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Distracted DM reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with
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Failures at what? Ben Milton argues that they are failing to publish as usable and valuable game books than they would if they adopted... -
Distracted DM reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem with Like.
IIRC the meta-answer is to play an EK fighter with heavy armor and a shield, possibly the Defense fighting style, and then use magic to...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Players that're optimization-minded will get their ACs up to silly levels, especially if all the splatbooks and multiclassing etc. are...
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Distracted DM reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem with Like.
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure that's by design. Low caster damage is a necessary incentive to make control spells attractive. I'm currently...
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Distracted DM reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem with Like.
Technically, I'd say the Grappler feat doesn't directly cause a concentration check when the character is grappling. However, the feat...
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Distracted DM reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Non-Generic Core Classes and Races with Like.
I've been jonesing for a campaign if I can get the players to go for it inspired by the Wandering Village video game. The World is...
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Distracted DM reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with
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This is an interesting twist on the Chicken vs. Egg exercise. An RPG book is a game, and games are meant to be played. But it is also... -
Distracted DM reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
The TTRPG hobby includes three main subsets of the hobby--Collecting, Reading, and Playing. I have a lot of games in all three of those...
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Distracted DM reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I have threads on the topic if people want to stop derailing this thread. Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run...
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Distracted DM reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
They are also books designed to be read and should be judged on that criteria as well. Plenty of folks and use RPG products that way, so...
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Distracted DM reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
"Brevity is the soul of wit." - Polonius
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Distracted DM reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” - Antoine de Saint Exupéry...
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Distracted DM reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I watched most of his new follow-up video last night and he gets into viewer responses. Some folks opine that, at least for their...
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Distracted DM reacted to MNblockhead's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Exactly. I think running away and even attempting to parley was more core to the game then. Morale rules in OD&D were there from the...
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Distracted DM reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
It's a reference to splat book churn and character option bloat. Something none of the GG lines really do.