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Pedantic reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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For a lot of cases with a setting, it may be one that's been run with before - just with a new set of players for a new campaign... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.....I really shouldn't have brought up tortles in my initial "stuff you might not include in a proposed setting" example. That was...
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Pedantic reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I ran a game a while ago with the following PC races: Humans Hobgoblins Bogarts (roughly equivalent to a small D&D orc or large D&D...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes.I've always had a soft spot for True Sorcery.
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Pedantic reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR Looking for OSR that specializes in exploration and eventual founding of a keep with Like.
Man, that's what my Shadowdark campaign is about. I might just steal all the haven management stuff from this.
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Pedantic reacted to plecostomus's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
The 2024 PHB lore text for Warlocks and Clerics, fwiw. Warlock Warlock additionally has under the Pact Magic feature: I don't see a...
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Pedantic reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
The first two levels are spent waiting tables. It takes time to fully radicalize a paladin.
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Pedantic replied to the thread OSR Looking for OSR that specializes in exploration and eventual founding of a keep.You might like Trespasser? It's got a much more character ability forward combat setup than most OSR games, but a thoroughly explicated...
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Pedantic replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.While trying to find a reasonable priced copy of the textbook Characteristics of Games (George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield & K. Robert...
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Pedantic reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I can see this is a serious discussion.
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Well now you're into the toolbox vs. self-contained genre option. Personally, I would much prefer a game that is internally consistent...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.I think you're catastrophizing a little here. There's usually a little more going on, particularly in a gaming situation where setting...
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Pedantic reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I have tried, over the past few years, to look at the design from this perspective: Which direction is easiest to move away from, but...
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Pedantic reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with Like.
I amended my OP to add "to say nothing of sealing their fate in never getting work in the gaming industry again" as a one-word addition...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.That looks a lot more to me like the problem was the monster not having the same number of actions as the party. And as he calls out in...