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jmartkdr2 reacted to Aurel Guthrie's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) How To Make High Level 5E Work.For You + with
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Every once in a while give the party a very trivial encounter so they can see how much they've grown. Just because they're level 15... -
jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) How To Make High Level 5E Work.For You +.One thing I've noticed about high-level play is it becomes even more important to actively manage spotlight time - letting class...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Hours actually playing RPGs, D&D?.Well between a biweekly Monday game and a weekly Tuesday game, I say it’s closer to 180 hours thus far
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Fifinjir's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
If I (not an Exandria fan) were to try to explain it, the setting has existentialism and individualism (perhaps even...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Tuning big single creatures into multi-part-creatures. with Like.
Number of parts can also reflect size. 2 or 3 for your Adult dragon, 5 for a Very Old one, 9 for a Great Wyrm. Follow up discussion...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Tuning big single creatures into multi-part-creatures. with Like.
I don't have formal answers for all of these, but here is what I have done and/or what I might do in these situations: In my "rules,"...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Tuning big single creatures into multi-part-creatures. with Like.
My gut reaction is that it sounds like a neat idea for truly colossal creatures, like a great wyrm or the tarrasque. Something that is...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
I realized that I reccomended Exandria as a fairly standard D&D setting, but updated, but didn't explain what "updated" means...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
I generally dont really care about the backdrop of gods in a setting apart from what is relevant to the characters, and any themes that...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
"Through the ashen skies of Creation Primordial, the gods came from beyond the ether, new and formless. Looking on this roiling realm...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
To respond to OP in a wider scale, again as somebody who has watched/listened to (0) CR episodes: Explorer's Guide to Wildemont...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
Okay so moving past people trashing on the setting with nothing to say… The Wildemount book is very very good. I wish more setting...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Seramus's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
Exandria has never been a "unique" setting. Instead, it takes some of the coolest elements of other settings and puts them in one place...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General How do you prefer your monster books?.I'm in favor of "all of the above" - as a dm, I want a many pre-calculated monsters to work with as possible.
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