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If this is how your GMs are running SD, no wonder you had a frustrating time. Kelsey wrote great advice for running the game in the... -
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Dropping a boulder off a cliff onto an enemy camp while they sleep is technically combat, but one with probably just one big roll. -
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Two other observations: Sometimes I think that advocates for Shadowdark, or OSR/NuSR in general, exaggerate the avoidance of combat...
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Keldryn reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
I ran a bunch of one-shots before the full book was even out. In those games, characters died. They let their torches go out in battle...
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This right here.
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Keldryn reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Shadowdark July homebrew challenge: Summer! with Like.
Two feuding bards?
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Keldryn reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with
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Gotta love folks popping in full of aggro and derision and demanding assistance. -
This was my concern. An expectation of a need to solve a potential problem, when instead it's something the DM can and should solve for...
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I think I kind of get it thanks to a recent Sly Flourish or Questing Beast video. Gamers will optimize the fun out of the game but they...
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Keldryn reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
Holy crap. My latest map is determines to defeat me with detail, but I refuse! It is taking bloody forever though.
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Honestly the hardest habit to break, is worrying about the nonsense edge case players. Get rid of that mental load, and it all gets better.
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I honestly find those complaints super weird. Between the background and the class, you already know what your PC is good at, and the...
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This is indeed perhaps the very best thing about Shadowdark. By way of contrast, look at 1e or Basic and notice how incredibly bad...
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Since my son decided he needed to wake me up, and I'm not yet ready to jump back into work, lets gaze upon the navel a bit. First, I'm...
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Keldryn reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
I think I'd position stonghold play as what happens at 10th level in Shadowdark. It seems like a natural segue. The focus just shifts...