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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.The player is likely using the term railroading wrong then. Because, railroaded into what? Not using firebolt? I mean, if the players... -
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The important thing is for the spell to take enemies out of the fight. Reducing them to zero hp is a great way to take an enemy out of a... -
Mort reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Critical Role to Use D&D 2024 Rules For Campaign Four, Expands to Three Tables and Thirteen Players with Like.
Hot take: maybe the Critical Role cast just love playing D&D as much as they've always said they do. Ashley Johnson has said in multiple...
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Mort reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Critical Role to Use D&D 2024 Rules For Campaign Four, Expands to Three Tables and Thirteen Players with Like.
Agreed - he’s become increasingly negative and often feels like he’s rooting against WotC.
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Mort reacted to GarrettKP's post in the thread Critical Role to Use D&D 2024 Rules For Campaign Four, Expands to Three Tables and Thirteen Players with Like.
I’m not disputing that D&D isn’t at its peak right now. But I was at GenCon. I spent most of my time in the D&D area in Lucas Oil. I...
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Mort reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Critical Role to Use D&D 2024 Rules For Campaign Four, Expands to Three Tables and Thirteen Players with Like.
I think you made an assumption. CR and WotC still work together. They do support their own system. No, it was originally in a modified...
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Mort reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
This is why I endeavour to have my houserules determined before the campaign begins, so that I can tell them to the players and they can...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Absolutely, many do. A while back I joined a Deadlands HoE game. I was told it was bog standard rules. So I made a typical gunslinger...
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I will say this, when I say by gut, I am not guessing. I have years of experience, my number sense has always been a solid skill, and I...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Personally, I would just let the PCs prevail here, seems like they earned it. As the DM, it's not like I'm going to suddenly run out...
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When done chronically, this speaks volumes.
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Interesting. I pretty much always start a new campaign at level 3 or higher these days. Characters are currently at 18th (though in this...
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I would suggest in many cases this is in the eye of the beholder. Not helped, admitted, by the degree of opaqueness many GMs present...
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I'm a believer in house rules, but I do think if you start developing a massive collection of them, you really ought to see if the game...
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Gotta agree with @Mort and @Thomas Shey if a GM bends, breaks, and makes up rules at their whim on their players, its not a good look.