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    Spoilers Peacemaker Season 2 (Spoilers)

    Having just finished the finale, it seems clear we will see a Checkmate series. As to.Chris/Peacemaker himself, I am guessing a tie in to something bigger.
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    I think it is time for a break.

    I am beginning to think the mistake might have been trying to return to professional freelance for gaming. I don't need the money, and it is much more difficult to get motivated that I had expected it to be. And the work part might be draining the leisure part.
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    I think it is time for a break.

    And then you have a really good session like last night and don't know what to think.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Feywild technically doesn't mention the Seelie and Unseelie Court

    That is a pretty cool interpretation -- especially in light of the fact that faerie law must be absolutely bonkers from a mortal perspective.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Views on 24 MM/SRD monster mechanics now

    Ironically, it is also the least traditional (along with the full moon thing). Those were both invented for the 1941 Wolfman film -- or stolen from vampire myth in the case of silver. That is not to diminish the changes in 2024, of course: those Universal movies were the foundation for all those...
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    I think it is time for a break.

    From tabletop RPGs, I mean. I have been gaming essentially continuously for 40 years. I have and am writing freelance for the industry. I run games at cons and at home. And I am just... I don't know, exhausted with it? Unable to find the joy in it? I don't know. If you ever took a break so you...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily

    More to the point, the problem is aimed to solve was PCs going nova and ending a fight before it was a threat. I wanted the battle to last a certain amount of time, with inherent threat in that time. The point was to keep the stakes high, as opposed to doing the dwindling resources thing where...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily

    When i get a minute, I will dig up the thread. But long story short, I built boss monsters as staged and tiered enemies and managed a super successful convention game of 17th level PCs hunting "gods."
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily

    I legit solved this problem and am super happy with it.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Views on 24 MM/SRD monster mechanics now

    Why? Wolves kill you by getting you on the ground.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Views on 24 MM/SRD monster mechanics now

    Broadly speaking? Terrible. Not that there aren't exceptions, and I admit hit points specifically seem to be more appropriately matched with PC damage output than 2014 HP. But the monsters remain boring and simplistic -- except those that cast spells, in which case they are still a PITA because...
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    Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?

    It's also ad libbing without the benefit of input. This is why I think no/low prep GMing is better: what happens directly relates to the players and the table and the adventure and the moments. "Planning" fails to understand just how fundamentally ephemeral and reactive play is.
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    What Bit Of Fan Fic/Edit/Theory Made a Thing Better or even GREAT For You?

    Wow. That's great. Aside: I am forever sad that the original Mummy movie did not give us a long series of Brendan Frasier as (then) modern Indiana Jones.
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    Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?

    They said every adventure they run.
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    Daggerheart General Thread [+]

    On the upside, reskinning is easy. You can readily steal attacks or whatever from one adversary and add to another. last night I invented a couple faerie assassins out of other tier 2 adversaries and an environment, totally off the cuff.
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