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Off-topic, but a recent trend I've seen that greatly annoys me is adventurers that use 3rd party maps (often Dyson Logos) but the map...
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At least this way you know at a glance what is in the rooms, which helps easily adjudicate things like "did the monsters next door hear...
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That is also true. This is too sparse for me: 1. 3 orcs. 3-12cp each. 2. Pit trap. Giant spider. 3. Ogre. Potion of healing.
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Check out the OSR/NSR modules then. Most by Necrotic Gnome fit that bill. As does Waking of Willowby Hall.
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I expect that the people in this thread have heard of it, but if not, I suggest looking at the Arcane Library for adventures that are...
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I feel like Kobold Press has a nice middle spot with their adventures (at least the ones written for Tales of the Valiant). Let's say...
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But you are actually a DM! You actually run games! I think most DMs with at least a bit experience would agree with you. I was speaking...
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That may be/probably is true for some, but I buy way more modules (adventures, campaigns, settings) than I ever get around to running...
Nov 14, 2025
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Yup, the OG was inspired heavily by The Hidden Fortress, and Akira Kurosawa Samjrai movie about two peasants who traipize through the...
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I sometimes forget that we had this weird end of millenium philosophical debate in action movies.
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Fundamentally its just a joke about how stupid the end of St. Elsewhere was. Endings that recontextualize a whole series, season or...
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That Tommy Westphall thing seems like a meta-contextual joke, the logic behind it doesn't make a lot of sense. It is either a...
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I think the West End Games d6 Star Wars TTRPG mentioned this, and I never got into extended universe (which to me is everything but the...
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I have the feeling that "meant to read" modules sell better because a not so small part of the customerbase only dream of DMing, but...
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