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payn replied to the thread D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?.I don’t treat the physical stats any differently. What is 13 str compared to 14? Long ago I stopped trying to quantify the scores and... -
payn replied to the thread D&D (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?.Im not sure why 4 or 8 works better than 6?
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Yeah, I call my game a hexcrawl, but they’re mostly a tool for me to determine how long it takes to get somewhere and a currency for...
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payn replied to the thread The Good Sandbox Thread [+].PoD Traveller tonight! Players just wrapped Honour Among Thieves. Cant wait to see what they get into next!
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payn reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General Sandbox and/or/vs Linear campaigns with
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Six individual players doing different things is more time consuming that one group doing something. If your opinion is to the... -
For me, "sandbox" RPGing is about players taking the lead. Blind choices aren't very consistent with that. And extensive GM gating of...
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payn reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Apparently.
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payn replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Are there enough Ribins to do a full alignment chart???
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payn reacted to Richards's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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Uh oh: we all know what happens when Robin drives the Batmobile off a bridge.... Johnathan -
payn reacted to Wolfram stout's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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My wife got hit by a brown recluse, yeah not fun. And I kid you not in addition to the normal painful treatments it triggered an adult... -
payn reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Lots and lots of writers and thinkers have valued the time where they were doing other stuff -- the gym is a good one here -- where your...
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payn reacted to Riley's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Form Factor/Book Size? with Like.
I prefer 8.5x11. I’m pretty good at skimming, so having more text on the page makes it quicker to skim a lot of text. Flipping pages...
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payn reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, that's an opportunity, but it won't be one you can exploit by being confrontational. If you are actually curious about their...
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payn reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, sorry folks, but, that conversation was getting far, far too antagonistic to be continued, so, questions about "better" or "worse"...
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payn reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
-- Do you, the reader, actually have a lot of free time during the week? My kid is an adult now, I've had a stable but often...