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    TSR Who or What am I? Dragon 94 Cover by Clyde Caldwell

    I'm curious about the necklace, bracers, and belt with a jeweled dagger on it. Seems a little bit much for just an animal companion or familiar. Almost like it intends to, and knows how to, use them.
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    D&D General Satanic Panic at the Disco- Did Beelzebubba Cause D&D's First Crash, Y'all?

    We started DnD back in '82-83 (Catholic gradeschool), I was the president of our DnD club in high school (private Catholic high school, enshrined in the year book :oops:), and there was not a peep about the Satanic Panic from any adult, except my one friend's (our DM's) uncle, who was deep into...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town?

    Nah, this will likely not move the needle. Look at tabletop wargaming, and the big names of designers there - Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson, Alessio Cavatore, etc. who all left Games Workshop 20, 4, and 14 years ago respectively, joined other game companies, started other game companies...
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    What Do You Call This Popular Beverage?

    Coke/Pepsi, depending on which brand the food establishment has chosen to stock as its singular product. I used to be a Pepsi drinker, but now its 'whatever, that's fine' when I ask for a Pepsi and they say "Is Coke ok?"
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    Sure it does. Making it a video means you get to make more money on the announcement, and since it has people following it on both sides... :unsure: This part has me concerned though. Previously he said that they would limit the campaign to effectively limit funds going to JG, but here he...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    As I pass my mid-50s, I get pretty regularly 8 hours of sleep a night, however, if I had my druthers, it'd easily be 9-10, every night. Of course, I also find I can't stay awake as long as I used to, and I'm ready to turn in around 9pm, but I force myself to stay up. I do like my sleep...
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    I’m playing Pendragon!

    @Old Fezziwig Thanks for the write-up and explanation. I guess I was just getting too hung up on how often it 'might' get called on. I totally understand if the player wants to use it to either guide behavior, or is generally ambivalent, it can push the character one way or the other (and not...
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    I’m playing Pendragon!

    I've tried to watch actual play on YT, but can't get through it to the actual mechanics. I'm figuring it'll just be something to jump into, try it, and see what 'feels right'. Thanks for the response!
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    I’m playing Pendragon!

    I've had the worst time trying to grok how those Traits are actually used in-game. Are they only used for major decisions/actions on the part of the character? When the character wants to use them? When the DM asks? All three? If you don't mind, could you walk through a situation or two...
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    OSR Looking for an OSR d20 chimera

    Sure, that's the set-up, but the game (aside from chargen and the village focus at the start) can really go anywhere, including freewheeling murderhoboism (believe me, my group are dyed in the wool murderhobos). I usually run my games as sandbox hexcrawls, and the players are free to do...
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    OSR Looking for an OSR d20 chimera

    Check out Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures by Flatland Games Fighter d10, Rogue d8, Mage d6 Built to 10th level, iirc Each Playbook* has own xp chart (but each class* also has a one/two page description) D20 resolution, can be 5 save, or 3 save mechanics Spells are different - ‘cantrips’...
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    OSR Does anybody know anything about this OSR adventure: Gods of the Forbidden North?

    I've got the first two books in pdf (bought before info in this thread came to light). I was intending to use them as material to add to a home brew campaign, and frankly, after reading through it, I just can't find anything worth borrowing to add into my campaign. The artwork looked like a...
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    D&D General Recommend me a somewhat contained setting

    I’m currently running a sandbox in Greyhawk, in Sterich to be specific, using the Gold box (just a lot of framework, light on detail), and placing it at the end of From the Ashes. From there, it’s all homebrew on the starting village/area in Sterich, what’s immediately around it, and I’m...
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    OSR Question about OSE's box sets

    Never had an Acrobat player, even when the DnD cartoon was still new and the class was appearing in Dragon. You can always buy the Advanced Set, and then not use all of the Advanced material. I mean, there are a lot of options that are offered, between classes, weapon specialization, how...
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