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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.Yup! I wasn't really referring to PCs being instakilled, I think the discussion comes from people trying to simulate every event in the... -
Distracted DM reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with
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It's a pretty common trope that the protagonist is about to be killed in their sleep and for some reason it doesn't happen. They wake... -
Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.Yup! They're enough to simulate what's needed in a combat situation, and many narrative situations. It's just that once you go to...
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Distracted DM reacted to mamba's post in the thread Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos Returns to 5E D&D with
Sad.
It disappeared. Petersen Games was in trouble a while back and started looking into partnering up, but those attempts did not go... -
Distracted DM replied to the thread Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos Returns to 5E D&D.Does anyone know what happened to this product line? It's not on the Petersen Games site anymore, and the book itself is out of print. I...
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Distracted DM reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
Wow.
That's a self inflicted wound forces upon d&d by Hasbro/wotc execs who are widely reported to not play d&d not the merit you are lauding... -
Distracted DM reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with Like.
it was capped in 3E also, at 10d6, but that was probably due to autascaling with levels. PF1 did have metamagic for +1 spell level that...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting +.Everyone knows fireball is a 3rd level spell, can't go around altering sacred cows! 😆 Only sort of kidding there IIRC fireball capped...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.Not only that, but unless one of them tanked recently, there are two DnD MMOs currently. Dungeons & Dragons Online, and Neverwinter.
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Distracted DM reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
Yeah. It seems theres a finite amount of MMO players. Once you get to a certain size network effects kick in. Hence lots of flops.
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Distracted DM reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
I think BG 3 proved a D&D could do a popular video game, not that I expect anything as popular any time soon. But MMOs? The bit bin is...
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Distracted DM reacted to fettpett's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
You're correct that D&D is the grandpappy, many universes wouldn't exist without it and most modern fantasy can trace it's roots...
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Distracted DM reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
TSR tried putting out various D&D-adjacent pieces - boardgames, some memorabilia, etc., not sure about mugs - in the 80s and 90s and if...
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Distracted DM reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
For me, there was one remark made a couple of years ago that just kind of lingers on, and it underscores the whole corporate goal versus...
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Distracted DM reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Just from quickly skimming the rough/early WiP player's guide mearls put out with his most recent post I'll say that oddesy is looking...