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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity.Fear is always a great motivator. The peasants fear both the monsters and the PCs ever since the farmer's uncle Jim went off and never... -
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On the other hand, real life explorers were not exactly beloved by many of the locals of the places they were “discovering.” -
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You are right, but that is what I mean: I want to run a game about adventurers that matches what adventuring really is. D&D adventurers...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity.Is there a difference with real world explorers and fantasy adventurers? Sponsoring an expedition to explore the unknown to find the...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity.I might allow the peasants to love the PCs and the nobles to not like them after they saved the town from whatever. The locals want the...
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I think it is a reasonable and interesting way for the world to operate, but one thing I have gleaned over 40 years in this hobby is...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General Mechanics of starting a combat & ending a combat.I was thinking that inspiration was the easiest to give as a bonus, but needs to be used in this encounter. You can just give it and...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Cloud of Daggers / Teleport Question.The spell is a 5ft cube, so I was thinking it does not matter much since it would only hit one bad guy. To do that, you need line of...
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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. It's getting steadily (and quickly) better, and so if I can have that good of an experience this year...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General What would you do? (Example from my game).Has things been telegraphed that there is stall a lot going on and it is dangerous? Are there less wandering monsters or sounds of bad...
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aco175 replied to the thread DDAL Organized Play Update: Forgotten Realms (and Legends of Greyhawk).I have an upcoming convention with a couple of these games offered. I have been trying to look at any official information and not...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play?.I play halflings and dwarves. I always liked the Lord of the Rings and seeing the hobbits be the ones who create the story always had a...
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Having rules to describe how being drunk affected our characters sure did seem more important before we were ourselves legally allowed...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General How does spell banished work.Sounds like an option people would try. I looked for a chart thinking someone would have made one to see how bad it would be randomly...
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