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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    My wife does index cards for our youngest (who is autistic), but someone still has to take the time to write it - and have legible handwriting (that's a real problem with one of our other players).
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    2026 D&D Seasons & Revised D&D Organized Play

    I personally think anyone expecting Seasons of Champions having anything to do with a Dark Sun release is going to be sorely disappointed.
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    I can only account for myself, but my wife set aside our last session for "leveling up", with our sessions normally being ~2-3 hours. I had already leveled up at the end of our last session, in 5 minutes - taking my Sorc 3/Rogue 2 to Sorc 3/Rogue 3 and taking the Arcane Trickster subclass...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best way to balance an encounter against a level 10 5 player party?

    Ugh? Featureless room? Throw in some elements the players can use or have it used against them. Grells hiding in fog in the air above. A pool of mildly acidic/entangling goo that heals the Mind Flayer. A concealed door the spellcaster can duck through and leave a harmful area of effect...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    It's not so much speed for me as it is hundreds of books in less-than-a-book's weight place. Bookmarks in PDFs do help a lot, though.
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    I will say digital dice can go to hell. You can't microwave them or at the least put them in a boo box when they double-cross you. And it's a lot cheaper to replace a d20 that got stuck being hurled in a wall than a tablet hurled at the wall and now has an unreadable screen.
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    D&D General Design issues with 5e

    If I wasn't constrained by backwards compatibility, I'd be burned at the stake for the changes I'd make. Remove classes entirely and just have suggested "starting packages" (and maybe "paths") that mimic selecting a class; abilities become options/feats you purchase with XP and have...
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    D&D General 6e guesses

    I'm crossing my fingers we won't see a 6E and 5E will remain evergreen with minor tweaks along the lines of 2024 for the future. But, sigh, having seen the burn-out back in 2E with a system that failed to keep up with modern RPG developments it's very likely D&D 5E will become stagnant at some...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    In a perfect world, I might agree. Actual table experience, however just negates that. Players have been glossing over or forgetting detrimental rules/effects or flat-out misreading stuff since the start. If you want to watch your game crash and burn, just trust your players and never check...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    Many years ago, because of space considerations (and back problems), I started to digitize my library. Even then, I mostly stuck to PDF versions of books. Beyond was the first time I started to use something that was designed pretty much purely for digital use that didn't try to replicate a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e"

    What did the people who bought into the 4E version get when it shut down?
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    D&D 5E (2024) how to redo 2e bard kids redone in 2024?

    I made a Jester and Jongleur subclass for my homebrew. Some of the kits would probably just be a background - Charlatan, for sure - maybe Gypsy-bard (Outlander? background) and Herald (Criminal/Spy background) and Meistersinger (Entertainer background) as well. Blade I think is College of...
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    D&D General Mounted Archers

    Yeah, I think I like Bridle better too - hadn't seen your post when I suggested it :)
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    Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork

    There was a 3.5 book Elder Evils, that I believe had some Cthulhu-isk beings within. I don't think any of them ever grabbed anybody in a way they lasted beyond that book's printing. But I don't mind straight up Cthulhu and his ilk showing up in a Ravenloft book. We've had variations of the...
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    D&D General Mounted Archers

    I could see Chiron or Nessus (both mythological centaurs) as warlock patrons. Pact of the Hoof anyone?
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