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RRetreater reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? with
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Have you shown her Shadowdark? That might fit the style she's aiming for more than A5e which is pretty super-heroic fantasy. Someone... -
RRetreater replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.She thinks it's difficult to challenge characters and that there are too many HP in 5e. (I don't disagree.) Also, the rules changes are...
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RRetreater replied to the thread Phase 5 of the MCU is over.Of all those titles, I've seen only Deadpool & Wolverine. Guardians of the Galaxy was my favorite Marvel movie, but I haven't been able...
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RNext week, I'll be flying down to San Diego for the memorial service for my friend, who also was a gamer, Wayne Sherman, who passed in...
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RJames Picard, no one famous, but a weekly regular at my own gaming table since 2008, died last night after a short but valiant battle...
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RRetreater reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? with Like.
Continuing that thought a bit... I don't know your table, but it is quite possible that, if most of you are experienced players, and...
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RRetreater replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.Yes. And I don't mind things being tougher. I just want to know the rules going into it. I can't plan for expectations of play if I...
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RRetreater replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.We did have a session zero. No specific rule changes were discussed. It was mostly just for character creation. During a long rest.
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RRetreater replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.No. But the player frustration is palpable. I'd like all of us to have a good time (or at least to speak up for myself).
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RRetreater replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.After the last session, I did request that we go over houserules before the start of the next session so we could be on the same page.
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RRetreater reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? with Like.
I think you don't. Let her make her mistakes. We all made mistakes when we started (and still do). Compliment her on the stuff she's...
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RRetreater posted the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? in *Dungeons & Dragons.As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’m a Forever GM who tends to be a “bad player” on the rare occasions I get to play. I don’t...
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RRetreater reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I pulled my off the shelf and boxed them up. Every time I've gotten rid of RPG books I've regretted it.
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RRetreater reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Selling my Goodman stuff, other than my TSR OARs for the moment, this weekend. Maybe my feelings will change about the company in the...
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RRetreater replied to the thread The Entire TTRPG Hobby Post-Mortem.I did a couple sample encounters with my wife, just to test before I ran on the podcast. She really enjoyed the system. Even at 1st...
