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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Highest level PC you've achieved..As player: From raw 1st and adventured all the way through? 11th, over a 6-year career in a 3e game (the level-advancement speed was... -
Lanefan reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with
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This. It wasn't just "spicy" content that got redacted, it was everything weird, everything that wasn't the most watered down versions... -
Lanefan replied to the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+].I should probably note that all my views above assume the module is printed on actual paper and sold as such.
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Lanefan reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I didn't say that for ease control spells break the game. I said that restrictions were removed. The whole easily controlling the...
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Lanefan reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Actually up until 5e casters faced a problem directly related to that. Specifically very low hp and the general inability to wear armor...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Any use of a weapon or aimed spell has the same chance of fumbling in our system, usually* 1/d20 confirmed by 1/d6. This applies to...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Why does the misfire rate double from 5% to 10% here? For me, if you misfire 5% of the time per attack at one attack per round you...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.You ain't seen my wild magic surge tables, have you? :) Yes, spells can backfire; usually on interruption, but you can also fumble with...
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Lanefan reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
More times you shoot unreliable pre-industrial age gun, more times it breaks. Makes sense to me.
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E XP Value for Monsters?.About 3/4 of the items in the "Unknowns" list are fairly easy to categorize into something that already exists. Hydras are an oddball...
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Lanefan reacted to Bagpuss's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
Stuff like that is hard to tell if it is going to impact play. I find as a GM while there might be a set plan for the BBEG, having his...
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Lanefan reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
If I am going to tie lore into the adventure without it being necessary for the adventure, then I want it to be an easter egg. E.g...
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Lanefan reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
How about: Put a very brief history/backstory at the beginning of the adventure that only has the essential information the GM will...
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Lanefan reacted to GothmogIV's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
I'll tell you what, my friends: I've read probably 100+ modules over my decades of gaming, but I'm writing my first one, and it is an...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+].Things that make modules easier to run: --- detached maps, preferably on cardstock, a la many of the earlier TSR modules. Bonus points...