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TheSword reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location with
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Juat about the only thing we do know for certain about the Dalelands section of the new book is that it is being positioned in-universe... -
TheSword reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location with Like.
I mean, Ed Greenwood was always extremely supportive of people using other areas, and eager to provide more hooks for that...but you can...
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TheSword reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location with
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When I first picked up the 3E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting two decades ago, I think I had a bit of a prejudice against the... -
TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location.Definitely. Interestingly I think the conflicts I mentioned above are largely untapped. Other than the repeated Zhent invasions of...
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TheSword reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location with Like.
I think it is no accident that the best drawn out and most interprets in the original FR are Shadowdale and Waterdeep, considering that...
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TheSword posted the thread D&D General Reasons I Love the Dalelands as a Campaign Location in *Dungeons & Dragons.With 5.5e Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set to release in just a few months, I was thrilled to learn that the Dalelands will be one...
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TheSword replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.I think you’ve over complicated it though. The player was asked to describe how a successful Toll the Dead spell killed an NPC. And...
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TheSword replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.Oooooo. The idea 💡 of getting XP for fighting against your motivation is pretty darn good too! I’m pinching that to add in.
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TheSword reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
My favorite PBTA’s XP move includes “did you act in accordance with or struggle against your instinct” which functions very similar...
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TheSword replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.It feels unfair because you weren’t expecting it. Somewhat arbitrary. At the end of my WFRP sessions I award a player an extra 50XP if...
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TheSword reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Yeah, and there's at least two sides of "paint the scene" (link to the excellent blog about this technique), right? There's "here's a...
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TheSword reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I love Daggerheart and its ethos of "Ask they players questions and incorporate the answers." I immediately gravitated toward it and...
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TheSword reacted to Kromanjon's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
To me this sounds fine. I don't see any problems in players describing their character's actions, feelings and background (withing the...
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TheSword replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.Very interesting reading this thread and it’s made me aware of something I’ve only started doing since DMing for new people. I would...
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TheSword reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
What about my example of an NPC saying to a player character "wow, that's a nice sword you have there. Where did you get it? (assuming...