The Angry DM waxes philosophical about various gaming topics, responds to other bloggers, and expands on Twitter conversations.
Preface: This article ends with the most amazing advice ever to be offered to DMs, especially new DMs, in the history of gaming. Because I’m that good. It should be in every f$&%ing GM Guide ever. So, stick it through to the end before you decide to post an angry comment about how awful...
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I want to defend attacks of opportunity for a bit. But, at the same time, I don’t. The problem is that I want to defend attacks of opportunity (AoOs) for the job they do, but I’m not foolish enough to believe the answer HAS TO BE AoOs. There are other ways to do things. I’m...
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So, the designers at WotC are talking save or die mechanics and lethality this week. Mike’s got some ideas about hedging save or die mechanics with hit point thresholds or slow-acting effects and Monte has jumped right in with a discussion about game lethality in general. And I am sitting here thinking ‘either I’ve...
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Wizards has sparked some discussion on alignment and D&D Next on Twitter. Here’s my quick, rambling take. Alignment is a relic. I say this as someone who has personally always used alignment and enjoyed what it brings to the game. Alignment is an old-fashioned idea. It probably doesn’t belong in D&D Next except as...
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This is kind of rough and dirty. I’m throwing it out as a quick response to Bruce Cordell’s recent D&D Next article about healing, which you can read here. Of course, just because it’s a quick response, doesn’t mean it is not also a long response because, hell, its me. I’m just warning you...
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