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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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This is interesting. Over the past few years, I've had exchanges on these board where some posters talk about verisimilitude not by... -
Campbell reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread Tell me about your experiences running games at a FLGS with
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Tends to happen even sooner if you are a woman... -
Campbell reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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you can always go lower than what the encounter building rules tell you. People apparently do that today and are happy with it. The... -
Campbell replied to the thread Fabula Ultima general thread [+].It's looking like Fabula is shaping up to be the next game I run. We've talked about having our game be a follow up to Final Fantasy...
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Campbell reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Be that as it may, if there had been extensive playtesting of 4e, "Does not feel like D&D" would surely have appeared as a significant...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
This sounds similar to 4e D&D, where the maths relative to a given level of play is pretty flat. The rationale for level-based...
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Campbell reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge with Like.
I don't really enjoy dnd and don't play it much haha, basically only when one of my friends' campaigns is several players down and they...
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Campbell reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
It took me a long time to fully grasp the phenomenon across very different venues, but…griefing is fundamentally parasitical. Yeah...
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Campbell reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
Also: Running away is not actually an option, in this scenario. Even assuming the players disengage and dash every chance they get...
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There’s a fascinating video on the history of Del Ret and modern fantasy. Del Rey both made and destroyed the fantasy genre at the same...
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The turn when the guy playing a Conduit in my group realized that their baseline restoration ability was a Maneuver that can, with...
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Yeah, partly due to not having a null result, where nothing happens, and partly due to even Level 1 characters being able to have potent...
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Campbell reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I feel like we have touched on a number of interesting topics in this thread, but this thread may not be the best place to discuss them...
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Campbell reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think that verisimilitude remains important for modern audiences but it's hardly uniform. While it is a trite point for me to make...
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Campbell replied to the thread What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?.The layout really sings when you see it in print. Lots of great spreads. Almost no runover. As a graphic design geek, I really...