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SShiroiken reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with
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The main audience are people familiar with modern board games: the Play Guide booklet is laid out like a modern board game manual, and... -
SShiroiken reacted to Imaro's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Yeah I have the set and I'm totally confused by this rant and what it's claiming... especially because they are saying there wasn't a...
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SShiroiken reacted to Thommy H-H's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
I feel very strongly that this is going to be one of those threads that goes on for 30 pages of people complaining about or attempting...
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SShiroiken reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with
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Come on they are just setting the expectations for new DMs. "We haven't included any rules because your players won't read them or even... -
SShiroiken reacted to Thommy H-H's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
So if you look at Todd Kenreck's unboxing video, you'll see here he flicks through the Play Guide book. That contains the game rules and...
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SShiroiken reacted to Thommy H-H's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
It sounds like you were missing one of the books. No other reviews have mentioned that the set doesn't contain the actual rules. Edit...
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SShiroiken reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
If you can just use any stat you want for any task you want, you might as well just dump the lot and give everyone a single, fixed...
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SShiroiken reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
You're asking us to find a way to convince your DM to use CHA to find secret doors? Maybe just accept you have a party of dum-dums and...
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SShiroiken reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General What is your favorite d&d world's one unique thing. with Like.
Dragonlance had Draconians (NOT Dragonborn) and lacked Orcs. I only had a couple PCs that fought Orcs as I stopped playing D&D not long...
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SShiroiken reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General What is your favorite d&d world's one unique thing. with Like.
I would say Birthright is my favorite setting. It’s one unique thing? Magical power is inextricably tied to the land and its people and...
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SShiroiken reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
1. I only run homebrew settings, so avoiding it is not specifically about Eberron. 2. I am just not into magitech, artificing, warforged...
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SShiroiken reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
I love it, but running it at least somewhat close to how it's intended by either WotC or Mr. Baker requires pulling from a lot of tropes...
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SShiroiken replied to the thread D&D General What is your favorite d&d world's one unique thing..Greyhawk, because of the lore. While most of the lore would be considered "generic" by modern standards, Greyhawk is the reason for a...
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SShiroiken reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D General I need some lore help for the Lord of the First (Baator) with
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Tiamat rules the 1st Hell! It says so right there in my MM, and nothing WotC says will ever convince me otherwise! -
SShiroiken reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General How to Make Travel Meaningful and Interesting with Like.
Admittedly my method works best when you let go of the idea of "the adventure" as a story element that has highest priority.