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SkidAce replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Take a linear adventure or adventure path. It could be looked at as the scenarios in that adventure, in that order, are the most... -
SkidAce reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with
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More importantly is the fact that the adventures themselves didn't have enough detail about them for the gm to say literally anything... -
SkidAce replied to the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin.In my case, that's a feature.
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SkidAce reacted to Aeson's post in the thread Moya, ‘the World’s First Biomimetic Robot’ Emulates Human Features Down to Body Temperature with
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SkidAce reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General What Does Your Cosmology Look Like? with Like.
I tried this, then realized while sorting out the pantheons that all these deities needed (preferably off-world) places to live and call...
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SkidAce reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread D&D General What Does Your Cosmology Look Like? with Like.
Largely undefined, until the PC actually start visiting other planes. Generally you should expect to be able to visit the afterlife...
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SkidAce reacted to Azzy's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
While Lord Soth is pretty important to DL, Death Knights predate that setting. /pedantry
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SkidAce reacted to Fifinjir's post in the thread D&D General What Does Your Cosmology Look Like? with Like.
There are “Heavenly” and “Earthly” realms. For the earthly realms, they’re more like layers of one place than separate places. For...
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SkidAce reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General What Does Your Cosmology Look Like? with Like.
Originally I kept things vague to my players, but high level DnD tends to lead to planes-hopping or at least visiting other planes, so...
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SkidAce reacted to cimbrog's post in the thread D&D General What Does Your Cosmology Look Like? with Like.
My favorite was the old "corrupted layers" model I used for a Diablo-inspired game years ago. At the center is the Earth. Surrounding...
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SkidAce reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
All I am saying is - this is the quest. This is the final objective. Yes, DMs set DCs all the time, and they take into account many...
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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D General Hasbro CEO Says AI Integration Has Been "A Clear Success".Its not like we haven't had millions of novels and movies predicting that result...I mean how could they have known... /sarcasm
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SkidAce reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Also, define "proceed". Proceed... to what, exactly? If you have a particular goal towards which you want to proceed, there's going to...
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SkidAce reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
As a player: When I feel that my decisions doesn't matter. Compare with videogames: Linear game where you are NOT railroaded: Mass...
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SkidAce reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
In my opinion those people's opinions can simply be discounted. It's quite literally the game play loop for D&D. 1) The DM describes...