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The thing about crafting in many of these examples, is that it also requires gathering. Gathering materials is very satisfying in... -
Not to mention the broken skill curve. Agrar spent her whole life training to be an armorsmith, and the forge is basically everything...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread RPG Evolution: Craft Everything.I dislike the idea that crafting has to be inserted into everything, and that if you're not doing it you're falling behind (as per...
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"When downtime existed . . ." If I recall, 5e's rules have been "revised," not removed. Or maybe Alphastream also doesn't buy that...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread Underdark Hex Crawl Generator.I forget if Veins of the Earth has a generator in it, but they made this'un. OSR: the Veinscrawl
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Distracted DM reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D (2024) Just realized Sentinel is heavily nerfed! No longer works with PAM, no longer works on most enemies who Disengage. with
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I can’t say I’m sad that the polearm+sentinel combo was nerfed. Did they also pick bugbear as their species? -
Distracted DM reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game) with Like.
I don't need to "tweak D&D" to any particular extent. I just need to (and have) tweaked solo monster battles. This particular case is...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D (2024) Best 5.5 Mechanic They Should Use More IMHO.That's an interesting observation, I wonder if it's intended.
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Distracted DM reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D (2024) Best 5.5 Mechanic They Should Use More IMHO with Like.
Yes, that is what I was trying to emulate with my proposed revision to Magic Resistance in 5e.
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Once I sat down and actually did it, I was astonished at what came into my imagination just based on random rolls. Like a mini-campaign...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread Underdark Hex Crawl Generator.I wonder if that kind of activity is a (now largely) untapped source of creative juices... "Total creativity pump" sounds golden. I know...
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In the OD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, there is a way to generate random hexes in order to create a regional map. I have owned that book...
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Distracted DM reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D 1E Favorite Obscure Rules from TSR-era D&D with
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Distracted DM reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 1E Favorite Obscure Rules from TSR-era D&D with Like.
I really like the idea of different creatures having different types of night sight, with each not always working in every situation...
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Distracted DM reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D 1E Favorite Obscure Rules from TSR-era D&D with Like.
Resurrecting this thread with a notation that ultravision did, contrary to popular belief, make it into AD&D 2E (sort of): see the ring...
