Why Doesn't 5E Let Us Have Fun?: Ep. 213

With this episode we decided to a follow up of sorts based on the previous episode. Why does it always feel like 5E is saying we can't have too much fun? What's going on there?Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

We decided to take a look back over in the Wizards Of The Coast walled garden and see what they're planting. This weeks selection, their latest release, Arcana Unleashed.Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

Everyone preaches "the rule of cool" but sometimes, you should actually say no to your players.Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

Some people really just want you to read their funny short story but honestly, they probably went a little over board.Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

In the modern era of the internet always at our finger tips it's really easy to look up an answer to your woes as soon as it comes up but, maybe we should do that a little bit less.Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

Every GM knows the feeling when you get close to the end, sometimes you just want to be done. You're ready to move on but you also know you're close to a satisfying end so you can't tap out now. How do we deal with this tension?Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

Time to finish up with the Final Fantasy XIV table top game and take a look at the GM book. Not our favorite in comparison to other GM books.Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

We got another table top game to look over. This time it is the official table top game for the MMO Final Fantasy 14. As Final Fantasy fans we of course were curious.Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

We of course were talking about some of the GenCon news last week but we decided we wanted to cover the rest of it. Why not?Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

D&D has a bunch of announcements at GenCon this year. One of those announcements was collab products with WoW and Star Wars. That got us thinking, do we even like the whole collab thing? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceledBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sessions-canceled/id1612497539