No one knows the new crafting rules yet unless they were released in UA somewhere. I think they were just teasing them.
From my understanding, the rules will be same or similar for some things and revised from play testing for others. This is the culmination of that work and everything else they’ve been working on.
That’s awesome! I threw in some Bugbear predators for Wave Echo Cave and ended up downing our Paladin. Oops!!!
I do like their basilisk too. I just like the reactions and extra things they add that give a little more flavor to the generic monsters.
I don’t have feedback on the tools, but as an SEO I am going to be honest and say that CSS needs to be tightened up a lot. Your button layout on mobile very difficult to read and discern what’s going on.
After your explanation here and looking at the page you created, I’m still not entirely sure what you’re trying make and test.
Are you trying to create a content management tool to make it easy to look up notes for your campaigns? Is this a place to store links? Is it meant to house player sheets?
So you put maps, minis, and other stuff on top of the lazy Susan, leaving the table itself free for food, sheets, and dice?
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking initially was a larger foldable table - like an events table
Yeah, it was a gamble for sure. What do you think of the other trays I linked?
Interesting. Can you explain more what this looks like and/or what trays?
Unfortunately, it’s a set/solid wood table (Amish made). It’s a solid top and legs at the corners. That’s why I was thinking about an entirely new table or these “accessories” to add
Hmm. I here would this go and how would it work at a table? It’s definitely interesting!
That’s a good idea as well. How does that work when there are 3 adults on one side at a 6ft length table?
I’m almost thinking about buying something like this, but building it upside down? Essentially like a pull out but on top of the table (more a stand?)
Or several of these?
I don’t know. 🤣
The player obviously is stubborn and won’t apply what you’ve told them.
Kill their character. Their wizard with high intelligence wants to melee? The monsters are smart and they see the robe guy who gets stabbed easily - so that’s what they do. All. Of. Them.
Kill, kill, kill. Then have a chat with them after about why this happened. Let them know they know how to play the game but actions have consequences and the monsters are smart. You’ve let them have their learning curve and now there are stakes.
Can confirm - have 2
Really? Anything above Nintendo it has been true for me.
If you plan to DM:
For immersiveness, I recommend miniatures to use on a grid (can be just paper with 1”x1” squares drawn with a pencil). One thing I can say for doing it cheap and quick is to buy a bunch of those small game piece holders (1”x1”) and find monster art online to print, cut, and put in the holders as your minis.
[For example](LLMSIX 24 Pieces Game Card Stand Clear Card Holders Plastic Place Card Display Stand Photo Card Holder DIY Board Games Stand for Business Cards Price Tags Labels Menus Party Favor)
You can get basic rules online for free and you could probably pick up books used.
Of course I read the article. It specifically says, “… value of the expected entertainment usage, which is to say the per hour value times the number of expected hours plus the terminal value that’s perceived by the customer in ownership, if the title is owned rather than rented or subscribed to…”
I’m beginning to wonder if you read the article. They want to charge off of one value and add it to an initial base value. If you think this idea has nothing to do with increasing profits then I have a bridge in the Sahara to sell you.
Yeah, and I bet they’re affordable. What Strauss is proposing is a massive increase in initial purchase price for those that aren’t paying subscriptions. $70 is borderline affordable for a lot of people as is and that will now be a higher entry price. I’m not in that boat, personally, but I can see how it would be detrimental to the gaming industry as a whole.
Then again, there is the flip side where people are now forced to choose the games they can afford that year even more carefully (1-2 vs 6-7 or more as an example) and if a game fails expectations and someone misses out on something else, then maybe it’ll start putting some shitty developers out of business.
You do. That’s how John Hammond goes. Falls in a ditch, breaks his leg, and the compys eat him alive. At least that’s what I remember.