My PC wizard used to trudge around with a veritable stable of minions: his familiar, a Shield Guardian, and up to four skeletons from Animate Dead. The skeletons were good utility; they could form a protective cordon against ambushes, be sent ahead to trigger traps, or give missile support in fig...

I know it's been a while so it's not going to be any surprise to hear that I'm handing in my diamond. As for reasons, it's multifaceted. Certainly I got burnt out on a lot of issues (handling the system tagging issue and the unprotection debacle specifically). However, life also threw me some fun...

Recently I started to think about running a campaign in low fantasy setting, where magic is limited both in number and scope of power. Some time passed and I still think about that idea, so (at least if I am not mistaken) it was not a temporary "oh, that's cool" moment, but an idea for a campaign...