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"Other" - all of the above, with one exception: straight hit point damage is boring. Affliction effects should be highly variable...
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So all @pemerton ’s talk of ‘Best Interests’ and using them to provide alternative spurs to story than maps and events, reminded me of...
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There was something I missed out actually. Is there mileage in malignancy effects being represented by a flaw. Similar to how madness...
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I ran it here PBP (we haven't quite finished) and IRL years ago. I don't particularly like the death curse itself and I find the...
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I completed this as a player and loved it. Later read it through. I echo a lot of what @Retreater said; I’d add that Level Up A5E’s...
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My favourite would be ability score damage, because it's simple to track in 5e (compared to other editions) and still gives enough...
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I've run this adventure twice. The first time was more by-the-book. I had the Death Curse going from the start, and the PCs missed a lot...
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A zombie t-rex that regurgitates humanoid zombies no less! And a living t-rex that is covered in feathers and can teleport around!
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I have more than a couple of criticisms for Cubicle 7. They can be flighty, spread themselves too thin and can take a long time to...
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Interesting. My players never went that way so I only skimmed it. When I run again I would want to put far more effort into the five...
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I love VTT, but I’ve also played a long campaign face to face. Again with people new to the system. Lots of the folks that play VTT...
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It's got a zombie t-rex. Anything after that is gravy.
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The Foundry module is pretty cool. It comes with an option on initialization to chose between 2014 or update to 2024 which I thought was...
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Disadvantage on a Specific Type of Check is my least dislike because you still can succeed at that check even with the lower roll, or...
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