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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The 4 Classes I Would Not Play 1-20 In 5.5 with
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At the very least, as a DM, I'd offer downtime activities to let the Wizard study or research sources of spells. Maybe even weave a... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
I'm not sure the target audience for this product was even alive when B2 came out. And it's my understanding that there's still an evil...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
This adventure was for Basic rules. It's didn't have good and evil, only Lawful, Neutral and Chaotic (and there was no recommendation as...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
I'm sure they weren't. Most of my players weren't, and they have children of their own now! But nostalgia is even stronger in people...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone suggest that it is bad to "want actual bad guys to fight," so that's not a very accurate...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
Yeah, just asking why your player characters are here on the edge of the civilized world is enough to reframe this adventure into...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
Pretty much the exact opposite audience: that is a historical reference document as well as game aid for the experienced, this is a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
You're still allowed to be a murderhobo. No one is stopping that from happening. But in the decades since B2 was published, fantasy...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with Like.
I expect this is a regulatory requirement, since it includes depictions of violence. Also reading age is an issue. No point in selling...
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Flying Toaster reacted to aco175's post in the thread Worlds of Design: When the Clock's Ticking with Like.
New players are encouraged to speed things up mostly in combat. Basic attacks or cantrips are always a default if they are overwhelmed...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dragon Reflections #97 with Like.
Throughout his writings in Dragon, Gygax regularly suggested stuff that he'd clearly never tried or even thought all the way through...
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The problem is that most worlds have too much blank space. Greyhawk, FR, Dragonlance, etc. all only cover a fraction of the world...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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Flying Toaster reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
One thing which actually helps is that there are only Cure Light at 1st and Cure Serious at 4th in the core rules. So even if you try...
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Flying Toaster reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
As far as so-called meta-gaming monster knowledge goes I follow these simple steps: 1. Assume good faith from players (and probably...