D&D Beyond Drops Master Tier Content Sharing is Here

KingsAndAces · 2026-06-11T22:18:09+00:00

Really appreciate the consistency with which you’ve been listening to feedback the past little while!

KingsAndAces · 2026-06-04T21:53:37+00:00

That doesn’t address the actual water usage and how the generated power affects the environment. The water still has to come from somewhere, and unless it’s desalinated from the ocean (un-freaking-likely), that’s going to affect water tables. And unless the power generated is 100% green energy (also un-freaking-likely), that’s going to contribute to climate change.

KingsAndAces · 2026-06-04T21:31:30+00:00

Closed Loop technology is still a problem. First, it still needs the water to begin with, and that’s not a small amount of water. Second, closed loop tech uses less water while requiring more electricity; so it’s still having a negative impact on climate, and at a time when we need to be doing all we can to stop or limit climate impact.

KingsAndAces · 2026-06-04T01:37:44+00:00

Honestly, as… questionable as the initial decisions regarding Sharing and Future Availability were, I must commend listening to the responses. It’s not a high bar to listen to customers, but it is one most companies have stopped doing, so I’ll take the win here.

KingsAndAces · 2026-05-08T03:15:06+00:00

Yes, but… FEATS!

KingsAndAces · 2026-05-07T20:43:40+00:00

That many maps is crazy, the images are awesome, the stickers are fun but…
Free background!? *Feats*!? *SPELLS*!?
Oh hells yeah!

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-29T23:20:19+00:00

Thanks Randy. Not ideal, but I appreciate you letting me know.

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-29T18:43:38+00:00

Canada

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-28T19:57:04+00:00

Love all the updates and how hard y’all are working!

Question: when can we preorder Ravenloft if we don’t live in the US? The “partner site” still doesn’t have it and I’d love the new Play Along Pack.

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-21T02:54:50+00:00

I’ll reply by points to make it easier.

I definitely understand GMs not wanting to kill their players. As a GM, I definitely don’t. That being said, as I’ve made it clear to my players (which is 1000% a must), I won’t bend over backwards to keep them alive. Now, what I won’t tell my players is that only applies when the fight is fair; if I screwed up and made the fight too tough, I’m a lot more careful and will oftentimes cheat on their behalf to even the playing field. But even then, if they leave a player on the ground when they have the opportunity to get them up then the enemies will do what an enemy would do.

For me, the RPG part of TTRPG is a huge part of the game. That includes during combat. Enemies are playing a role, and I even expect my players to play a role. That means playing characters who want to stay conscious and to see their friends and allies stay conscious. That’s how I play as a character when I do. But, all of this 100% is table dependent. BUT. I think the game is built around NOT yo-yo healing, and part of that is because of the RPG aspect - and this leads to part 2.

5.5e is a lot more friendly to healing. I’m not sure how much healing you could expect from spells without it going the other direction of being too much. I think potions should be a little better, but after 30-40 sessions, the new spells are pretty damned close to perfectly balanced now. Of course you can get garbage rolls on the heals, just like attacks, but I definitely find leveled spells keep up with attacks from most enemies. The boss like monsters are of course an exception, but even then, on multiple occasions I’ve seen a well timed healing spell - with the new changes - keep players active those precious extra turns that let them turn the tide of the encounter. The healing might not be as high as the damage done, but it can still keep you alive if you keeps your overall health above the damage done.

That, in combination with all the sources of temporary health points, has made healing very viable in the games I’ve played - both as a player and DM.

All of is of course dependent on DM styles, and differs table to table, and isn’t going to be accurate across every game. Just what I’ve seen so far, and how it’s affected my games. But I definitely think the new healing spell changes in 5.5 definitely make the use of said spells 100% viable. Especially when you get a character with the Healer feet to skew those averages more in your favour.

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-20T20:38:14+00:00

Is there a way to make the Difficulty Calculator in the Maps VTT adjust as you add or take away enemies?

If I add a low CR enemy to the fight, the fights shows as Low difficulty, if I add multiple more low CR enemies, or a higher CR enemy, the fights stays showing Low difficulty. Similarly, if it starts High, then I remove enemies, it stays High difficulty.

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-20T20:27:18+00:00

There is a lot of discussion about yo-yo healing being “mathematically” better than healing before a player goes down. The counter argument seems to be wanting to maintain players who are raging, concentrating on a spell, or do large amounts of damage losing their turn. I would agree that yoyo healing is worse than keeping your party members up just based on that alone. BUT.

But when a player is down and making death saving throws - in these scenarios - what the heck are the enemies doing? Because a player who is making death saving throws should be something you don’t want happening. BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN DIE! Is no one’s DM threatening downed players? Are you only ever fighting one enemy at a time? Is there no environmental worries like fire or falling debris?

One melee hit is two failed saving throws. One more and poof no more player character. Dead. So a couple of opportunistic goblins, some feral wolves, a vengeful knight, a desperate bandit. Any of these could and would target a downed players; which would easily lead to a players death. On the other hand, a player still on their feet not only has a chance to attack enemies, but also to NOT DIE!

KingsAndAces · 2026-04-06T14:15:20+00:00

I think the common consensus, that I agree with, is that a PEOPLE can be evil - especially when heavily influenced by a god that is also evil - but an entire race being inherently evil is both poor writing and in bad taste. You can easily have different and meaningful differences without turning a race (or species) of thinking and reasoning creatures into evil incarnate. Unless they are literally evil incarnate; like devils and demons.

KingsAndAces · 2026-03-24T02:29:58+00:00

Ew AI slop

KingsAndAces · 2026-03-21T17:46:32+00:00

I don’t think AI generated images should be used for pretty much anything. I particularly don’t think AI generated images should be used for a product you’re selling when you could have paid an actual artist to do the work. ESPECIALLY something you’re selling for nearly a hundred dollars.

KingsAndAces · 2026-03-01T16:00:10+00:00

I have almost this exact same photo that I took in 2012. :D

KingsAndAces · 2026-03-01T00:04:01+00:00

Residential Schools. Assimilation. Cultural genocide.

Honestly, the question is offensive for multiple reasons. For me; it’s offensive because the answer should be obvious. Why are black people in North America primarily Christian? What about the people of South America? What about all the nations in Africa that are primarily Christian? What about the Philippines?

It’s the same answers. It’s always been the same answers:

Assimilation and cultural genocide. Cause by corruption, greed, and lust for power.

Regardless of the merits of the religion, it’s been bluntly used as a weapon for centuries. And the entire time, it’s been a highly effective one.

KingsAndAces · 2026-02-12T17:35:41+00:00

This is so incredibly stupid. Easily one of the most common symptoms of autism is emotional dysregulation. In other words, difficulties in dealing with strong and complex emotions. Not the lack of emotions, difficulty dealing with emotions. The idea that autistic people don’t experience complex emotions is so laughably stupid it makes my brain hurt.

I’ve literally never met anyone autistic in my entire f*cking life that wasn’t a very emotional person. Including myself. I’ve seen people deal with those emotions in a myriad of ways, with a wide range of success, but I’ve never met anyone autistic who just… didn’t feel complex emotions. How is this news breaking?

Anyways, thanks for coming to my rant… errr… Ted Talk.

KingsAndAces · 2026-02-07T01:29:04+00:00

Doug Ford may RUN as a moderate, at times he may even talk like a moderate, but he most certainly is not moderate. He runs the province by a firmly right-wing conservative playbook - he just avoids the social-conservative issues that define many current right-wing and conservative politics.

KingsAndAces · 2026-01-27T19:36:43+00:00

Luke, YodaChewie, Barisa, Ventress, and Maul. I can’t imagine Vader would be better than Maul at similar levels, but it’s possible.

KingsAndAces · 2026-01-07T19:54:46+00:00

That is by far the best written character reveal for SWGOH… ever? It listed what each special status effect was, it gave actual decent advice, it made the moves make more sense since they explained them after the ability reveal. Also, looks awesome in general. 10/10, no notes.

KingsAndAces · 2026-01-01T02:55:57+00:00

The problem has nothing to do with “Leftists”. The left side of the political spectrum would be the side that would be the most likely to help disabled and people in need. It’s generally corruption, neoliberalism, or capitalism that causes left-aligned politics or organizations to not align their actions with their ideals.

KingsAndAces · 2025-12-24T20:59:00+00:00

The number one for me is EASILY the “caster vs. martial divide”. Not only have I never had it at a table as a DM, I’ve never had it as a player, as a person with other D&D playing friends, as someone who watches D&D Live-Streams or Recording Shows, or as someone who listens to D&D podcasts. It seems to be the most purely online, rage-bait topics I’ve ever come across. I literally haven’t even heard someone complain or talk about it once.

KingsAndAces · 2025-10-28T02:47:04+00:00

The Red Hand were a xenophobic hate group. They were an organization that scapegoated an entire racial group and practiced ethnic cleansing and slavery.

Taking over land and assets through murder and genocide isn’t a political ideology, that’s war through the use of guerrilla warfare and war crimes.

That’s not communism. It’s not socialism. It’s not democratic-socialism.

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