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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Which species would you like to see being introduced next for 2024 D&D?.Half-Elf and Half-Orc. And I think that's going to be my answer for the life of this lame edition. -
Benjamin Olson reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle) with
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I think that, in the moment, my players would probably feel: Fun > fantasy "realism". Over the course of a campaign though, they... -
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle).Very well. We strongly disagree. Overcoming limitations through hard work, clever roleplay, etc. in a world where everything you want...
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If there are, I'm not sure I'd want to play them. For the rules of a D&D-like to guarantee tough, but not deadly, encounters...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle).So I was just reading this module the other day. The abbess or whatever of this monastery is Runara, an Adult Bronze Dragon who, while...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread What’s the draw of licensed games?.The main draws to me are 1) a setting people care about and 2) shared baseline expectations of how things work. I do think those are...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Gorg's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) What is your favorite encounter site or dungeon from an official module? with Like.
So true, on that last point. I had an entire party get wiped- all 4 making death saves- from that cave with the orcs and an ogre...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons (2000) was a passion project turned cinematic disaster with Like.
Dyvers, damn. I'm still only in Dyvers. Every time I think I'm going to wake up back in the dungeon. When I was home after my first...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to gnarlygninja's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons (2000) was a passion project turned cinematic disaster with Like.
I found some other articles at the time that mention Coppola was interested in being an executive producer, not in directing it...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General My Super Simple Mass Combat/Battle/War System.On the most abstract level I like it well enough for deciding how a background battle is playing out, but if the players are getting...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General My Super Simple Mass Combat/Battle/War System with Like.
Too random. I wouldn't feel like any choices I made leading up to the mass combat really mattered.
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons (2000) was a passion project turned cinematic disaster.Definitely. That's the most interesting thing about the movie by far. Somehow a twenty-something guy got his own D&D campaign turned...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons (2000) was a passion project turned cinematic disaster with Like.
Yeah, there’s different levels of interest and involvement, and a good portion of it just amounts to name dropping. I will say - given...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) What is your favorite encounter site or dungeon from an official module? with Like.
I agree that 5e’s adventures have great premises, lovely maps, and interesting encounters. I disagree that having those things tied...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons (2000) was a passion project turned cinematic disaster.I've definitely read articles or seen YouTube videos with all this information before, and my real question remains unanswered, namely...