Benjamin Olson's latest activity
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Benjamin Olson reacted to MarkB's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with
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That does highlight one of the usual issues with gargoyles, though - usually nobody's fooled by them. One mention of statues in a... -
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone..One of my coolest encounters was gargoyles. I had mentioned that one of the temples in town had become so rich they covered their large...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Favorite mythological creature.Well the one I think we need to raise awareness of is the Bonnacon: It is a cowardly bull-like creature who runs away from its...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Having problems with editing tools while posting.I seem to recall having similar problems a few weeks back on my computer but I think I just had to restart my browser and log back in...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
At some point I might pull all my favorite ideas from this thread and create a sample 2-page spread.
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Benjamin Olson reacted to EpicureanDM's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
A lot of what I've written in this thread relates to confidence rather than ease. I'd rather see GMs say that a scenario's presentation...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?.It's a point of milestone leveling for some people. One may also want to have a milestone simply to bring everyone up to appropriate...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It? with Like.
I voted for fighting monsters, overcoming obstacles, social encounters, and treasure. For treasure it's not straight up gold for...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them?.There seems to be a divergence between a ttrpg folk tradition of spectacular crits and fumbles and what most actual game designers want...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?.XP should be for accomplishing things the game wants me to accomplish, whether killing monsters, overcoming obstacles, finding...
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To follow on to Morrus, speaking as someone who has sold content (not gaming-related), your biggest problem will be getting people to...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
This is a flaw in a lot of modules - they don't deal with any of the obvious "what if"s. The classic example of this: pretty much any...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Play tester advice.Take your content and run with it? Are you worried about someone stealing your ideas or just about the game getting out of your hands in...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread Who Should Gal Gadot Play In The New DCU? with Like.
Well they are doing it for Jason Mamoa (he will not be Aquaman but instead will be Lobo)....so I think that is what spured the question...
