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Doug McCrae reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with
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The one thing about old school games that is true of all tables is that everyone's table will be different than everyone else's. -
As has been mentioned many times on this board, folks should absolutely read The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson for a great exploration...
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Doug McCrae reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
Basically, the 'player skill' focused OSR mentality (as popularized by Matt Finch's Primer written in 2008) is a fairly recent...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill".Multiple play styles co-existed, and were perceived to co-exist, in the 70s and 80s. In Part I of his series "D&D Campaigns" published...
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Yeap, one of the pitfalls can be the conveyance one way or another between GM and player(s). I recall a story about a group of players...
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Not to spam the thread a bit, but we just got done with session 0 of my "Keepers of the Emerald City" modern urban fantasy setup and I'm...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D General The Imaginary Bestiary Vol VI: A Table of Contents for an Imaginary 80s Monster Book.I'm glad you liked them. All the words in the later Bestiaries are real or are derived from real (or D&D) words. For example in Volume...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Imaginary Bestiary Vol VI: A Table of Contents for an Imaginary 80s Monster Book with Like.
Yeah, I see at least 20 things on this list that are genuinely compelling ideas. What's up with the goblin horologist and what sort of...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Imaginary Bestiary Vol VI: A Table of Contents for an Imaginary 80s Monster Book with Like.
Not going to lie, but this feels like a great challenge to turn these into a real bestiary for Shadowdark. Even some of the sillier ones...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread What Makes A Successful Superhero CAMPAIGN.You could have a world where prejudice is directed against all superheroes, not just mutants. This is the case in Alan Moore's run on...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
Your story? :unsure: It would probably be better to write your story as a book.
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Doug McCrae reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Moorcock I am a bit more familiar with, and not a fan. That’s the thing with D&D’s inspirations, I’m not super motivated to look into...
