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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Yep this is where I'm at as well. And of course most first seasons of star trek haven't been the hottest, always takes time to find their footing (I think SNW is actually the best "season 1" of ST, it knocked it out of the park from day one imo). I actually hope Caleb's mom sticks around, both...
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    D&D 5E (2014) DC in DnD: Superman

    noting I also did Batman as well if you wanted to take a look: D&D 5E (2014) - DC in Dnd: Batman
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    D&D 5E (2014) DC in DnD: Superman

    This was made with 2014 cr math, which we know tends to undercut high CR monsters quite a bit. 2024 math would be interesting to try. I do agree with you that many high level parties could burn through 300 hp in 1-2 rounds. That said, if you were playing this Superman with DnD monster...
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    D&D 5E (2014) DC in DnD: Superman

    In terms of int (and I'm going based on the animated cartoons primarily for my source), Superman is quite intelligent but not a "genius" compared to the real geniuses of the DCU. At a 14 int he is smarter than the vast majority of people on earth, but he's not the top. I also did give him speed...
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Basically big risk big reward. If he pulls the trigger he wins…but he can’t gloat, can’t intimate, and can’t profit off of that space. Or he holds them captive but keeps the sword of Damocles over his head. We all know option 1 is the right call but villains got to villain
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Also did anyone else catch that snippet of conversation that Vulcan has been renamed to Levar. Did I hear that right?
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Yeah but it’s still an insane ridiculous area. That said as a force field it would have been “bat guano insane” but as a sensor net it’s a lot more believable
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Ah ok. So interesting that he hasn't pulled the trigger. What is he hoping to get out of it? Ultimately if he pulls the button, he's straight up beaten the federation. They will not bother him again, and he can go and take over the rest of that sector. So why not pull the trigger?....is there...
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    yeah I was a bit confused by that. So they didn't actually trigger the omega? my first thought was they triggered the molecules to create dead warp zones all around the federation. But then it looked more like a force shield, so I may have missed something.
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Cool epsiode. That was a slick way to bring the Omega molecule back in action. I appreciate that Braga's got some pretty solid plans, he's been a cool villain this season. I'm also liking Sam 2.0, its still the same Sam in many ways....but distinctly different in others. Its been a good...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?

    Never for me. Its usually 3 or 5th level depending on the style of campaign I'm going for.
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    D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5?

    So the time has come. Just wrapped up my last campaign in epic fashion, and already the clamors for the next are ringing in my ears. But several in my group asked the question, should we move to 5.5 for the next game? I am already using the 5.5 monster manual for some encounter, but I have...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party?

    My gut was CR2. The trick is the lower the party, the tighter the gap, as they just have less resources to deal with swings and their hps are incredibly low....one good criit is all it takes to completely turn the fight against them. At levels 2-4 the cap widens a bit, and at level 5 it widens...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Another look at Dragons: CR 27 Ancient Red Dragon

    So getting into the breakdown. The fight was 6 rounds (which is a feat onto itself, my group is usually 3 and out). It was clear that without the alignment changing superweapon(which was a big part of the campaign and the rogue's plot) and my special badass die mechanic, the party was...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Another look at Dragons: CR 27 Ancient Red Dragon

    @dave2008 Alright so it went down last night! One thing I did wrong was I gave the dragon draconic actions right out of the gate....I only realized later that was meant for the exarch unlock power, but I went with it. The dragon raced in against the party after the big fire breath from last...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is magic resistance (namely advantage to saves versus magic) always broken?

    Compared to a full paladin aura magic reesistance isn't that bad, but sure its a very strong ability, worthy of a rare item's power. So it should be balanced in that category.
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    D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?

    I would go with "something happens enough that triggers teh spidere sense, so they fear something is up...but they don't know what". So the players can act but don't really have a target to attack. Though you could argue in many ways this is worse than if the attacker had gotten to go first...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice

    I might take a different look at it. Rather than it being a bonus action, have it be a thing that happens at 0 hp. Unyielding Will: When a PC drops to 0 hp, they can activate this ability once per long rest. They roll and recover hitpoints equal to 3 hitdice (or equal to their max hitdice...
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    Spoilers The Pitt Season 2 Discussion

    I think they still did PLENTY to show how the loss of technology is reeking havoc with teh hospital....and we have just gotten started, I don't think this is a problem that is going away anytime soon. They used it as a moment to let Joy shine. But they coudl have just as easily had Whitaker's...
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    Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

    Yeah we haven't heard about the mother for way too long, we are due!
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