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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.The hulls might have bounced them but massive ballista bolts would make a mess of any sails and-or rigging they hit (thus slowing the... -
Lanefan reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign? with
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The one I was in that worked used age of sail trappings, right down to the major military powers having "ships of the line". The GM... -
Lanefan reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign? with Like.
13-14th century Venetian galleys were large, with something up to 200+ people (sailors, officers, rowers). War galleys would have...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.While I agree with this, I'm also quite happy to anachronize to allow age-of-sail ships - even up to Trafalgar-era - in an otherwise...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge.Oh, I do - it's the same person who tunes out the moment dialogue starts in an action movie and doesn't tune back in until the action...
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Lanefan reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge with Like.
Same. I had to accept that I really can't have a good time as a player in an online game... For me it's not even restricted to combat...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge with Like.
All of that assumes of course that narrative intent is one of your groups goals, or the game's. If you don't see collaborative...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge.After 40 years of them I'm more than used to Spike players. :) The way to both engage them and deal with them is to become a bit more...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge.One possible unintended side effect of this is that the DM is often running a bunch of somewhat-intelligent adversaries at once, and...
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Lanefan reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge with Like.
I am blessed with two groups that remain engaged throughout. So this is not an issue for me when I DM. But I will say I personally...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..There's a thread going on right now in D&D - Older Editions around how to determine monster xp values in 1e and it touches on many of...
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Lanefan reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign? with Like.
Also, when it comes to ships. Most type they used in Caribbean were sloops, schooners and cutters. Merchant sloops had as few as 6 crew...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..Players don't know that their PCs should sometimes run because they aren't given that advice in the PH. Instead, they're given the...
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Lanefan replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Meta-currencies in general have been mentioned as being a modern thing, or at least a modern trend; and re-rolls usually fall under that...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..Setting: mid-to-high fantasy. Art: not cartoons. Cartoon art, particularly on book covers, screams "cheap, hokey, don't in any way...