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    Are Dice Pools Good, Actually?

    So what do you find confusing about the term "hit"?
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    Are Dice Pools Good, Actually?

    Well, if the term "hit" is confusing maybe its a sign you need to jazz up your combat descriptions.
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    Are Dice Pools Good, Actually?

    Is it a matter of terminology? Some RPGs call dice "hits" rather than successes, because rolling a "success" and the task failing seems a little strange, and makes things ambiguous when someone says they "rolled a success." All i can say is rolling lots of dice is fun, and i dont find the math...
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    Shadowrun Sixth Edition Announced!

    I am hoping they knock it out of the park with this edition. The new cyberpunk game coming out should renew interest in the cyberpunk genre... One aspect of the game that was really conceptually difficult in the last edition was the matrix. The way it worked didn't always make sense and...
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    D&D 5E UA: "Greyhawk" Initiative

    Considering giving this initiative system a go with a few tweaks: 1)I think I like the Weapon Speed and Spell Disruption variants. Giving some utility to lower-damage weapons is appealing to me. You could even give some weapons a "fast" quality that they roll an initiative die lower than what...
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    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: "Greyhawk" Initiative

    Considering giving this initiative system a go with a few tweaks: 1)I think I like the Weapon Speed and Spell Disruption variants. Giving some utility to lower-damage weapons is appealing to me. You could even give some weapons a "fast" quality that they roll an initiative die lower than what...
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    D&D 5E Absurdist adventures (Idea me!)

    The pcs are cursed by a deity to spend eternity making strength checks to roll a boulder up a hill but the dc is always 1 higher than what the pcs can actually roll. The pcs reflect on the puposelessness of the excercise, and life in general, but conclude that they can forge their own meaning...
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    Help me with D&D Lore: Beneath the Waves

    I wasn't terribly far in, but a week ago I was encouraged to DM and it was my understanding I could do whatever I wanted (3.5 D&D) but I guess not. :mad: :( I understand the concern but I wish I hadn't been shut down quite like that. Oh well.
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    Help me with D&D Lore: Beneath the Waves

    Good luck! Unfortunately my group didn't go for my campaign pitch so it's back to the ol' drawing board. *sigh*
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    Help me with D&D Lore: Beneath the Waves

    Alright, Ill check those out. Thanks.
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    Help me with D&D Lore: Beneath the Waves

    I am putting together a D&D campaign that takes place exclusively under the water. The premise being that the world above experienced a cataclysm (The Age of Fire) that covered nearly the entire world in water, save for a few mountaintops. The undersea races have now taken over, advancing...
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    D&D 5E You find a magical _____, it does _____

    Hairbrush of the Nine Dooms Atropos, the eldest of the fates, was once known as Clotho, and was a fair maiden. She brushed her hair until it shone like gold, and any hairs caught in the brush would be woven into fate itself. But things seldom last, and Clotho grew older, changing her name to...
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    Classic PC Races for 5e - Warforged, Shifter, and more

    I feel like the Shifter subrace bonuses are far too powerful.
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    So what do you guys think of 2nd edition psionics?

    While I owned the books, it wasn't until 3rd edition D&D that I actually began playing. Nonetheless, I owned several books and one of my favorites was the Psionics Handbook. It's the only version of the psionicist that I have seen that actually felt like it's own thing: PSPs instead of spell...
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    Thinking of running a Shadowrun game... any advice for me?

    I have to admit I am a bit on the fence here. I like the comments about how SR might be adapted to SW because that's pretty useful to me. I will probably have to consult my players on how much they care about the rule set, and what they all like.
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