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I do appreciate the consideration of added rules for such things- you'll see I mentioned an offhanded reference to such a thing in my post, where you're now adding a new mechanic (my example was on being crit, save to protect your lantern, fail and get set on fire) to keep track of just so the...

Back on-topic, "stop looking at your character sheet." This really depends on the system, and how much the PCs care about succeeding- because their characters are good at certain things, and bad at others. The simpler the system, the less there is on the character sheet, then yeah it's easier...

Food is often suspicious... so I'll frequently mechanically reward PCs for partaking. Something like a temporary bonus, or inspiration, etc etc. A morale boost, if you will. Your character has been living on hardtack and jerky for days, there's a sumptuous feast available here... digging in is...

I was turned onto it by Matt Colville when he started doing Running the Game videos 9 or so years ago. I think it was a big assistor in my launch into loving old british TV. I had seen and enjoyed stuff here and there like Black Adder and Fawlty Towers, but Sandbaggers was so good that it...

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In-person? I use a wet-erase (chessex) mat, like others have shared. I have a couple sizes- the biggest, and one down from that. And a tiny one my players got me :'D

Hey @Upper_Krust you're looking at putting out your KSer soon, yeah? Check it out ^^^ might be some valuable info

Nvidia shield, though it seems to be buggy with Plex. Not sure if it's Plex or the Shield. That, and my google chromecasts, streaming from my phone or my computer. I learned that the chromecasts have been discontinued at some point, that's disappointing though not surprising considering it's a...

Probably a bard, if I were to hazard a guess... the blade bard iirc lets you use your bardic inspiration for yourself.

Light being a cantrip isn't beloved either, unlimited cantrips are another sore spot, but addressing that is a bigger project than deciding whether or not a lantern can be worn on a belt.

Yeah. RAW it works, but even if they're not sending them to another plane "they cast haste, then hop in my backpack for full cover" is the other option. Ofc one could then say "ok sounds like your equipment's all going to start taking damage from fireballs etc" but that's an antagonistic...

It's a frightfully boring and efficient use of a ring of spell storing, especially since the familiar has its own attunement slots and the caster can just dismiss the familiar safely to a demiplane so there's no way to try to threaten the concentration of the haste spell 😅 It makes me want to...

I believe they're referring to the newest of those game series. BG3, and D&D: Dark Alliance.

For me it's more a question of design and balance, with some concern for practicality and realism due to a desire for some degree of verisimilitude. Yes, light and darkness is something that I personally care about as a GM (unlimited cantrips and lots of darkvision/devils sight don't make it...

Just some interesting numbers shared- obviously not directly tied to the graph but it's relevant. 10M users in 2022 to 21M today.