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Flying Toaster reacted to talien's post in the thread RPG Evolution: Inspiration from Saugus Iron Works with
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For DMs looking to imbue their fantasy worlds with the gritty, relentless authenticity of a true industrial complex, there is no better... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
There might be a bit too much focus on Forgotten Realms or Eberrons here, and not enough what would make a 5E setting different and how...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting.Considering what we now know about EGG’s willingness to use the rules and setting to enforce his personal ideas about fantasy...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.It sounds like the dice rolling and bookkeeping might get a bit tedious after a while, especially if the campaign is combat-heavy so...
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Flying Toaster reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
If I had a DM introduce this rule into their game I'd quit. I dislike equipment degradation in most video games and would absolutely...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
At low levels treasure is fun because players are saving up for stuff and making choices. At higher levels, I am finding it more...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
This is something I (aspire to) solve in the opposite way. I want to give treasure more meaning by providing increasingly impactful...
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Flying Toaster reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e with Like.
As you've probably noticed (playing my games): I like to ask for rolls. I understand (and for the most part, agree with) the notion that...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e with Like.
As an avid "Variant Ability Score" DM since the beginning of 5E14... more often than not a lot of the weaknesses that many people seem...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e with Like.
I haven't posted an essay in a while (I've been writing a lot recently, but, you know ... stuff I have to do), but two recent threads...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ed Greenwood to Publish 4 New Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks in 2026 with
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Details on local holidays and festivals? I wonder if they will let Ed get a little frisky, or see if he sneaks anything in. -
Flying Toaster replied to the thread Zork 1-3 going open source.I have great memories of many hours playing these three games on Apple IIe computers with green screens in the school computer lab...
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DM: "You find yourself standing in an open field, west of a white house." PLAYER: "I check the mail."
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I played Zork on so many different platforms including teletype. This is about time...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
I've never understood the problem with taking more time to make a character. That's a big part of what session zero is for, after all...