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Audiomancer reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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I do not think railroading is very useful to discuss because we are often avoiding where the root of the issue is. Complaints about... -
Audiomancer reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
That's the difference between linear and railroad in RPGs, though. In a linear game, the players choose to go from A to B to C to D...
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When I got on the T to go to work this morning, that was a choice on my part. I could have driven into the city instead. I could even...
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Audiomancer reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
IMO, in this thread there is an inverse correlation between the length of a comment and the level of understanding people have after...
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Audiomancer reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Holy crap, I think I finally get it. Thank you. Using the definition from your first paragraph, which should appear in RPG textbooks...
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Audiomancer reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D General Pact of the Chain + Wild Companion =? with Like.
Which is a plus for artificer. Reflavor it as mechanical drones or similar. Oh, here's an idea. I use Imps (flying and invisible, so...
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Audiomancer reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
This is a good point. When I started with D&D, I already read a lot, but when I jumped into AD&D (a few months later), it was only...
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Audiomancer reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
I had no idea what "ochre" was, or how to pronounce it (och-er-y?) when I first started playing D&D. What's wrong with Yellow Jelly...
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Audiomancer reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
@JusticeArman I ran it this weekend at my Comic & Game Store. Many of the players had never before touched dice that weren't d6's from...
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Audiomancer reacted to JusticeArman's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
Yes! That's exactly it. Because the Gelatinous Cube stat block didn't fit on a card, we had to change or remove some bits. However, we...
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Audiomancer reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
What you are asking, that we shouldn't lessen the reading/thinking skills necessary to play D&D, is NOT gatekeeping, IMO. These are the...
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Audiomancer reacted to MonsterEnvy's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
This argument is getting a bit silly and hyperbolic. The adventure has a pretty good amount of reading. It leaves some things vague...
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Audiomancer reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
Agreed - for me, Tharizdun was the obvious choice to give the "Cult of Chaos" a little more context and meaning. It's also an opponent...
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Audiomancer reacted to Azzy's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
When I ran the original module (updated to 5e, ten years ago), I subbed in Orcus for the cult. I retrospect, I should've went with...
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Audiomancer reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
Here's my first draft of the modifications I am making to the Keep section: Borderlands Keep Location: About a half day’s travel...