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Just wanted to let you guys know that not only will I be checking out Dungeon World but I'll be implementing some changes in my D&D 5e game as well. I love the idea of chits posted by Neechen, and I'm also considering alternate bonuses (on a miss you can get a free aid another to help the party...

Really appreciate the responses guys and special thanks to Paraxis. I think at this stage in my gaming career I'm starting to look for increased player agency, in which everything the player does at the table has some impact on the story (and not just on resource management). As D&D 5e is my...

As I mentioned, we absolutely do narrate misses as we do hits, and often the miss descriptions can be quite entertaining. The problem is that nothing actually occurs mechanically (the enemy loses HP or takes on a status affect) and crucially, nothing interesting can really happen narratively...

Recently I was playing in a group with two brand new players. A couple of times during the session one of the players rolled low and missed during a combat. She asked me later why the game was set up that way (she's played a few boardgames, but nothing like D&D). I guess I didn't have a good...

Appreciate all the replies, guys, thanks! :) I like the suggestion of simply including a wolf companion for the Druid as essentially a henchman with wolf stats. How would you guys handle that at the table? My first thought is I'd run it as an NPC with its own initiative (or possibly on the...

I'm a long-time fan of both Druids and Rangers and have taken a look at the documents currently available (all of which I consider to be playtest material, with the final version still to come in the PHB). With that in mind, I have a few questions about Animal Companions as I have currently seen...

Hi there, hope this is the right place to post this. I've been playing 3.5 for about a decade, becoming interested in picking up Pathfinder but wanted to run a few concerns I have (not with Pathfinder specifically, but 3.5 generally) before I spent more money! So my concern is with the changing...

Thanks for the reply. Firstly, to Ghearus: My apologies - I had meant 22 pt buy, not 32. As to optimizing two sets of attributes; I believe the game assumes you will optimize your attributes - failure to do so results in some serious whiff action, possibly to the point of broken-ness. Does...

I'll lay it out straight and discuss afterward. When you create a character make TWO 22 point buy attribute tables. One of them is used for combat (attack bonuses, defences, initiative etc) and the other for skills and attribute tests. Example: I make a standard Human Fighter with 18 12 16...

Seconded!

Hi guys, just wondering if any smart webdesigners out there have made an HTML template for monster/power statblocks so they look the same as those in the books/pdfs. I'm also looking for an HTML character sheet, or a fillable (and saveable) pdf if anyone has one. Thanks! :)

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