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Distracted DM reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Is there a History of how the Phylactery and Liches came to be? with
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The first time I remember reading about a lich and phylactery was in Lloyd Alexander's 1967 book, "Taran Wanderer." I'm referring to... -
Distracted DM reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread Is there a History of how the Phylactery and Liches came to be? with Like.
Great thread! Questions I never pondered to ask but can help establish richer setting lore for my players who enjoy that kind of...
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Distracted DM reacted to johnsolo's post in the thread Is there a History of how the Phylactery and Liches came to be? with Like.
Howdy, I was on the YouTube live for the book launch of Ed Greenwood and Rhys Yorke’s new FR book, and they mentioned that an upcoming...
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Distracted DM reacted to Vedinok's post in the thread Is there a History of how the Phylactery and Liches came to be? with Like.
Dead post but thought i would add for future finders of this dead thread, but the most similar early version of a lich's phylactery from...
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Distracted DM reacted to trancejeremy's post in the thread Is there a History of how the Phylactery and Liches came to be? with Like.
The concept of the D&D Lich apparently came from a story by Gardner Fox, who is mostly forgotten now, but was a comic book writer who...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards..Based on responses in this thread, the majority of posters' experiences here don't match Mearls' experience. I don't know if his...
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Distracted DM reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Need to finish my "cantripist" class. just cantrips that scale to 10 dice of damage or 10× basic effect and ritual spells from the...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting +.Is this a 5e-OSR homebrew ruleset? Care to share? I'm curious how you work the roll-to-cast. Aaanyway, I'm still noodling around with...
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Distracted DM reacted to SteveC's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
I have really liked the design work Mike has done in the past. I am looking at my copy of Iron Heroes at the moment. But I think you're...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Creating the equivalent of prestige classes seems like a great idea to me, especially because it allows you to explicitly break from...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
At a minimum, don't publish any subclasses where the mechanics can't support the flavor. Shadow magic is awesome, but it requires, yeah...
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Distracted DM reacted to Egg Embry's post in the thread RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Pinball Crawl Classics!, Trainted Grail, Circe's Guide to Aeaea, and more with Like.
For my first article of 2026, here's a crowdfunding sampler of campaigns that close between January 29 and February 11. There are 5e...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with
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Distracted DM reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General Does anyone know which products had Elmore's Dragon Slayers, and Proud Of It! art? with Like.
Yeah it’s definitely tongue in cheek. Clearly, for the group it was hard-fought, but we as gamers are going “really? You call that a...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Haha.
It's been really disruptive when he's brought it up in YouTube comments for music videos.