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Yeah. Periodically I need a break and one of my players DMs for a while. When play starts and I'm just thinking about and worrying...
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Well I am saying the CoC(Call of Cthulhu) helped my DnD mysteries. By playing it, it taught me important design elements that I can...
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I agree with this for the most part. I would clarify that just because you run multiple systems, doesn't mean you are forcing all the...
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Oh, for sure. I'm not suggesting that you would bring in all of the techniques from the other systems into D&D. You'd bring in the...
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Okay. That's still all within that single art, though. Think of it like this. Each edition of D&D is different, even though they have...
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Oh, well... sort of? She also had to learn dance in order to do performative calligraphy and learn choreography in order to form a...
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I get your usage. What I'm saying is that 9 times out of 10 people don't use it that way. At least in my experience. I see... I'm...
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They're rules like Plot Points from page 269 of the 5e DMG. The player can use these points to alter the game in some fairly minor, but...
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Sure. I think it might have been 7th Sea, but I got the idea to allow feats for flaws with mechanical detriment to them. Those flaws...
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When I asked about what specific things people learned from other games I was hoping to have a discussion of actual details - for...
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I would think you had difficulties. A problem employee. A problem customer. Your computers went down. Your boss gave you multiple...
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Your student is still focused on techniques of her specialty, though. She isn't a sprinter learning rugby and basketball in order to be...
Dec 12, 2025
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3e is way better for not being bored than 2e ever could be. You could play a different class/prestige class combo every year and you'd...
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You can learn all things about running that one system and master those things better than someone who spreads out his learning over...
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Spreading out your knowledge helps you become a better generalist. You'll have skills that fall outside of the specialty to use, and...
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