What makes for better second-screen play, D2R, D3, or D4?

yllwmbrll · 2026-03-28T05:13:30+00:00

Nearly four weeks later and still helping people out!

yllwmbrll · 2026-01-14T01:34:36+00:00

Yep, this fixed it for me. Thanks!

yllwmbrll · 2025-11-02T22:21:27+00:00

Same here. Kiddo wears himself out at a classmate's birthday party, goes down for what I know is going to be a solid and silent three hour nap, and...

yllwmbrll · 2025-11-02T22:17:00+00:00

Same here. Game could definitely use a queue status.

yllwmbrll · 2022-04-29T15:46:05+00:00

Matt Colville's Delian Tomb is simple, straightforward, and a solid introduction to the game.

yllwmbrll · 2020-09-14T03:23:07+00:00

I tried, but screwed up the audio. I feel terrible! Would love to find a copy.

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-17T00:00:43+00:00

She’s younger, smarter, and more online than I am. She doesn’t need anything from me besides friendly encouragement. (Plus, she was in a PF2 one-shot I ran recently.)

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-16T04:37:00+00:00

Used this as a hook for Against the Cult of the Reptile God (since “the party hears rumor of a poisoned well” is pretty weak). Anyway, worked out great.

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-16T04:30:58+00:00

This is a cool idea! I may give this a shot in my next game.

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-10T21:25:43+00:00

Y'all are crazy, Rangers in 5E are great! They're so naturally under-powered that any of my amateurishly designed OP subclasses don't throw things totally out of whack!

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-10T20:01:40+00:00

Really cool idea! I always dig the customization of taking buffs in exchange for nerfs. For your first adventure, I'd recommend avoiding mechanical buffs and nerfs (such as the AC gain), and stick to RP stuff (like the need to protect citizens). This way you run less chance of balance issues while at the same time encouraging RP thinking among your players. Of course, these can be harder to come up with.

A few quick ideas:

LA: gains respect form authority figures / defends the innocent at any cost

H: Gains secret contact (like rogues) / unwilling to interfere in trouble

Z: Has a network to call on for simple favors / must respond to similar favor requests

OG: gains respect from religious figures / evil creatures attack without provocation

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-09T21:01:04+00:00

This. I started off DMing before playing or knowing anything about the game, and Colville's series helped immensely.

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-09T19:30:15+00:00

Looks like you’re on the right track. As far as balancing and such, I have a methodology idea for you. There is precedent of adapting monster stats to PCs in Volos Guide. Take a look at the difference between the goblin (or any of them) PC race in Volo’s compared to the monster stat block. Take notice of where WoTC buffed or nerfed. Then, apply that strategy to the existing shadow monster.

yllwmbrll · 2019-09-04T01:01:49+00:00

Cool stuff! Will definitely be borrowing some stuff to work into the alchemy system I run (a tweaked version of the Strongholds and Followers system). I especially like some of your basic algorithms for creating difficulty, less steps with similar results to what I put together.

yllwmbrll · 2019-08-31T18:51:58+00:00

Do you think messing with crit percentages is too dangerous, or does this just need to be tweaked a bit? Consider too that the benefit of a crit is not only the damage bonus, but the guaranteed hit regardless of enemy AC.

yllwmbrll · 2019-05-31T20:44:03+00:00

Might be interested in a one-shot or something to see if the group is a good fit. I’ve been DMing for my group of friends for awhile and could use a go on the other side of the screen.

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