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MMaenalis reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with
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Polygon had their review posted to their RSS feed and then yanked it down before I could read it this morning. It definitely feels like... -
MMaenalis reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
Ooookay. Now my Distributor is saying that there is no WPN "Early Release" for it (in spite of them having it on their shelves) and they...
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MMaenalis reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
I'm not "in the US", but yes, AFAIK, those of us FLGSes with WPN status are supposed to get it today. Of course, here in Canada we also...
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MMaenalis reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General How much Ars Magica is in Dungeons and Dragons 3e? with Like.
Basically nothing. Ars Magica is built around an improvisational magic system (which was later seen in Mage: The Ascension and Mage...
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MMaenalis reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots? with Like.
Alright, well my northstar for what is Arthurian is the works of Chrétien de Troyes. The codification of this originally Celtic...
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MMaenalis reacted to jian's post in the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots? with Like.
Yes, in some ways Arthurian stories are a medieval version of superhero stories - they are often telling the listeners (often knights...
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MMaenalis reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots? with Like.
The genre itself has the following tropes: 1) Knights do all the interesting stuff 2) The crown is fair and good, but bad is done in...
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MMaenalis reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What books would you like to see (in 2026 and beyond)? with Like.
I want more Forge of the Artificer type setting updates: a Heros of Horror update for Ravenloft, Spacefarers Handbook for Spelljammer...
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MMaenalis reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What books would you like to see (in 2026 and beyond)? with Like.
Might be able to use a updated book with all the non-core spells and magic items that came out over the last 10 years. An adventure...
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MMaenalis posted the thread D&D 5E (2024) What books would you like to see (in 2026 and beyond)? in *Dungeons & Dragons.What DnD books would you auto buy, if WotC would release them in the near future?
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MMaenalis reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
Rich is an incredibly underrated adventure designer. Forge of Fury is one of the best D&D adventures ever, and Phandelver probably has...
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MMaenalis reacted to darjr's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Phandelver in 2018 alone sold 300k copies. with Like.
Ben Riggs talks to Richard Baker. Author of the Phandelver starter box that in 2018 alone sold 300 thousand copies in the US.
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MMaenalis reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) When are we getting announcements for 2026 books? with Like.
Part of that is due to the printing disaster with Eberron. It was supposed to be out now
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MMaenalis reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) When are we getting announcements for 2026 books? with Like.
Dark Sun's not coming. After releasing only two books from January through August, the end of this year is very release-heavy for...
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MMaenalis reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
I can tell you that while I've personally enjoyed them, as a retailer I find it somewhat difficult to sell games that use "funky dice"...