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General. The author told me it can easily be used with Dungeons & Dragons. -
Thomas Shey reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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@el-remmen, my current game is similar. I'm running Out of the Abyss and it starts off with the PC's being prisoners of hte Drow and... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.Hmmm. That might be worth a read. Is it generalized or aimed at particular systems or kinds of system?
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More new reading for 2025 (though I expect it will also tip over into 2026). Carved in Stone: A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts (RPG...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Out of curiosity, would a Veil do when those come up? The reason I ask is that I respect the idea of safety tools, but maaan I can't...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
There are at least two categories of situation where honest people of good will can’t just plan ahead avoid them. 1. Someone is...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I'd say some players care about worldbuilding if they do it. Some really don't, except in the broadest sense possible. They're there...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I have to admit, this is kind of my favorite way to watch horror films. Going in with as little knowledge as possible, not knowing what...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Yeah, that’s not something I’d do to anyone I liked, or might like. I myself like nearly all those movies you named…but none of them are...
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Thomas Shey reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Saying people should play horror games without safety tools is like saying the audience doesn’t get to know which horror movie they’re...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I think this, right here, is the basic issue. This is something that is quite common IME. It's not that players don't care. It's that...
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Thomas Shey reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Completely agree. Players will care about setting lore as their character starts to experience it in the game, and not before. If they...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.That's the point. There was no functional way for them to play in those games, because the setting wouldn't work right without those...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
But, generally, that's not the issue. No one has a problem with having objectively evil sapient beings in D&D. The dev's certainly...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
That's the rub; a good player can make a Dragonborn warlock fit like a glove and and a bad player can make a human fighter stick out...