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TheHand reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I mean, it depends! If the campaign has a high fantasy, sci-fi or gonzo feel, I'm all for it! Planescape? Numenera? Adventure Time... -
TheHand reacted to Xamnam's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I do think that the title of the thread is more likely to entice people who already agree with your position, and make those who are on...
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TheHand reacted to Gradine's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I was a bit disappointed because I thought this thread would be talking about circus troupes as a framing device for an adventuring...
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TheHand reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by...
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TheHand reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Depends entirely on the tone and setting of the campaign. Fine for some campaigns, wrong for others. Expectations (and how much exactly...
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TheHand replied to the thread Battletech RPG.I’ve actually never played any PbTA games, but the concept seems interesting! I’d be curious to hear how it ends up working.
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TheHand replied to the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them?.With most of the posters here where I use whatever crit mechanics the system calls for. I always liked D&D 4e’s nat-20 crit rule where...
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TheHand reacted to saviirkad's post in the thread D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It? with Like.
As a player, my preference is story-based milestones that I don't require to be visible; no XP whatsoever. As a DM I run it the same...
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TheHand reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with Like.
The bookkeeping of xp is about as fun as tracking ammo, water skins, and food supplies of old school D&D. Milestone and never looked back.
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TheHand reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with Like.
As a couple examples from Sly Flourish's webpage: 2018 poll of 2444 respondents found 56% use Milestone vs 26% use XP (and 18% other)...
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I played Mac Warrior first edition, but the rules never really stuck with my players so we switched over to using classic traveler which...
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Summer of 1981, Traveller LBB was our second RPG, after D&D BX. Sadly we only played one session. The GM never followed with his...
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...i'll do feature films by decade, starting from the space age... 1950s - The Forbidden Planet 1960s - 2001: A Space Odyssey 1970s -...
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TheHand reacted to Bohandas's post in the thread What Bit Of Fan Fic/Edit/Theory Made a Thing Better or even GREAT For You? with
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Has anyone talked yet about the idea of the movie Event Horizon being a prequel to Warhammer 40000 -
TheHand reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
How about: Put a very brief history/backstory at the beginning of the adventure that only has the essential information the GM will...