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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    I read EGG words as upset sarcasm.... Maybe i am wrong.
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    D&D (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook reveal: "New Monk"

    I thought that such options were always available. grapple needed free hand, shove too
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    D&D 5E Is Grapple forced movement supposed to care about carrying capacity?

    I always look at CC and weight of grappled creature - if monk can't drag this creature then he can't move when grapple this creature. It's simple
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    D&D (2024) Limiting Short Rests to 2x/day

    Basic duration of SR - 1 hour. Once per LR you can make SR with duration of 10 min.
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    D&D General DMs Guild and DriveThruRPG ban AI written works, requires labels for AI generated art

    Currently existing ai-tools are not AI. Just complex algorithms. I not understand difference between photoshop tools / midjourney / Grammarly / word grammar checker / chatgpt - it is all tools.
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    D&D (2024) What type of ranger would your prefer for 2024?

    I prefer spell-less ranger as base variant because: i can have 1/3 spellcaster ranger i can have 1/2 spellcaster ranger i can have full martial ranger And i think that having different options will be good for ranger
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    D&D (2024) Unearthed Arcana Playtest Packet 6 Video

    My impressions: pls, return Mearls and hire again Monte Cook.
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    D&D (2024) New One D&D Playtest Document: 77 Pages, 7 Classes, & More!

    My impressions: pls, return Mearls and hire again Monte Cook.
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    D&D 5E 5e Monster Stats by Level (not CR)

    Also - I know that WoTC creates average stats hoping that pcs will hit in 65%, but i not understand what hit probability for monsters was in their design documents. i think - ~40% (I hope to rebalance system to make monsters more similar to pc in sense of number of hit-points and average dmg/to...
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    D&D 5E 5e Monster Stats by Level (not CR)

    for similar reasons i began with most simple decision - deadly encounter for me is probability of losing equal 50% But it is not very helpful in describing other levels of challenges .... Also, i think about using encounter building system. I create encounters usually by world requirements. If...
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    D&D 5E 5e Monster Stats by Level (not CR)

    I make mant npc as pc and then convert them to creature statblock, so i calculate cr anyway. i get fighter battlemaster for example at level 20 equal cr13 so if began to finde cr equal to level i would began with simple warrior - fighter champion and use him as baseline
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    D&D 5E 5e Monster Stats by Level (not CR)

    I still trying to made something similar (and delete dependancy of challenge rating and proficiency bonus). My starting point was to calculate CR of standard human fighter champion from 1st to 20 lvl. Second, I set different challenge difficulty framework - hard is fight vs equal enemies (when...
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    Kickstarter The Fury of the Northmen, a 5e-compatible historical fantasy Viking rpg

    I think - it will be useful for backers to have ToC of both books.
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    DDAL Things I learn from being a DM for 400 Adventure League sessions.

    I have similar thoughts. (~ 400 modules and campaign sessions, also all epics from 2nd to 10th season)
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    Release [Chaosium] Announcing Call of Cthulhu in Ukrainian

    It's good news. Слава Україні!
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