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renbot reacted to Gus L's post in the thread Shadowdark Best inspiration/advice for developing a Shadowdark adventure and eventual campaign? with
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I generally get my inspiration for locations - for location based adventures, which Shadowdark uses generally, from reading about real... -
renbot reacted to lynnfredricks's post in the thread OSR What's more important for a retroclone? with Like.
I think its a case of people thinking "OSR" rather than specifically the term "retroclone." But it is a good point that people seem to...
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renbot replied to the thread Shadowdark Best inspiration/advice for developing a Shadowdark adventure and eventual campaign?.Oh, the Gygax Appendix N. Sorry I had brain-flatulence. Thanks for the advice everyone.
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renbot reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread Shadowdark Best inspiration/advice for developing a Shadowdark adventure and eventual campaign? with Like.
You aren't missing anything -- it is the list of literary inspiration Gygax included in the AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide. Goodman Games...
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renbot reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Shadowdark Best inspiration/advice for developing a Shadowdark adventure and eventual campaign? with Like.
I personally adore the random dungeon generation system. Grab a handful of dice and drop.them on a paper. Now you have a map and the...
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renbot replied to the thread Shadowdark Best inspiration/advice for developing a Shadowdark adventure and eventual campaign?.OK, I kinda feel like an idiot, but my Shadowdark doesn't have an "appendix N." Is there somewhere else I should be looking?
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renbot posted the thread Shadowdark Best inspiration/advice for developing a Shadowdark adventure and eventual campaign? in D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants.I'm getting ready to run my first Shadowdark adventure and I REALLY want my gaming group to like it as much as I do. I am a D&D forever...
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renbot reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I prefer to run warlock patrons as working like actual patronage does. A patron gives money to an artist to enable them to keep making...
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renbot reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I think the warlock is one of the better designed 5e classes, I think it would be great if the cleric and druid mechanics were more like...
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renbot reacted to Snute's post in the thread Critical Role to Use D&D 2024 Rules For Campaign Four, Expands to Three Tables and Thirteen Players with Like.
Bummer, I hoped it would be Daggerheart. Whatever, more important is the story and chemistry of the cast, it will still be good I'm sure.
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I have it - got it with store credit from my LGS. I'm starting to think D&D is too deadly and adversarial. Since 2014 I've had only one...
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renbot reacted to VenerableBede's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
In fictional worlds there's nothing wrong with exploring concepts that don't exist in the world, such as inherently evil...
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renbot reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Except that in a fantasy world, it doesn't have to be a cultural thing. You can have all dwarves inherently knowing the dwarven...
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renbot reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
Talking about our gaming experiences gives us the opportunity to sanity check, compare impressions with and get feedback from other...
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renbot reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Representing afflictions in D&D 5e - which do you think work best/least dislike. with Like.
Some of these are very DIFFERENT effects! I would not use the same system for Disease that I'd use for Energy Drain, for instance. I...
