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PPiperken reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun - First Impressions with
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Not really. They’re very small, simple adventures, I think they’d work best quest board style. They do look very easy to use, but they... -
PPiperken reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun - First Impressions with Like.
His point isn't that they can't be made to work, just that they're extremely mediocre compared to similar one page modern OSR...
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PPiperken reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio? with
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Yeah, it does a decent job. But I had to re-explain to almost all of my players, every fight, how to do the initiative in Roll 20. <sigh> -
PPiperken replied to the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio?.For my own answer (1:3) this only includes "immediate" prep i.e. what I do maybe a couple days prior to an hour before everyone arrives...
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PPiperken reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio? with Like.
There's some good advice in these resources on how to limit/maximize the effectiveness of your prep time. Been over a years since I...
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POne reason I love modules is that while I love using maps, monsters, and NPCs im not fond of actually making them. Things like the NPC...
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PI'd say probably an average of 1:1 time prepping vs playing. Probably a bit more, because I also frontload a lot of prep at the...
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PPiperken reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio? with Like.
Agreed. I found that after running 5E on FG for years I have so much prep material that it makes running games really simple. What I...
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PPiperken reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio? with Like.
I think one of the effects that modules have had on the hobby is the idea that what you need to run a game is the equivalent of a...
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PIt depends on the prep that the system calls for. I've run one-shots of Wuthering Heights, Cthulhu Dark and In A Wicked Age that...
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PI find this impossible to answer. My prep is very staggered. Some days I can work for 20 minutes, others for 2 hours. I also like prep...
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PPiperken reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread GMs: What is your prep to play ratio? with Like.
It varies quite a bit depending on the given game we’re playing and also where we are at in play. For example, for my recent Mothership...
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PPiperken reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) How To Make High Level 5E Work.For You + with Like.
THIS IS A + THREAD. If you don't think it is possible to enjoy high level play in 5E, awesome! But maybe this isn't the thread for you...
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PPiperken reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Tiers of play, PCs, NPCs and narrative with Like.
Lots of people make high level play seem more daunting than it is. I think part of it is 3.x trauma, which is valid, but high level 5e...
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PPiperken reacted to Alby87's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Tiers of play, PCs, NPCs and narrative with Like.
Except for one shots or small adventures programmed to last for some session, I had three campaigns: one Curse of Strahd, one Tales from...