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Distracted DM reacted to J-H's post in the thread Worlds of Design: When the Clock's Ticking with
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I have found myself using a strategic time crunch or clock in most of my games. It helps prevent the 5 minute adventuring day, as well... -
Distracted DM reacted to Shadowdweller00's post in the thread D&D General Why do good monsters exist, from a game design standpoint? with Like.
It gets monotonous to only ever kill things during an adventure. Good-aligned monsters work great for non-combat encounters -...
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Distracted DM reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Why do good monsters exist, from a game design standpoint? with Like.
I tend to think of them as being a monster-based challenges where fighting the monster possibly creates a moral conundrum, and therefore...
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Distracted DM reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D General Why do good monsters exist, from a game design standpoint? with Like.
They provide variety. Sometimes the monsters are good. This doesn't mean they won't attack you sometimes, maybe even as often as evil...
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Distracted DM reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with
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They should have just made them all different flavors of cultists, with undead for spice. That's the WotC way in 5e. -
Distracted DM reacted to Cadence's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
<squints at Moldvay Basic rules> "Lawful behavior is usually the same as behavior that could be called 'good'." "Chaotic behavior is...
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Distracted DM reacted to mamba's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
The following rumors do make it sound like there is something going on A merchant, imprisoned in the caves, will reward his rescuers...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
Nowadays, it would be a lot more fun to have him be a full-on serial killer, rather than a guy with a switch that periodically flips to...
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Distracted DM reacted to Cadence's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
The Hobgoblins in Cave F ("Come in - we'd like to have you for dinner!") are. Rumor 1: A merchant, imprisoned in the caves, will reward...
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Distracted DM reacted to Lord Twig's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
Ah, yes. Maybe you missed the part where I said those "funny looking people" were murdering people and eating them. The characters were...
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Distracted DM reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread D&D General Kitchen sink setting or narrow genre focus for long-running campaigns (2,5,10+ years) with Like.
I'd say Golarion is Modernized Greyhawk (low magic grit) with FR uber-kitchen sink style (and a dash of pulp horror) Nothing, its a...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Kitchen sink setting or narrow genre focus for long-running campaigns (2,5,10+ years).You think the primary difference is the names of the gods? I mean, that's a difference but it's a difference that every string has.. I...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Kitchen sink setting or narrow genre focus for long-running campaigns (2,5,10+ years).I'd compare it more to Greyhawk than Forgotten Realms... But I also wouldn't say Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms are super alike.
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Kitchen sink setting or narrow genre focus for long-running campaigns (2,5,10+ years).I don't think something like "Humans, halflings, and half-orcs, paladins, and wizards don't exist in the setting" or "the setting is...
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Distracted DM reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General Kitchen sink setting or narrow genre focus for long-running campaigns (2,5,10+ years) with Like.
I don't think it matters it depends on the group. My campaigns tend to go for 12-15 months. We switch things up.