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    D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?

    Since kobolds have evolved from being little dog men on the goblinoid "growth track" (kobolds, goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, etc) to having draconic origins ... should kobolds be color-coded? Perhaps competing tribes of kobolds with different draconic patrons... I'm suddenly having this vision...
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    OOTS #1333

    #1333 After all these years, I'm still fondue Rich's jokes.
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    How Many Conventions Did You Attend in the Last 12 Months?

    Two: Adepticon and NOVA. Edit: Not counting the four I did for my day job, which has nothing to do with gaming.
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    D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?

    Are dragons different species? Are we sure? Maybe they've been selectively bred (or engineered) like domestic dogs, which begs the question by whom ... see also Pern.
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    D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?

    I pulled that trick on my PCs with a wight wolf once. It was fun -- but you can only pull it off once. Had to go to a dracolich for my undead dragon trick later in the campaign.
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    D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?

    It's pretty convenient that their abilities, alignment, likelihood of speaking and using magic, and danger level is all conveniently color-coded like a threat condition chart. What are the in-world and metagame reasons? How would the game change if the bag of Skittles that are dragons didn't...
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    Does Your Game Have Random Encounters?

    Yes, but I preplan them.
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    D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location

    I ran a great campaign set in Mistledale that ran up and down the Dalelands, plus above and below (using an inverted version of Monte Cooks Banewarrens and City of the Spider Queen). Along those lines, I'll just drop this here for fun:
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    DDAL Elven chain armour. do you need light armour proficiency?

    How many halfling Shires can I exchange it for? Or is that only for Dwarven chain shirts?
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    D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set

    Huh. I'm either completely clueless, or they need to market better. Probably the former to be honest.
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    D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set

    Sacred cows make the best eating. Sure, it probably isn't Dungeons & Dragons anymore, but Warrens & Wyrms can get by just fine with modifiers and level consistency. And maybe a wound-condition track and armor as damage reduction, and ...
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    D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set

    Now that I see this I'm surprised it hasn't happened before -- particularly with modern board game and miniatures games using character "dashboards" fairly regularly. Add ability, spell, and item cards and you have a more tactile and easy to organize game.
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    D&D General Crochet, Coloring, & Journals: Upcoming D&D Books from Ten Speed Press

    It's finally got its second edition.
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    D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard

    None of your tinkers, smurfs, or Keebler elves around here, sir. This is a serious place. Players who want to play short characters will be assigned Kender.
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    D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard

    All I read here is just jealousy because someone couldn't qualify for Bard Camp.
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