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RRidcully reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with
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Sorry for appealing to expertise, I know it's unfashionable, but I'm a trained science teacher, so I know a heck of a lot about making... -
RRidcully reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
It might be worth making a thread of actual questions players have in play that aren't answered by the boxed set, so that someone can...
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RRidcully reacted to Echohawk's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
Here's a quick inflation-adjusted price comparison of some D&D Starter Sets: And here's the same list sorted by adjusted price:
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RRidcully reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
What you are asking, that we shouldn't lessen the reading/thinking skills necessary to play D&D, is NOT gatekeeping, IMO. These are the...
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RRidcully reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
Reading is a very different ability to comprehension and critical thinking. I’m dyslexic as well as a teacher, so I know a lot about...
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RRidcully reacted to MonsterEnvy's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
This argument is getting a bit silly and hyperbolic. The adventure has a pretty good amount of reading. It leaves some things vague...
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RRidcully reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
No, they didn't. People online decided that's what "monetization" meant, despite zero evidence.
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RRidcully reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
I love that online play is an option when necessary, but agree that in-person play should be the priority. I think that having people...
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RI was one of those folks who didn't like the shift away from racial stat boosts, at first. I didn't like the optional flexibility rule...
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RRidcully reacted to Chaltab'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.
Basically this. Ever since the OGL crisis, some channels have gone off the deep end in terms of trying to spin everything D&D related as...
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RRidcully reacted to AlViking'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.
But there's a big difference between paying someone for a setting book and "bribing" them. The folks behind CR enjoy playing multiple...
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RRidcully reacted to SkidAce'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.
Probably should be a separate thread, but from the perspective of playing from the early 80s to now, and watching social interactions...
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RRidcully reacted to thatOneLinuxDM'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.
Yeah, it's definitely not life or death. I'm personally unconvinced by the claim that Daggerheart is doing extremely well because...
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RRidcully reacted to Umbran'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.
As you yourself then noted, that wouldn't be the scenario. With 5e in Creative Commons, you can have professional support even if WotC...
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RRidcully reacted to Reynard'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.
Who is, of course, unimpeachably unbiased.