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Distracted DM reacted to Sorcerers Apprentice's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I see the appeal of playing an oddball character, but when everybody is odd, nobody is odd. -
Distracted DM reacted to Not a Decepticon's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
Wow.
Hot take, I think a much bigger influence on modern fantasy snd thus dnd, than anyone gives it credit for, is Wizard of Oz. And that... -
Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond.I know they (?James Wyatt?) did a bunch of free Planeshift articles years back, did they do Lorwyn? How does this compare to those...
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Distracted DM reacted to Blue's post in the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It? with Like.
I had to click basically every one, and it still misses. I want XP for overcoming challenges. I don't care if we overcame getting past...
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Distracted DM reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I haven't really thought of adventuring party composition in this way before, but I think you nailed it! This is the perfect way to...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Yup. I've had that often enough- except the player(s) generally try to justify it, forcing that square peg into the round hole, they...
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Distracted DM reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
It's completely fair to say it's not new to 5e, but I would say it feels like exponential growth. 2e kept a lot of things reigned in...
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Distracted DM reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by...
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Distracted DM reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I agree that it can be kind of frustrating sometimes. But I fear it's just a question of play style clash. Some players want to play the...
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Distracted DM reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with Like.
That seems very vague and unreliable as a “progress bar,” and also highly dependent on a structure where the party goes on discrete...
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Distracted DM reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with Like.
What we need are a series of articles about various creatures explaining where they fit into the local ecology. You know, their...
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Distracted DM reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with Like.
That's quite the bold claim, Cotton. I enjoy using gargoyles against low level parties. Grapple + fly straight up and let go has left...
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Distracted DM reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with
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The bookkeeping of xp is about as fun as tracking ammo, water skins, and food supplies of old school D&D. Milestone and never looked back. -
Distracted DM reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with Like.
That's means bupkiss in grand scheme of things. I suspect milestone is more popular but I would like to see a large survey result or...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?.I use XP as well, I guess it's just odd that choosing rough session numbers means you don't use XP? Or choosing XP means that ... you...