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Flying Toaster reacted to EternalDungeonMaster's post in the thread D&D General TSR Alum and Fantasy Author Jean Rabe Passes Away with
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My time at TSR was barely a blip, I worked there for a couple of years in the early 90s. But Jean was one of the best of them. She was... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
The only person insisting that an X encounter day must be enforced is you. I haven’t made any such claim, nor has the 2014 DMG. Indeed...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
All the time. In my experience players generally start to feel uneasy about their resources and start discussing leaving the dungeon or...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
Y’all are clearly demonstrating why WotC decided not to explain the adventuring day in the 2024 DMG. Nowhere in the 2014 DMG does it say...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
It's been years since I saw the article, and I doubt I could find it again. But it was something to the effect of a test where they...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
Also, honestly? IME a lot of players don't want every encounter to a hard fought life or death struggle. They want a majority of fights...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Hussar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
This would very much be news to any old school player. How much ink is spilled on things like time keeping and how long your light...
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Flying Toaster reacted to GarrettKP's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
it isn’t always a death clock. Procrastination has consequences in both real life and in game. Took too long trying to find the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread D&D General How Much D&D Stuff Is There Anyway? Part 3: Magazines with Like.
I have a huge fondness for the gaming magazines of the hoary days of prehistory (ca. 1980s-1990s), and while the Web has pretty much...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
Yes, I get all of that. I just wish they'd have kept the information in the DMG so that new players could play in an informed fashion...
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Flying Toaster reacted to talien's post in the thread RPG Evolution: The Quest for the Table with Like.
One of my goals that I've failed at year after year was finding an in-person gaming group. This year, it's time to change that...
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Flying Toaster reacted to HatWearingFool's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Another issue they have is who do you want to target with a new edition? Do you want to try to bring in new people who don’t currently...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Brotton Goodfellow's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
Currently, I’m running a dungeon crawl, and the only source of light that works is a magic crystal. It’s the only thing that can...
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Flying Toaster reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
This topic came up in the "Benevlolent DM" thread last year, when someone asked what being a benevolent DM might look like. I shared...
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Flying Toaster reacted to jian's post in the thread What Is Your Favorite Linear Adventure/Campaign with Like.
The outstanding example for me is Shiki (Four Seasons) for Sengoku, a series of four adventures based on the four seasons which takes...