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TheHand reacted to timbannock's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with
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Repeating what others have said, but maybe with my own spin... Absolutely brutal editing. Whatever words the author things are... -
TheHand reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
I agree. I tried this with Tomb of Entropy, and got lots of good feedback on it.
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TheHand reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+] with Like.
Proper color contrast; neon yellow text on a white background is hard to read; be aware of color blindness pitfalls too (Mork Borg gets...
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TheHand reacted to billd91's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
We take things fairly easy in our 5e game with the 1s/20s, using them as designed for attack rolls (miss/crit, respectively). But we...
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Looking forward to learn more about this at PAX this weekend...
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Nearly always GM. I'd like to try daggerheart as a player at some point.....
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TheHand reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
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...
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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.