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  1. MNblockhead

    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Well, now I find myself compelled to order some Svenskjävlar and give it a try. Took a while to find somewhere in the US to buy it from to avoid crazy shipping costs.
  2. MNblockhead

    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I'm already tortured by this without time travel. I might be even a bit more spacey and quirky, but being wealthy would take the edge off. Plus its an opportunity to see more places, try more things, and learn more. If I don't keep everything straight and people think I'm making up half of...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Yeah, but apparently its poor etiquette to discuss the memes there.
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    D&D 5E So what's the scoop on D&D in PDF Format?

    Where is that setting?
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    Project Sigil Project Sigil Updates: D&D's 3d Virtual Tabletop

    Its impressive what the PF2 fan community has done with the PF2 game system in Foundry. I'm currently running Warhammer Fantasy in Foundry using the official Cubicle 7 game system for Foundry and it has been great. It has its rough edges and the interface could use some tweaks to make it...
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    Project Sigil Project Sigil Updates: D&D's 3d Virtual Tabletop

    Because 3D is not the main draw for me. When the WotC VTT product was first announced, I was led to understand that it would have support for the game systems rules. That it would handle applying AOE, saves, damage, and tracking effects. THAT is what would make it more pleasant for me to run D&D...
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    Project Sigil Project Sigil Updates: D&D's 3d Virtual Tabletop

    One of the biggest quality of life improvements a VTT can make, that DDB can't, it AOE effects. Also, I have not run a game in DDB using its encounter builder, but I don't believe that it has the ability to apply, track, and expire status effects. Cooler graphics and 3-D maps are nice, but I...
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    D&D General When We Were Wizards: Review of the Completed Podcast!

    Loved the podcast and loved @Snarf Zagyg's synopsis. I've already read every book I could find on the history of the hobby and have backed and watched three different documentaries (Dreams in Gary's Basement, Secrets of Blackmoor, and Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons). But the...
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    D&D General When We Were Wizards: Trailer for the Podcast

    I suspect both are true. The controversy led to interest and sales, but also made many mainstream venues avoid carrying the game at a time when TSR was trying to push further into the mainstream and become the next Parker Brothers or Hasbro. The controversy may have boosted game sales among teen...
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    D&D (2024) D&D Player's Handbook: When YOU Can Get It!

    Pre-releases never bothered me. I generally don't buy the books until they've been out for a while and I'm ready to run a game with them. But I do like the alt covers and will probably buy the books as they become available from my FLGS as I want to make sure I can get a copy of the alt cover.
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    Graphic Design Layout Artists: The Reason TTRPGs Look Great

    Must publishers I've purchased PDFs from recently provide the maps as separate images. Allows the PDF to be manageable, yet still have a high resolution map for zooming into, printing, or putting into a VTT. Best of both worlds, IMO.
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    Graphic Design Layout Artists: The Reason TTRPGs Look Great

    I appreciate publishers that give two versions of the PDFs. The full graphic ones and then a printer-friendly version.
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    Dragonlance Chronicles Omnibus Coming February 2025

    Same. I realize part of it is nostalgia, but I reread them about 6 years ago and ate them up. I don't pretend that they are high literature. But they remain a fun genre read. Though part of the fun was quizzical/disapproving looks I would get from my co-worker when I would pull one out to read...
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    Gen Con Sold Out!

    The time and money needed to go to Gen Con are hard to justify with my current work and family obligations. My youngest son and I are into TTRPGs, but it is not something my older son or wife would have any interest in. I used to enjoy Con of the North, a small regional convention in Plymouth...
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    D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

    Emphasis mine. Please don't let that hold you back. Just put a caveat in the introduction. I run games for very experienced players. It is difficult to challenge them running D&D 5e and keeping to expectations for challenge ratings etc. After 10 years of running games for mostly the same...
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    D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

    For how I run green dragons, yes. High level characters have ways to mitigate this and in my games a green dragon is not going to be a random encounter but regional antagonist and part of a long story arc.
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    D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

    For courtship? Not sure if the artist was thinking about this, but in real life, reptiles with with horns (both snakes and lizards) are almost always sit and wait predators. Also in real life some species of reptiles will have variety in terms of horns in the same brood. So dragon horns may...
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    D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

    There are, unfortunately (to me, based on my preferences), many DMs who want less fluff and more stat blocks. They want the monster manual to focus on being an efficient tool for running games. For me, a monster manual is more than a tool, it is a book to read, browse, and take inspiration...
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    D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

    I'm a bit torn. When running and prepping games, I prefer to have green dragon under G. Just easier to flip to that page. I don't want to flip to dragon and then further flip through the many dragon pages to the one I want. But when reading through and browsing the book, it is more flavorful to...
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    D&D (2024) 2025's Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block From The New Monster Manual

    I assume they will have a section in the beginning of the book that states that the printed alignment in the stat blocks are "typical" and perhaps some language about alignment being optional. I prefer this approach. No need to add an extra word to every stat block.
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