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Distracted DM reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with
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They go back to a series of articles Gary Gygax published in a Diplomacy fanzine called Thangorodrim in 1969 and 1970. Gygax seems to... -
Distracted DM reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
It’s just a D&D tradition. Dragons are different in other fiction.
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Distracted DM reacted to occam's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
It's worth noting that it hasn't always been this way. In 3e, elves and half-elves had low-light vision (normal vision in dim light...
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Distracted DM reacted to chuckdee's post in the thread Melsonian Moving from Crowdfunding to Pre-Orders with Like.
Melsonian Arts Council (creators of Troika and Longshot City - two that I love, and well known for their gonzo approach to settings) has...
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Distracted DM reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Earlier this year, when they announced this, Mike Mearls had said this about the change:
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Distracted DM reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
@Pamphylian I think you’ve put your finger on a real throughline in D&D design, not just a quirk of 5e. From the very beginning, the...
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Distracted DM reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
I mostly complain (though this was only partially my intent) because I play 5e and like many aspects of it, but think some could be...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D.Shadow of the Weird Wizard, check that out. Level Up is 5e with more 3e options, and Bo9S-Tomb of Battle martial maneuvers.
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Distracted DM reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Some of you have never heard of enshittification and it shows.
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with
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The Powerball is up to $1.7 billion, folks ... -
Distracted DM reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General Who else was resistant to Eberron for awhile before falling for it? with Like.
Eberron felt a pinch less kitchen sink but still pretty encompassing. I really enjoyed the factions, locales, lore. DDO did well to...
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Distracted DM reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I think for the most part 3e did a decent job of describing alignment with the exception that the writers didn't understand or make any...
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Distracted DM reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
Kind of related to this: I love the Advantage/Disadvantage system most of the time, but as the number of supplements come out that...
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Distracted DM reacted to MarkB's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
My "favourite" iteration of the vision-impairment rules is fog cloud, where everyone is basically attacking each other blind, and the...
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Distracted DM reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
Yeah I would probably just adopt a version of my Spelljammer ship rules. Slow the turns down so that they take place over several...