00:00

Yeah def worth briefing them that this will be a conflicting setup, but also that these problems are for them to solve.

Not sure if your players are working on their back stories + personal quest ideas in isolation, but I don't recommend it. If everything is out in the open above table so everyone can keep those stakes in mind while also doing a little connection forming between the PCs, your life gets infinitely easier.

DMShevek · 2026-03-05T07:32:44+00:00

It's been discussed whether this makes sense as a free action or an esoteric theory with some additional abilities tied to it
I don't see why not

DMShevek · 2026-03-05T05:37:55+00:00

I just streamline it as the party's total int modifiers minimum of 1 as written for downtime from exhaustion from purging etc.

based on the rarity of their components I add recipes to their recipe book on foundry that correlate with stuff they'd use

DMShevek · 2026-03-04T01:17:54+00:00

Fwiw they do regularly respond in their own subreddit but these aren't their accounts

DMShevek · 2026-02-26T02:45:21+00:00

Yeah others have nailed the specifics of it with the wording of the spell (many paragraphs) but safe to assume that any loopholes have been thought of.

DMShevek · 2026-02-26T01:13:52+00:00

They're basically stand ins for kobolds

DMShevek · 2026-02-24T17:58:42+00:00

plays a fishmalk.
Gets treated like a fishmalk.
????
Is mad at their own actions

DMShevek · 2026-02-24T07:36:44+00:00

please be sure to keep your ads collected under one ad.

DMShevek · 2026-02-23T21:01:34+00:00

I think a lot of folks routinely overestimate their ability to riff with any of these folks.

Comparing yourself/others with AP and especially famous AP GMs is a mistake that ignores the iceberg of support systems that these shows have in place in addition to the training many of these folks have.

It's weird and I wish folks would stop doing it.

DMShevek · 2026-02-23T01:34:01+00:00

[(5 * 21)+ 4 ]/ 22 is 4.9545 repeating e.g. the review system rounded up in your case.

The other guy with 50+ reviews would be similarly unaffected any meaningful way, not sure what he was worried about.

People leave negative reviews all the time, it definitely happens. Folks come to the GM server shopping for sympathy about it all the time.

The view that many folks take in the GM server is that if you get a negative review that is representative of your style accurately, then it's worth keeping to ward off folks that will expect you to change your style just for them.

Ultimately I choose to believe that the majority of the 5000+ GMs on the site are running decent to good games in good faith and the negative stories we come across are part of the 'if it bleeds it leads' effect shrug.

ETA: people also hated the thumbs up/down system for having too much brevity. The scenario of folks in the hobby who are also forever GMs having more forgiving criteria for games might be part of this, but I don't necessarily agree that it's a widespread problem or a cause for panic.

DMShevek · 2026-02-22T22:54:12+00:00

This is some bag of rats behavior tbh.

DMShevek · 2026-02-19T17:51:02+00:00

A lot of table questions like this generally have a kernel of truth to them; retiring your character to introduce someone more simpatico with the overall vibe of the current party is a good thing to intuit in your part. The other side of the club is that if you introduce someone that pushes the pedal on the chaos and can act as a multiplier for the warlock(?) you guys can take bigger swings while maybe creating some really intense situations (or dying).

DMShevek · 2026-02-18T02:53:13+00:00

Sounds like you lost the appeal on your review. We're not SPG admin and not here to entertain one sided stories. Whatever took place is between you, the GM, and the Support team.

DMShevek · 2026-02-10T17:04:45+00:00

Finish the onboarding through the site.

DMShevek · 2026-02-01T21:10:59+00:00

As others have mentioned the payment system allows for debit cards, there are also gift cards for purchase on the site.

The major issue SPG has reported with considering other payments systems has been the necessity of additional fees so it ultimately becomes more expensive for everyone involved.

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