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I wouldn’t be surprised if the matter protokol somehow needs some google or apple service to function.

Forgot that distinction. Thanks for pointing it out to me.

Ah, my bad, forgot about the threads thing. :)

Matter sounds neat and all, but it’s still wireless on the 2.4 GHz band, so it will still have the same amount of noise that Zigbee does.

The easiest is probably a motion/presence sensor. When there is no movement, turn off the lights. When there is movement, turn the lights on, if it’s dark.

Automations…

This release is less of a priority to me.

I don’t use AI stuff or Voice stuff in my setup and most of the additions, fixes and improvements are related to those two.

More backup options is cool, although I only use local backups anyway.

My latest campaign of about 5 years wrapped up just late last year too. It’s a great feeling when people have done what they feel they needed to do and you sunset a campaign.

This year I have started as a player in a new campaign. It’s weird not having to prep for a couple of hours before each session.

Near instant camera images! Yes please!

You didn’t mention in your OP that it had to be debian distro packages. I just gave examples of HA being packaged in other ways than a complete OS.

I could have said: “If you want to run HA from packages, you need to install Arch!” But I didn’t. Chill out.

It is both.

Home Assistant created an OS for appliance like installations.

But there is also the docker images, repo packages (I know Arch Linux has it in the repo) and pip based packages too.

I haven’t used roll20 in years, so I don’t think my information is current, other than my name.

But, I think subscribers should be wary and there might be an increase in spam mail to your roll20 mail address.

I’d say to treat it like a profession and not a class. Like you would a Blacksmith or Barmaid.

Maybe there are some custom profession stuff available somewhere you can build off, but yeah, most of it would be flavor (pun intended).

Btw is ‘Use Rope’ still a skill in newer DnD editions?

No it’s not. :)

I currently DM a game (going on a couple of years now) where most of the story is developed through encounters and travel time. It’s just the kind of game my players like at this point as it’s a much needed break from everyday life. The characters do get to explore their backstories through stuff that happens and people they meet though.

I wouldn’t call the Paper for maps and the figurines required. They are a great visual aid, but for people just starting out as a DM it’s overkill.

The main reason to play D&D, for me, is to use your imagination. So as long as you describe the environment and what happens, most should get by with just a players handbook, dungeon masters guide (for special items and such), dice, sheets and pencils. The screen is also a good tool, especially for some quick information on states. But it is not required to run a small campaign.

Almost there. Look at the progress of dndbeyond.com. It’s just a matter of when they stop printing physical books.

My group plays on one Friday evening each month. It’s not much, but as we are all grown ups with families it’s just about what we can spare in out lives.

So I would probably move the game to a non-weekend evening and maybe just have 1 per month. If your wife can’t accept that she might as well be telling you to stop playing all together.

The problem, as I read it, is that it’s only 1 player feeling this way. The rest of the table seems to enjoy themselves. Or, that’s my take on it, since they don’t really get mentioned.

Yeah, if you can come up with a consequence that does not involve the death of the PCs that would be a nice variation. Maybe they get banished to another world. Maybe the bad guy makes them jump through time.