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jdrakeh replied to the thread OSR OSR logos.I know which one not to use. The Stuart Roberson logo (the one that looks like a little dungeon map spelling out "OSR") was released... -
jdrakeh reacted to Cordwainer Fish's post in the thread TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR with
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jdrakeh reacted to darjr's post in the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs with Like.
The original white box Warhammer box was neat and eclectic. It was both a wargame and an rpg. Think along the lines of OD&D with more...
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jdrakeh reacted to DLIMedia's post in the thread TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR with Like.
There are one of two possibilities for paying far more than market value: 1) They really want the house for historical reasons. 2) They...
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jdrakeh reacted to DLIMedia's post in the thread TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR with Like.
And it's official... the house-formerly-known-as-the-Dungeon-Hobby-Shop-Museum has sold for $375K... which is kinda absurd, but...
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jdrakeh replied to the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED].I'm no longer as tied into that side of the industry (I.e. retail) as I used to be, but ACD is probably a good bet, for games at least...
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jdrakeh replied to the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs.The adventure path (The Riddling Reaver) was for the original Introductory Fighting Fantasy game, not AFF. The original AFF line was...
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In other words, you never gave it a shot.
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See Van Richten's Guide for a 5e version of the jiangshi (hopping vampire).
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jdrakeh replied to the thread When you play in person, where do you play? (Poll).Usually at my friend's game store (The Yellow King Games & Hobbies in Colorado Springs).
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I’m hitting that wall in my current campaign. There’s basically zero incorporeal undead monsters in the MM of over CR5. If you want to...
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jdrakeh replied to the thread D&D General Kara Tur 5e.Hopping vampires and ghosts. I'd actually like to see more ghosts in D&D period. A horribly underutilized foe in D&D.
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jdrakeh reacted to Imagine That TTRPG's post in the thread As a GM, which monster do you find the most difficult to role-play? with Like.
That’s totally fair, and I can see why that portrayal wouldn’t sit right with everyone. The “Smaug in a study” vibe definitely became a...
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jdrakeh reacted to Imagine That TTRPG's post in the thread As a GM, which monster do you find the most difficult to role-play? with Like.
Like the dragons on Game of Thrones? That's a good way to go if you don't feel like stressing over genius plot arcs and inscrutable...
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jdrakeh replied to the thread As a GM, which monster do you find the most difficult to role-play?.The dragon as Smaug variant is specifically a D&D-ism and it's one of very few things that I dislike about D&D (I mean, I really dislike...