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Mort reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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Zero to hero is the point of having a level based game. I certainly don't always want that, but there are games other than D&D. Now you... -
Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.In GURPS, most DMs I've seen tend to start at 100 points, which represents just shy of heroic - but can get there pretty quick. Then...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e GMs: Do/Have/Would You Start Above 1st Level? (Note: Cannot change your vote.).I think an equally relevant question: How long do your groups STAY at level 1 or even levels 1-3? Some groups power through the early...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e GMs: Do/Have/Would You Start Above 1st Level? (Note: Cannot change your vote.).Our typical starting level for a new campaign is 3, though we have started at 5 and even at 10th. I'm perfectly happy to start even...
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Mort reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e GMs: Do/Have/Would You Start Above 1st Level? (Note: Cannot change your vote.) with Like.
I have never started a game at higher than 1st and don't think I ever will, but never say never. I almost picked the "I wish I could...
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Mort reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e GMs: Do/Have/Would You Start Above 1st Level? (Note: Cannot change your vote.) with Like.
I feel like I’ve learned what there is for me to learn about starting at 1st level. The last times I ran, I started at (depending on the...
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Mort replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).So I thought I'd do some checking into the Puppet episode and did some googling. Google now has their AI answer at the very top. It...
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Mort reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Dark Sun as a Hopepunk Setting with Like.
I never understand how so many people seem to be scandalised by the traditional Athasian second breakfast. D&D is already full of...
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Pet peeve: Athasian halflings aren't cannibals. They don't eat other halflings.
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I enjoyed the early parts of Age of Worms, but around the time you go to the jungle, it rapidly went downhill, becoming super railroady...
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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.
CR also employs somewhere around 80 people now, so they have a lot of factors to consider when making a huge decision like this - that's...
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Mort reacted to SlyFlourish'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 love boring monsters. More specifically, I don't need a lot of mechanics -- I focus on making monsters interesting in the fiction of...
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Mort reacted to SlyFlourish'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 will say, having played and run monsters from all three of those books now for a while, that I really like the D&D 2024 monsters...
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Mort reacted to Chaltab'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 mean... in some cases? All of them have better design than 5E14 monsters but in different ways. TOTV and A5E both make monsters more...
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Mort reacted to Imaro'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.
Ill assume by no one, you actually mean...you.