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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University with
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Matt Colville's Running the Game video series is right there, free, longer, covers more subjects and is pretty great training for DMs... -
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University.Agree with this. Going to add my own, which are about the...professionalization? of the DM corps. I moved to a new city recently, and in...
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The Firebird reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University with Like.
So some more on this. My misgivings are mostly as an educator. Obviously this isnt actually a Uni course with proper rigor or depth...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University with Like.
Given how heavily D&D in a Castle relies on streamers, I would expect "acclaimed Dungeon Masters" to be more of the same.
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The Firebird reacted to DarkCrisis's post in the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University with
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I've DMed D&D since the tail end of 2E. I will give you tips and tricks at half the cost of DM Uni! Just send me $$ at... -
The Firebird reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University with Like.
deeply mixed feelings on this.
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The Firebird reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Wow.
The word "appropriate" did some lifting in my statement. For example, there are social sciences that are not appropriate for use as... -
The Firebird reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right - good question! Rolling often in the open and claiming your bad rolls, having players experience your frustration is good...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Huh. The social science PhDs I speak to disagree with you. Maybe it didn't take.
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The Firebird reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
Yeah that's my problem with modern (3e+) DnD- it becomes difficult to run a consistent setting that isn't over the top high fantasy...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
Agreed. I'd rather put in the work and have NPCs that don't have weird mechanics PCs can't match (and vice versa, of course).
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The Firebird reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
The dissonance between characters and npc humanoids is something that bothered me and people I've played with in 5e since that first...
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The Firebird reacted to LuisCarlos17f's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
I miss the gladiator class from Dark Sun. It was like a variant class, like the ones from 3.5 Unearthed Arcana, or the archetypes from...
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The Firebird reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
I had an encounter last night against level 7 PCs using the dnd 2024 Gladiator. The gladiators did their job well, but I was surprised...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What happens, metaphysically, when this occurs? Is it possible to learn this power?