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Hard, hard no. If I'm paying for a printed module I don't expect to then have to pay again to print or photocopy it, thank you very...
Nov 19, 2025
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This is a flaw in a lot of modules - they don't deal with any of the obvious "what if"s. The classic example of this: pretty much any...
Nov 19, 2025
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I've never written a module and most that I've run have not been good from an "running accessibility" standpoint. That said I've thought...
Nov 19, 2025
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Which is fine for a big outfit like WotC but doesn't do much for a DM banging away in his kitchen at home, which is what I thought this...
Nov 19, 2025
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Ah, but if one does what D&D has for some inexplicable reason failed to do ever since day one and make casters roll to aim their AoE...
Nov 19, 2025
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Indeed, though it seems people's results vary on this. I'm with you, in that IME playing online is way slower and less efficient than...
Nov 19, 2025
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Were I running it I'd want - and expect, going in - the campaign to have a potential lifespan of ten years or more, played weekly (i.e...
Nov 19, 2025
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Ah, OK. Depends. Are you merely getting the same aggregate number of attacks in fewer rounds (i.e. going through the same total number...
Nov 19, 2025
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Why are you assuming fumbling only applies to martials? Casters should be able to fumble or mess up their spells as well.
Nov 18, 2025
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Did not vote as I don't run 5e (or 5.5); were I to, I'd tweak it such that each level took numerous sessions to achieve in order to spin...
Nov 18, 2025
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Highest level PC you've achieved.
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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...
Nov 18, 2025
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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...
Nov 18, 2025
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I should probably note that all my views above assume the module is printed on actual paper and sold as such.
Nov 18, 2025
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I didn't say that for ease control spells break the game. I said that restrictions were removed. The whole easily controlling the...
Nov 18, 2025
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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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