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Franchise model is how things worked from 2014 to 2020 or so. One group steered D&D and worked with licensees to set up their content...
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So Hasbro decided the issue was they weren't running the D&D IP with enough in-house oversight? Personally, I don't think that's where...
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I think this is the real question in the end. Like, what is changing here? The impression given in the LinkedIn post is that this is a...
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Larian was 100% clear on what was happening in early access. The fact that it went on to be an even bigger hit than expected was a...
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I really could not disagree more. There are already far too many "do one thing with a clear intended purpose and nothing more" spells...
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Hell yes! If I'm going to play a necromancer it's because I want to be a dread lord leading a horde. The one time I played at a 5e...
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Enemies retreating: the players never want to let them do so, and if it's DnD the mechanics are working against the baddies trying to...
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In over a decade of running several adventures, I've never seen a party flee. No matter the odds. IME players like to gamble: they...
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I always point to, and try to use, 13th Age's Flee/Retreat rule. From their (new) second edition draft: From 13A 1e:
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Yep. Every group I’ve ever played Star Wars with has done this. Every single one. It’s maddening at first. But then you start using it...
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One thing thats funny is trying to un-D&D a group. Like this is Star Wars you don't need to strip ever Trooper you kill. Storm Trooper...
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4e was the first mainline edition since 1e to make fighters competent and able to keep up out of combat - and was the first edition in...
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Just stat up "swarm of zombies" with an appropriate CR. If an Nth level druid can have an animal companion with X hit points that does...
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I for one am SHOCKED at Snarf Zagyg's latest rant about the scandals with Daggerheart! You won't believe the third one!!!
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