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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?.Which completely discourages them from doing anything other than the mission given to them, becuase that's where the milestone is, even... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?.Still doesn't account for some characters earning more xp through their in-game actions while others earn less, and that also can lead...
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Lanefan reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with
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I am given to understand that a typical session for nearly all people who play is no more than 5 hours and no less than 2 hours... -
Lanefan reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with
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The bookkeeping of xp is about as fun as tracking ammo, water skins, and food supplies of old school D&D. Milestone and never looked back. -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Highest level PC you've achieved..Pardon the terrible pun, but that would be a messy poll as you'd have to list each level by each edition. 15th level in 4e ain't the...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?.The big thing milestone xp doesn't do is reward individual characters for what they do and-or not reward them for what they don't do...
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Lanefan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It? with Like.
Well, as a player, I don't want "chapters" and I don't expect pacing to be the purview of the GM (outside of things like con events)...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?.Are you talking as a player or DM here? If yes, does this mean as a player you count the number of encouters your character has had...
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I had to click basically every one, and it still misses. I want XP for overcoming challenges. I don't care if we overcame getting past...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+].Anything I do is still done as if being printed on paper, usually 8.5x11 or close. Similar to the classic adventures, I'll put as many...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them?.Crits and fumbles are fine in principle. In practice, however, having each occur 5% of the time is too frequent meaning confirm rolls...
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Yeah I am envisioning an easy-to-use tool for one man operations. Somehow that was entirely misunderstood and I received an unneeded...
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Lanefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
Yeah, I think 'easy to run' has a ton of overlap with 'I don't have to flip about looking for things'. Hyperlinks can help, for sure...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+].Too much white space for my liking (to me white space = wasted space) but I really like having the thumbnail map at the top corner of...
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Lanefan reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
I spend a lot of time on layout to try and make my adventures as easy to run as possible. One thing that I think is helpful there is to...