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I think your definition of prep is a lot wider than most folks', but unless @M.T. Black wants to give us a definition, it's gonna...
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I'd go so far to say that it's impossible to do zero prep. Every bit of genre fiction you encounter is prep for your next game. Even the...
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I will say that, in my experience, most players tend to value the experience more if they think that it's been prepped beforehand, if...
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It's kind of my default setup. Moment-to-moment, it's mostly just reacting to the players' actions. I'll usually have some sense of a...
Jun 21, 2025
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Agreed. The most important point is that a DM who wants to try winging it shouldn’t feel some kind of imperative to spend multiple...
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Probably at least as good if people don't feel somehow inferior if it doesn't work for them. Probably best to encourage people to try...
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Yes. What I was saying is that literally doesn't work at/for all tables. I'm aware how it does work--I've been at tables where it did. I...
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Why do you guys keep posting this nonsense? Pathfinder outsold 4e multiple times. That, and PF1e was the most-played ttrpg on Roll20 for...
Jun 21, 2025
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Will Daggerheart beat D&D? I don't think so. Even with CR audience. Kesley's got a much smaller audience than CR and Shadowdark seems to...
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I played in such a convention game run by Tim Kask and even he couldn't make it particularly fun, though the players were experienced...
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That will depend more than a little on your players, and how much time you're willing to devote at the start of your first session...
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No time better than the present. This way, when it does happen and everyone's looking around in shock, I can be the guy that says "Told...
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CR is massive by our standards. But its viewership is a fraction of D&D players. And only a fraction of those will buy their game. It’s...
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I do know that over on the Critical Role subreddit there are people saying that if their Campaign 4 were to use Daggerheart instead of...
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