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    What constitutes a "hit" in your mind?

    In D&D where hp represents a lot of stuff it is fluid and I am fine with thinking hits on the last 10 hp or so as all solid physical hits while earlier stuff is more close calls and efforts and burning through luck. In stuff like Shadowrun and White Wolf and such there are damage tracks with...
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    D&D General Forgotten Realms - why do you still like running games here? +

    Do you have any examples? I didn't notice any in my 1e Campaign Setting PDF or the FR1 Waterdeep PDF. I was particularly struck by this size comparison map in the 1e grey box:
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    RPG Sales of 2025

    R Talsorian is having a Cyberpunk Red 50% off sale as they release their new Cyberpunk Red single player mode product.
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    D&D General Forgotten Realms - why do you still like running games here? +

    Greyhawk 1e had the following map for exports which are mostly valuables, not things like manufactured goods like weapons or raw materials like wood or iron The 3e Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting has a two full-page trade maps of the realms thing which seems a little more in-depth I was...
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    Undead Origins

    M20 Fifth: Adamantine Edition (531) Microlite20 Shadow: ? Skeleton, Undead Skeleton: Animate Dead spell. Vampire Spawn: ? Wight: ? Zombie, Undead Zombie: Animate Dead spell. Finger of Death spell. 3rd-Level Arcane Spells Animate Dead: Create undead skeleton or zombie from a corpse, controlled...
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    PSA: Don't Let Orcs Loose in Your Fantasy Human World

    Well, orcs do have a slight advantage of base line ones being a full 1d8 HD compared to the humans 1d6 in the 1e MM, but humans have the potential to be more skilled and go up to higher levels. Even though they are six feet plus and PC half orcs getting the +1 str they never seemed really...
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    D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?

    I know gem dragons are neutral and sometimes associated with psionics. I could not tell you their breath weapons, themes, weaknesses, or what the individual gems covered are. And I had the 1e Dragon article and the 3e web enhancement article on them. Linnorms are evil two legged wyrms, Norse...
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    D&D General Forgotten Realms - why do you still like running games here? +

    Since at least 2e FOR2 Drow of the Underdark in 1991 Forgotten Realms Drow have had Eilistraee a good Drow goddess of dance, beauty, and swords who advocates drow returning in peace to the surface and integrating there. Since 1e Unearthed Arcana Drow could be rangers who in AD&D had to be good...
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    Undead Origins

    Swords Against Sorcery (459) Microlite20 Skeleton, Undead Skeleton: Animate Dead spell. Zombie, Undead Zombie: Animate Dead spell. Ghoul: Humans slain by ghouls rise again as ghouls in 24h. Create Undead spell. Ghast: Create Undead spell. Mummy: Create Undead spell. Mohrg: Create Undead spell...
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