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One of the things I like about the new Starter Set is the good villain hooks it includes. Everybody loves a good villain. * * *... -
Quartz replied to the thread [D&D 5e 2024] Heroes of the Borderlands.And that folks, is how long-term enemies - the ones players love to hate - are made.
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Thanks for the kudos. In a few of my past stories I polled the readership about their favorite characters. The rapscallion smart-asses...
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Quartz reacted to TiwazTyrsfist's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with
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Exactly. My favorite was the "Sword of Reincarnation" It was a +1 longsword enchanted with Reincarnate so that any creature killed by... -
Chapter 9 There were four of them, dressed in red robes with black hoods that came forward to completely conceal their faces. Their...
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Thanks, GuyBoy. Over the years I’ve published six other completed stories here: Travels through the Wild West (3e/Forgotten Realms)...
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Quartz reacted to Lazybones's post in the thread The Doomed Bastards: Reckoning (story complete) with Like.
Bumping my most-read ENWorld story to let my thread subscribers know I'm writing a new 5e story based on the recently-released Heroes of...
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Quartz reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate? with Like.
With social checks, I also ask myself the question of whether the two (or more) people involved have different desired outcomes. If the...
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Quartz replied to the thread D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate?.A key maxim is that you only roll when the result is in doubt. I gave this a lot of thought when trying to square how those fighters...
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Quartz reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate? with Like.
If you are going to make the player running a character trying a seduction attempt to 'play it out' then be fair, and make the player...
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Quartz reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) [Let's Read] Sands of Doom: a D&D Sandbox where you fight an army of Fantasy Egyptian Gnolls! with Like.
This chapter covers the regional setting of Sands of Doom as a whole, looking at it from a big picture overview. Details and...
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Quartz replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Fireball Vs Chromatic Orb Late Tier 2 Thoughts..You guys are being insufficiently sneaky with Fireball, especially on the DM side. Consider the healing effect on an Iron Golem...
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Quartz replied to the thread D&D General D&D weapons vs reality.There's a YouTube video, The Knight of Hope, which argues otherwise.
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I have been thinking about that too. Combat checks and skill checks are both types of ability checks so it just makes sense (and easy to...
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Quartz replied to the thread D&D General D&D weapons vs reality.I thoroughly enjoyed it. He demonstrates with visual examples. He even suggests improvements or alternatives like letting a whip trip...
