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This may a retroactive tenet of OSR play but it does not mirror my experiences in playing those older games at the time, and I think the... -
There's a part of me that really wanted to like Shadowdark. After all, I backed the deluxe "everything" version of the latest...
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Deekin reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark with
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Retreater’s experience of Shadowdark reminds me of something I read on The Alexandrian blog. Justin Alexander ran an OD&D Caverns of... -
So the experienced, and 'professional' DMs all failed to actually run the game.
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In every game I played, the danger was poorly telegraphed, whether in my friend's game or the professional convention games. None of the...
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First, a little about me. I came into the hobby in 1989 with AD&D 2nd edition. It seems that I'm one of the few "old timers" without a...
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Deekin reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
I don't think Arcane Library does 'releases' like this. Despite the popularity of the game they are still a very small design house. The...
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Deekin reacted to GuyBoy's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I think there are two (or maybe more) types of adventurers in the context of this question. The first type are your classic adventurer...
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Deekin reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
Generally, every time I say to myself "ok, I'm going to super enforce vision ranges", it almost always ends up being more trouble than...
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Deekin reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
What if you had someone who was playing a Gloom Stalker Ranger? Their Umbral Sight feature allows them to become 'invisible' to those...
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Deekin reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
I also try to make light matter- but in DND5e between darkvision, devils sight, and (IMO most problematic) unlimited cantrip castings...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
This thread has made me glad Enworld doesn't give relationship advice.
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Luck; choosing to only play with friends (which, ultimately, is itself a form of luck, to have coincidentally had a group stick together...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Yes, because GMs are never petulant and demanding. It's only the horrible awful players who are evil wicked demanding jerks.
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Not at all what anyone actually said--unless you can dig up the quote otherwise. What folks have said, repeatedly, is that if you...