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There are whole classes dedicated to combat. A large part of the rules are about fighting or what happens when you fight. This combat... -
mamba replied to the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark.Have you taken a look at Land of Eem? It's kind of a modern-ish, relatively simple OSR, maybe it fits what you are looking for...
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Yeah but everything I’ve read seems predicated on that early play style which feels more like a reaction than the actual play that was...
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mamba reacted to Selas's post in the thread D&D General Cthulhu by Torchlight Brings Mythos To D&D with
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This is a reference to the Dreamlands cats from the Mythos, which were inspired by Lovecraft's own cat and the sense of security it gave... -
As I said upthread, it doesn't sound to me like Shadowdark is the system you want. Sure, it sounds like you had some GMs who totally...
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There's a part of me that really wanted to like Shadowdark. After all, I backed the deluxe "everything" version of the latest...
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I never liked D&D back in the day because of the rapid character death, the horribly boring dungeons and the slow crawl of hitting every...
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mamba reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark with Like.
Retreater’s experience of Shadowdark reminds me of something I read on The Alexandrian blog. Justin Alexander ran an OD&D Caverns of...
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mamba reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General 70% Of Games End At Lvl 7? with Like.
If we want games to go to 20, more often, then there needs to be 3 major changes: 1) Power grading for classes needs to be brought...
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mamba reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) [Let's Read] Itza's Guide to Dragonbonding: A dragonriding-centric setting where the PCs fight world-ending threats! with Like.
The final chapter of the book, the Bestiary gives us over 60 new monster/NPC entries and over 100 stat blocks. Although sorted...
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mamba reacted to Scars Unseen's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
Oh for sure, things were much simpler before the Internet. I was also much younger and didn't have as specific wants in my gaming back...
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I’ve moved to PDFs since a handfull of years, besides some core books for systems I really like. Part of the reason is shelf space, but...
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mamba reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
The new cover art is fine and serviceable. I don't mind it and I won't think too much about it. I do think Tyler Jacobson's SCAG cover...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General Cthulhu by Torchlight Brings Mythos To D&D.on the upside, since it is digital only, that is easy to fix
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General Cthulhu by Torchlight Brings Mythos To D&D.since we are talking about combining things, had this in my inbox yesterday, thinking of adding that into my mix...