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    RPG Crowdfunding News – Planegea, Kalymba, Girl Genius, and more

    I'm in on Girl Genius, but it's not stated that pledging for the hardcover also gets you the PDF, which is usually the case and with these crowdfunding campaigns and usually clearly stated. I'm annoyed at Rex Draconis, because I'm sure they mean "Dragon King" or "King of Dragons" but Rex...
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    RPG Crowdfunding News – Hellboy, Dark Matter, Wondrous Expeditions, and more

    I'm actually kind of annoyed because the name Dark Matter is already associated with a science fiction RPG I happen to like. But I understand. The old Alternity Dark*Matter has been out of print for 20 years. How long did I want them to hold the name?
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    Resolutions for the Fantasy Hero

    The Evil Overlord list is about all the tropes that lead to Evil's downfall. But the hero's version of the list mentions all kinds of tropes that heroes actually get away with, and which attracts us to them all the more. There are things that heroes do in stories that are not part of their charm...
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    The "Superstitious Mumbo Jumbo" Of Dice Rolling

    I've never known any players who are actually superstitious about dice, but most I have known engage in a mockery of probability manipulation. When I set my dice down, I put them all at their highest value. It's kind of satisfying, but it doesn't make them roll high. I joke about die rolls being...
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    Two Days Left To Vote For Most Anticipated RPG of 2018!

    Aces & Eights is also coming out with a new edition. I went in for the kickstarter for that as well as the new Alternity.
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    D&D 5E Humant Variant Feat Limitation: What am I Missing Here?

    Well, thanks everyone. I should have asked before I gave myself a headache poring over my books looking for invisible clues.
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    D&D 5E Humant Variant Feat Limitation: What am I Missing Here?

    I was trying out the demo of Hero Labs with the 5e rules. I tried making a Human Variant. It lets me select attributes to add +1 to and a skill proficiency. But when I try to select feats, the only option is Grappler. It's not an issue of pre-requisites, since under that system I don't have any...
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    Take Your First Look At The Upcoming ALTERNITY RPG!

    The system was fascinating, but what I really liked was the Star*Drive setting. I'd be a lot more excited to hear there will be more Star*Drive materials coming out.
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    D&D 5E 5e question: dual hand crossbows

    Flintlock pistols were in fact carried loaded, needing only action on the hammer with the thumb to make them ready to fire. You didn't reload them in the middle of battle, you dropped them as soon as they were discharged, hoping you'd live to pick them up later, and draw another from your 'brace...
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    D&D 5E Pathguy's 5th Edition Character Generator

    Pathguy does it again. Hot damn.
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    D&D 5E Really want access to DungeonScape

    Oh, yeah. That's the point. Years ago, I did a chargen for d20 Future, and then later during the public playtest of Pathfinder I put out a chargen for that called sCoreGen. That latter project became very difficult to support due to time constraints and particularly after the glut of new feats...
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    D&D 5E Really want access to DungeonScape

    I'm getting pretty close with my own excel sheet. I've been fiddling with Wiki-based output lately, but except for having to create the printable character sheet itself, I'm at the stage of entering the data for the classes starting with F and beyond. After that it's bug hunting.
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    D&D 5E Advanced Character Sheet by SpadaBastarda

    The barbarian can legally get up to 24 in Str and Con, so you might want to let stats get at least that high.
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    D&D 5E What class is your first 5e character?

    Wow. So far the Bard (of Lore) is only being beaten out by GMing.
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    Tell me about gnomes and halflings in your world(s)!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold I don't know if there was some connection hinted at in D&D materials, but the myths of such creatures as Kobolds, Gnomes, Goblins, Bogarts, Dwarves and various such terms may be of common origins, with no real way to distinguish them as a bunch of discrete...
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