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SShiroiken replied to the thread D&D General Why wouldn't you run a Dark Sun game?.I think it's a fine setting, it's just not my cup of tea. I've played in a couple of Dark Sun campaigns and had a lot of fun. As a DM...
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SShiroiken reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location with
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Definitely. Interestingly I think the conflicts I mentioned above are largely untapped. Other than the repeated Zhent invasions of... -
SShiroiken reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location with
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With 5.5e Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set to release in just a few months, I was thrilled to learn that the Dalelands will be one... -
SShiroiken reacted to Lazybones's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
Darkness is a choice. A -5 to Passive Perception is a significant penalty, especially in an area where there are traps or monsters...
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SShiroiken reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
My response to this is simply to nerf or remove most options that circumvent challenges like light and food (basic survival...
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SThe first and most important thing a city (or any settlement, for that matter) needs is a reliable source of fresh water, usually a river.
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SShiroiken reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with
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Some of us read: Wizards of the Coast Head Explodes... ;) -
SShiroiken reacted to dave2008's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
I found this part interesting: It cuts both ways of course, but encouraging people to play in person is a good goal IMO.
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SShiroiken reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Sounds expensive. 13 classes x 20 levels = 260 mats. Or 130 if you double-side them.
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SShiroiken reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Heroes of the Borderlands, which is Dungeons & Dragons' upcoming new starter set, is one of the largest starter sets the game has ever...
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SShiroiken reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
My warlock player -- who remade his wizard into a warlock as far back as 3E -- actually came to me with a bunch of ideas of how I could...
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SShiroiken reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
A whole lot of the warlock, cleric, and paladin class fiction is dependent on serving a higher power. It’s weird and “a-fictional” to...
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SShiroiken reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
This feels extremely hypothetical at this point. AD&D had a whole lot of ways to "back up" or DM-proof spellbooks for a reason. But the...
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SShiroiken reacted to Wolfram stout's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I think a lot of player concern/pushback comes from online people seemingly licking their chops at playing "gotcha"with the warlock...
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SShiroiken reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
This dichotomy bugs me as well, but I think the primary answer is that we're talking about two different groups of warlock players here.