Halifax Brent's latest activity
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HMy character died last night, the first time it's happened to me in Draw Steel. When it happened I was very frustrated with the system...
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HOh, maybe I'll give them as a reward for a sub-montage when I spin those out, since those are usually too small for a Victory... I have...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to CommodoreKong's post in the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+] with
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Here’s what Matt posted in the MCDM Discord about adding things to the Draw Steel license (specifically the Summoner but it gives an... -
HImprovised an entire metaphysical "Oghma's Test of Mental and Physical Strength" off the cuff tonight, using nested Montages to resolve...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Rolling stats is on average 31,3 pts. point buy is 27pts standard array is 27pts. so yes, pointbuy is underpowered. in general, I...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reef's post in the thread D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Sells Over 20 Million Copies with Like.
Absolutely this. I had no problem with the adult material in BG3. But if a player tried to bring explicit sex scenes at a tabletop...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Sells Over 20 Million Copies with Like.
I think there is a significant difference between what sort of "mature elements" work at the table versus in a video game, movie, novel...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Sells Over 20 Million Copies with Like.
I’m with you. The softcore porn added absolutely nothing to the story or gameplay. Particularly the puerile stuff. If it had been taken...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
I always give each door in a chamber a character mark, something for us to refer to when speaking about the doors. Instead of asking...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Or discovering the back of a secret door. Not all secret doors are secret from both sides.
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Clues to secret doors come in different forms; leaving them open is a clue and it also makes the dungeon seem alive, so to speak. I...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Yeah. I also like the device of having a trap or secret door early in the dungeon left open/fired, maybe with a body lying in it, as a...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Personally, I think the best way for PCs to know to look for/find secret doors is to have enemies (or allies) use them when appropriate.
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Map design should facilitate looking for secrets -- secret doors, hidden alcoves, traps, etc... -- by enticing the players to wonder why...
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HHalifax Brent reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Secret areas, and secret doors (possibly between known areas, but enhancing manueverability). Jennell Jaquays' Borshak's Lair, I'm...