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We're already running into definitions. I prefer to understand immersion as a scale that measures the distance between character and... -
I value immersion the way that I understand it, but what I mean by immersion is different than what appears to be to the normal way...
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I know what immersion is and I love it when it happens, but I also know immersion is not like an on/off switch; it’s something that is...
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I picked the DMG but yea the Fiend Folio is awesome.
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Fiend folio as it was the first D&D that I bought so I didn't have to borrow from my older brother. Nostalgia trumps all. This is how...
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el-remmen replied to the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting +.I do something similar, but just for cantrips. Cantrips are unlimited unless you fail the spell check roll upon casting it, in which...
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el-remmen reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with
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el-remmen reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with Like.
I'd probably go route #1 - losing flexibility for the option to have more spells on hand that will be useful at any given time...
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el-remmen reacted to innerdude's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
So to be clear, let's differentiate between, "Innerdude, who has read the Lord of the Rings novels 38 times in his lifetime (this is not...
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el-remmen reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread AD&D 1E Best 1E AD&D rulebook? with Like.
True, but its highs far exceed Monster Manual II, which feels very much like TSR playing it extremely safe with aggressively unmemorable...
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The Fiend Folio is pure concentrated AD&D weirdness. And it's got some game-defining entries. Drow and Lolth, Death Knights, Elemental...
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el-remmen reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread AD&D 1E Best 1E AD&D rulebook? with Like.
I'm very sad we didn't get a Russ Nicholson retrospective art book before he died. The best we've got is the Magic Realms book, but...
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el-remmen reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Mapping: How Do You Do It? with Like.
Of course it corresponds to a character activity. It’s just that any map the character could make is also imaginary and therefore not...
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el-remmen replied to the thread Twitter Alternatives and Social Media Changes.I tried Mastodon and I tried Bluesky, but neither one was ever gonna feel like Twitter did back when it was "good." I still have accts...
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el-remmen reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
Haha.