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MerricB reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons with
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Nice. I miss the variety in Dungeon magazines. I ran a few 2E ones for C&C. Last one time to wrap up campaign. New 2E Mere of... -
MerricB replied to the thread WotC Chris Cao has left WotC.One of the really interesting things is the rarity of mythics is the same as the old rare cards. In the original set, there was a Mox...
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A few people were wondering if I'd ever come up with revised Hiding rules for D&D 2024. I haven't, not really. Instead, I've reframed...
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MerricB reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General Read aloud text in modules: What are folks opinions about read aloud content? with Like.
Writing fewer words overall, including boxed text, was definitely something I had to learn as a designer. Area description from my...
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The reference was on porpoise, that’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
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MerricB replied to the thread WotC Chris Cao has left WotC.Cannibalized. :) I would not be surprised if covid & lockdowns pushed a lot of people towards MTG Arena as well. I do know that all...
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MerricB reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Read aloud text in modules: What are folks opinions about read aloud content? with Like.
From the commentary on Night of the Vampire. The results were sometimes hilarious. Baker recounts that for Night of the Vampire, he...
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MerricB reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Read aloud text in modules: What are folks opinions about read aloud content? with Like.
Read-aloud text is great to make sure the GM doesn't momentarily forget important bits. But, please don't use appendices for it...
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MerricB reacted to jdrakeh's post in the thread D&D 5E Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic? with Like.
The one I had the most fun with was Storm King's Thunder. There's a lot to do with it and I like the open, hexcrawl, nature of the thing.
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MerricB reacted to mearls's post in the thread WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons with Like.
All kidding aside, D&D does suffer from a fundamental break in its corporate structure. At a video game studio, if you launch a great...
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MerricB reacted to Mistwell's post in the thread D&D 5E Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic? with Like.
We just beat Acererak (we think - he was nearly down and teleported away). It was an incredibly epic! Almost every one of our resources...
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MerricB replied to the thread D&D General Read aloud text in modules: What are folks opinions about read aloud content?.Good read-aloud text makes running adventures much, much easier. There are lots of examples of bad read-aloud text. But I've seen many...
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MerricB replied to the thread D&D General Sandbox style: Rumors say a +1 sword is in a cave nearby. Go get it?.White Plume Mountain.
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MerricB reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D (2024) PC Gamer: It's clear Hasbro, the custodians of D&D, have no idea what to do with Baldur's Gate 3's success with Like.
Has anyone considered the possibility that video game development and TTRPG development are so different of industries that it is...
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MerricB replied to the thread D&D General Sandbox style: Rumors say a +1 sword is in a cave nearby. Go get it?.Although I agree that it's really wonderful to have the "in-game" fiction be far more evocative than just a "+1 sword", this discussion...