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Lakesidefantasy reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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So a spin-off question from another thread. This one about warlock pacts... If the idea of making a pact with some supernatural power... -
That reminds me of one session I had. Most of the party was on the roof of a keep about 40 ft tall. They were engaged in a battle when...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to talien's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Great Divide with Like.
Agreed. I do think the aforementioned test of "player knows about potential harm, character doesn't" pretty quickly shows where players...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Great Divide with Like.
The reason we don't do much combat is because we are also war gamers. We play 'true' war game and do campaigns with progression points...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to talien's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Great Divide with Like.
You make a good point which is that horror, by necessity, requires immersion. I've learned this the hard way that you can't "fake"...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Or the game was designed, from day 1 with Gary, Dave and their groups to "make it up yourself" and not to be a strict dictionary or AP...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
CR works reasonably well for me as long as I take a look at the party and think about party strengths and weaknesses. No two parties...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Worrying about balance is overrated. Make an NPC. If the party decides to attack said NPC for whatever reason, then the NPC might die...
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General Secret Curse Help.That's definitely going to give them a reason to address the curse. I like it.
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Hero’s of the Borderlands Demo Events at WPN stores. Sept 16-30.What is WPN?
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General Secret Curse Help.How about they can no longer see the light--they can only see shadows. Bright light is (magical) darkness to them and darkness is bright...
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My advice would be that they see things that no one else can. Hostile forces that attack or threaten them but that no one else can see...
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Lakesidefantasy replied to the thread D&D General The Imaginary Bestiary Vol VI: A Table of Contents for an Imaginary 80s Monster Book.We need to make these! I'll give it a shot tonight.
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General The Imaginary Bestiary Vol VI: A Table of Contents for an Imaginary 80s Monster Book with Like.
Thank you. The King of Limbs is the name of a famous tree here in the UK, which I think looks pretty monster-y:
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Bitbrain's post in the thread D&D General The Imaginary Bestiary Vol VI: A Table of Contents for an Imaginary 80s Monster Book with Like.
Bimetallic Dragons, Duergargoyle, Green Slime-dwelling Fish, Time-Splintered Human, King of Limbs, Mandragorilla… I love this!