modality

Hey there, I wanted to share my group's encumbrance rules. In every D&D game I've played and DM'd, we've ignored encumbrance rules and also non-gold coins. However, I wanted to use old-school experience rules in my game (1 gp = 1 xp), so it was important to limit the players at least a little bit so they can't tote around 40k copper pieces. I like that these rules let me use all of the coin values, make art objects feel different from coins and gems, and incentivize players to spend their wealth.

To make it easy, I've included the PDF worksheet we use. I put one player (the "quartermaster") in charge of treasure. At the beginning of every session, every player tells the quartermaster ho

Inspired by the Chris Anderson Wikipedia disambiguation page, what is the coolest name in the world?

Right now, Chris Anderson wins with the finesse of a soccer player, the strength of a rugby player, the intelligence of someone who curates both TED and Wired separately, and the ability to form a one man jazz band.