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I'm generally the type of gardener who likes to let the native plants be native plants be plants, with a few exceptions--Canada goldenrod and panicled aster have proved aggressive enough that I've decided to pull some for various reasons. I'm generally pretty happy when plants spread to new places around the yard (especially by seed rather than rhizome). But I'm not quite sure what to do around the bushes. Some taller plants, like panicled aster, smooth aster, wild bergamot and downy sunflower--have gotten close enough to some of my bushes (prarie willow, serviceberry, and early low blueberry), that I wonder if they're stunting the bushes' growth. I hate pulling out native plants, and I'd ve

New native plant gardener here. I've planted several natives around the yard and surrounded each with store-bought undyed wood-chip mulch. Most of the plants have done pretty well. Over the months, I've spent a fair amount of time plucking weed seedlings that have come up. Reading here and elsewhere about ecosystems and plants that support other plants, and looking at the brown space between my plants, I've started to think about whether I should add native "ground cover" plants, and if so, what I should add and how far away from the plants I originally planted, as I don't want to strangle them. Then I began to take notice of the weed seedlings I've been pulling, and after looking them up, i

My session went reasonably well last night, except that one player missed every roll he made. We were playing a more narratively-based system, which was not this particular player's first preference, so I was trying to be mindful of keeping him engaged. He did in fact take the extra step of describing his attacks in some detail, which was good, but his poor rolls meant that he never actually connected, and the other players did the heavy lifting as far as the combat and every other skill roll were concerned. I did "fudge" the monster turns by drawing out the combat to give him more opportunities and took "inefficient" (but narratively plausible) monster turns make sure that he wasn't immedia

I picked up the Y'ha-nthlei Statue in The Lair of Dagon. Can I keep it for Into the Maelstrom? I suspect that I cannot, but I do see that the end of the rule sheet says to return Thomas Dawson to the collection. I can't find any clear indication of whether to do that for the Statue.

For those who have printed alt-art cards by u/RiddermarkLord or other designers, where did you find images for the player card backs? I have only found low-quality images for the back of the player cards. Any help on this (or other tips!) would be greatly appreciated!

Lots of books here:

https://www.bundleofholding.com/presents/Champions4Essentials2020

and here
https://www.bundleofholding.com/presents/2020Champs4Universe

As far as I understand, differences between 4E and 5E are minimal. The main difference was that the publisher changed.

I had never bothered to look this up until today, and found this interesting etymology on the Merriam Webster's Dictionary. Going to chuck this accursed thing right out of Father Mateo's deck! (Or maybe this is why he's Doomed...) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/athame

athame noun atha·​me | \ ˈa-thə-ˌmā , ˈä-; ə-ˈthā-mē, -ˈthä-(ˌ)mā
plural athames

Definition of athame : a usually black-handled, double-edged dagger that is used in some neo-pagan and Wiccan rituals

The organizers ask that no athames, swords or similar items be brought into the park. — Santa Fe New Mexican, 8 Sept. 2001

First Known Use of athame:

1967, in the meaning defined above History and Etymology fo