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loverdrive reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Goblins and Orcs Not Being Green with
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There's four big reasons goblins and orcs are green in the cultural zeitgeist. 1) Games. Warcraft, sure. But also Warhammer miniatures... -
loverdrive reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
So, the rules aren't rules. They're just suggestions. The GM does whatever they want, whenever they want, for as long as they...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread."What is and isn't Real Role-playing" sounds like an argument about semantics to me, and those tend to go nowhere. I don't find a...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Yes, but it's not only about story. Trying a difficult combat encounter several times until you win by the skin of your teeth is fun...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment?.I'm not a big fan of alignment specifically, but I think an evocative shorthand that players can latch onto is a good thing, and for the...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Sure. I'm operating under the presumption that the group actively likes their current situation and would rather continue playing, and...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.People tend to avoid having to lose progress, so they tend to not want to die. What's even the alternative, really, presuming have a...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Re: TPKs I think the most straighforward solution is to just "reload" the game instead of ending it. There's no inherent virtue in...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations?.Does everything have to be a mystery? Yes, performing such a maneuver would be logistically harder. There are no win-win deals. In my...
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loverdrive reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
GM presents and players interact is pretty fundamental to RPGing (except at the avant garde cutting edge). But that doesn't mean that...
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loverdrive replied to the thread Common Pitfalls in Game Design.Yeah, I think I legitimately lost braincells reading it. There are some common design pitfalls, it's not uncommon to see mechanics that...
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this article sucks dawg. people who use tarot cards do not dislike them being used in games. they love it. who do you think is making...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations?.The party at large is taking a risk of having one of its members for the reward of the intel, and both the risk and the reward are...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations?.If you play videogames, I think there's a difference between: actively playing the game (equivalent of, well, being in the scene that...
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loverdrive replied to the thread D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations?.Most people do, and I think it's a big reason people at large aren't fond of splitting the party. At least to me, a longer break means...
