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    D&D General Mundane animals - do you use them in game?

    So mundane animals: ranging from tiny butterflies flitting amongst the cabbages, pigeons in the town square, flocks of sheep grazing the hills, deer in the forest and seagulls squawking over the sea cliffs - do they ever appear in your games, even just as background flavour? Do you use any real...
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    D&D General Reassesing Robert E Howards influence on D&D +

    So while many people see the influence of Tolkien on DnD, Gary Gygax himself said that while the success of Tolkien did encourage him to develop the game, the overall influence was minimal. Instead he sites Conan the Conqueror as seminal influence on his “concepts of adventure”. Conan was first...
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    Most Iconic Weapons (Non-DnD)

    So taking inspiration from the other Most Iconic threads I got to thinking about Iconic Weapons from Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Modern era too. So name the top 3 that come to mind Any medium but nothing DnD. For real world weapons be specific to why its iconic My list: 1 Excalibur 2 Dirty Harrys .44...
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    OnePeice Netflix live action

    So I’ve never watched One Peice before, only knowing what it was via my nephew who was a fan. My impression from the few glances over his shoulder was that it was some goofy anime, where the pirate/villain of the week was defeated by the weird stretchy powers of the protagonist as they all raced...
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    Has anyone managed a Longterm Road Warriors type campaign?

    So I decided to watch Twisted Metal on Pheonix starring Anthony Mackie as a deliveryman in post apocalyptic USA. Its based on the game Twisted Metal and featured all the expected tropes. Anyway as a Fan of the Mad Maxx genre I got to thinking has anyone managed to run a Road Warriors style...
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    Netflix One Piece (live action) Trailer

    I'm gonna be king of the pirates!
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    Citadel (Prime), spies

    So just finished the Prime video spy thriller Citadel, produced by the Russos and starring Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden both of whom start with amnesia (though this is barely an inconvenience). It looks good, with lots of globetrotting, plenty of action scenes (including violent deaths)...
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    D&D General How would you use Carrion Crawlers meaningfully?

    Since 1975 (Greyhawk supplement) the Carrion Crawler has been lurking in the nooks and crannies of DnD ready to menace unwary travellers with its gummy tentacles so it can lay its eggs in the decomposing remnants of their paralysed bodies. However despite appearing in a number of notable...
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    D&D 5E Companion thread to Survivor:Proficiencies

    5eSurvivor Thread:P Proficiencies Proficiencies are the Skills, Tools and Vehicles that a character has some aptitude in using, and they do a lot of work in the non-combat parts of the game. 18 Skills, 26 tools (including musical instruments and gaming set) and 2 vehicle aptitudes, giving us a...
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    D&D General Using Backgrounds instead of Classes

    So with the Backgrounds elimination thread, I got to thinking about using the Backgrounds to create NPC followers and similar Townsfolk. Backgrounds would provide a set of Skills, Tools, Languages and at least one ‘Talent’, plus some come with spells too. Then I thought about using them for a...
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    D&D 5E Companion thread to Survivor:Backgrounds

    Companion to: D&D 5E - 5E Survivor - Backgrounds so firstly a big thank you to @RealAlHazred for organising this round for us all, its another big list with some good, some bad, some dumb and a lot thats just whelming :). I like Backgrounds they are suppose to suggest where you came from...
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    Antman Trailer -Quantumania

    your an interesting man, Kaaaaang (and not a joke in sight)
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    D&D 3E/3.5 Is Vicious Venues and other 3.5 WoTC free content still available ?

    So back during 3.5e the WoTC website had free content inc;uding Vicious Venues, Steal the Hook and some adventures too. Does anyone know if they are still available anywhere Or how they can be accessed?
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    Billboard Hits All I want for Christmas No 1 again!

    https://www.billboard.com/charts/ Mariah Careys All I want for Christmas is no#1 on the billboard charts again, despite first being released in 1994! It has knocked Taylor Swift from the top position. So what are you listening to? What are your christmas go to’s and what are you avoiding?
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    NEWS; Gunning down the Snyderverse UPDATE Cavill gets the Kryptonite handshake!

    UPDATE Henry Cavill has released a statement advising that “I will, after all, not be returning as Superman, After being told by the studio to announce my return back in October, prior to their hire, this news isn’t the easiest, but that’s life. The changing of the guard is something that...
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    Black Panther second trailer

    direct reference to Namor as Kukulkan the feathered serpent and a show case of him flying. Shuri suit
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    She-Hulk discussion (spoilers)

    Delete and refer She-Hulk: Attorney at Law trailer
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    Sandman Trailer (and Neil Gaiman commentary)

    and heres Neil Gaiman giving his commentary
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    How do you play a Dwarf?

    So one thing I’ve never got my head around is what makes Dwarf-ness unique? I know theres the stereotypes of Grumpy, Gold-hungry, Drunken Scottish Vikings but I’ve never found that particularly appealing and more parody than personality. Its one reason I drop Dwarfs out of any non-vanilla...
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