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PPamphylian replied to the thread Should traps have tells?.Like many things in ttrpgs, I think the metric for "is x good" or "should I x" is does it create fun or interesting choices. A tell is...
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P100% agree. Give the players choices at some point in the process. Part of that might be letting them know there is a trap and let them...
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PYes and no. It depends what you’re using them for. But the essence is that a trap is meant to be interacted with. That’s the key thing...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.Yeah - I absolutely want my players doing all of the above. I want them with ties to the world as they grow in power and I want them...
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PPamphylian reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with
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Those weird utility items are always way more interesting than a flat plus item. Having to go find a wizard and negotiate, risking the... -
PPamphylian reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
Steal from rival kingdom: target on your back until the rival king is replaced by a lackey. Gift from the queen: oh, she'll never let...
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PPamphylian reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
This is where we have philosophical difference. For me, D&D is a game of high adventure. We're kicking down doors, fighting vicious...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.All great options! But I'd also want there to be the option of repairing a wrecked ship (for money), or taking out a ruinous high...
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PPamphylian reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
At the risk of sounding like a smug, pompous know-it-all--I don't want to come across that way, but I am one so I can't always help it--...
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PPamphylian reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
That sounds . . . circular ;) If OP is glad to not be using gold, great! But I'm agreeing: money is one way you navigate in-game...
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PPamphylian reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
I would 100% rather give my PCs an alchemy jug and wait for the shenanigans than give them a +2 sword.
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PPamphylian reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
If you have to do a magic shop, I think Ptolus -- which has one of them in a major metropolis -- does it right. The items are...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.Yeah a magic shop that you just walk buy downtown is kind of demystifying. A wizard with a particular item that maybe he will part with...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.I admit to liking a bit of domain play and proper war gaming in D&D sometimes but I think I basically agree with this. But I don't see...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.This is something I (aspire to) solve in the opposite way. I want to give treasure more meaning by providing increasingly impactful...