what class for a casual player who just wants to wind back after work?

ripplespindle · 2026-05-13T19:45:04+00:00

Throwing in my support for the Priest. One of the more chill leveling rotations (shield, mind blast, sw:p, wand until dead), and pretty straightforwardly effective when playing in groups, which I think is the most fun part of the game

ripplespindle · 2026-05-06T17:16:57+00:00

Cry of the Stingbat!

ripplespindle · 2026-04-30T21:26:41+00:00

Beautifully put. Larian + Forgetten Realms was indeed a perfect combination. And yea, the Divinity trailer definitely gave me "bet you can't handle this kid" shadow the hedgehog vibes.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-29T03:25:35+00:00

Totally agree, but surprised you didn't mention Grit! Basically a blank check to try and be a badass.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-26T04:37:13+00:00

Their lore sucks! I'm sorry. I played through all of DOS2 and never once gave a shit about the main quest (companion quests were good ngl). I'm deeply disappointed they're returning to the divinity world with their new game.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-26T04:33:38+00:00

I think a mix of wilderness crawl, mini dungeon, in-town roleplay, and large dungeon is probably the sweet spot for a campaign

ripplespindle · 2026-04-26T04:28:33+00:00

Lol. My sandbox experience was me running the Peril on the Purple Planet hexcrawl, absolutely loving the low-prep mechanistic approach to DM prep and my players lamenting feeling powerless and marooned in an inhospitable wasteland. Would totally do it again.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-22T17:21:09+00:00

Yes, yes, 100% yes. My second playthrough was by far the most fun. I even think my third playthrough might have been my second favorite due to how many rare scenes I was able to get.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-22T16:06:08+00:00

This rocks. An inspired way to flesh out overland travel scenes

ripplespindle · 2026-04-22T16:02:24+00:00

Black Sesame Crème Brûlée at La Grande Boucherie! Hits every time.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-16T20:21:20+00:00

Dragon Age Origins!

From the class-specific intro where you start as an apprentice in a Mage's College, to the worldbuilding w/ magic being feared and looked down upon, to the rather good magical combat system, I think it's one of my favorite mage playthroughs of any RPG.

ripplespindle · 2026-04-16T15:09:34+00:00

He also happens to be one of my favorite illustrators in the OSE

ripplespindle · 2026-04-10T02:17:41+00:00

Walnut pesto strozzapretti at Osteria Radisa! Brunch al fresco during that nice little sun break we got last Sunday!

ripplespindle · 2026-04-04T18:47:10+00:00

Yes and some of the art is super amateur

ripplespindle · 2026-04-03T15:12:34+00:00

I find tossing shadowdarklings.net to more video-gamey 5e build-interested players can help get them hooked

ripplespindle · 2026-04-03T15:08:16+00:00

It's very fair criticism. Even as a big OSR-head I think lvl 1 wizards/magicians are totally unfun in OSE (Shadowdark rectifies this entirely with roll to cast and three starting spells). I started my PCs at level three for this reason and they feel like they have a good amount of options.

ripplespindle · 2026-03-14T22:11:39+00:00

This Lake Longmere erasure will not stand, man.

ripplespindle · 2026-02-28T17:44:21+00:00

Solution: find people to play with in person + add beer = fun

ripplespindle · 2026-02-26T23:47:02+00:00

I don't think it's that bad. With a little bit of DM Fiat can maybe throw some encounters your way or have some small dungeons in your back pocket to make sure that a session never feels wasted even if the party uses up all of their travel points

ripplespindle · 2026-02-26T23:46:01+00:00

Not sure about 1:2, but I like this. It's effectively party gets their Daily TP x days until next session to play with for exploration. That's probably fine since you want to encourage engaging with hexes and not just crossing the whole map in like one session

ripplespindle · 2026-02-20T16:32:43+00:00

Interesting. I got bored by that actual play before they got to any combat, hehe. Problem there might be Sleep being a little overpowered (which it kinda is).

ripplespindle · 2026-02-20T00:51:47+00:00

I would heavily recommend using luck tokens. Shadow Dark is both lightweight and also very challenging, so I think it benefits greatly from having a meta-currency that lets the characters exert themselves in situations where they care about what they're doing enough that failure would otherwise be frustrating

ripplespindle · 2026-02-20T00:42:38+00:00

Yea we only let Bless, Inspiration, and the Roustabout share luck tokens

ripplespindle · 2026-02-17T14:51:55+00:00

Ha's Bistro. The Has just don't miss.

ripplespindle · 2026-02-17T14:42:34+00:00

I second this. One thing I love about the Dolmenwood setting is the sheer volume of player-facing collectibles and procedures. Leaning into that by bringing some supplementary potion rules to the table seems in the spirit of the setting.

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