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Thomas Shey reacted to Mecheon's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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I mean, D&D has always been its own setting, ever since Greyhawk. A lot of D&Disms have made their way into standard fantasy but they're... -
I back a lot of Kickstarters. And Backerkit and Twitch.io and I'm sure more than a few other sites. 99% of the time all I am looking for...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Anticipatory Grief (...and transitions) with Like.
I’m so sorry, Umbran. I wanted to wait to offer condolences to when I was able to clear eyed. Failed my save.😢
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Thomas Shey reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread When and where did you learn about Greek/roman and others mythology? with
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One of my favorite classes in college was “Biblical Themes in Literature” with Bates Hoffer. I took it the first semester of my... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread What kinds of games do you like, and why?.Just a note: when talking about wargaming, you really need to make it clear if you're talking about miniatures games, hex-and-chit games...
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Thomas Shey reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
One method I’ve heard of for this is tiered rolling: Put your ability scores into three tiers: A (important for the concept) B...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.There are ways you can set up things to do that, but they're inevitably going to make character generation more complicated than a...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Rocker26a's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
I think that'd be a decent way round it, yeah. It might be helpful in the sense of, offering a loose structure with which to have such a...
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Thomas Shey reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Oh, it's definitely been discussed around here. I can't remember when it last came up--which means it must be several years ago now--but...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Cards are possibly an underutilized randomizer in games. I kind of understand why (depending on things like play space layout they can...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Rocker26a's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
I'm sure this wouldn't be a realistic route for most games or groups, but. To be honest, I at least like the idea of players discussing...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.You'll occasionally see this sort of thing done in superhero games, but as you say I'm not sure its a practical choice for most groups...
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Thomas Shey reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
If I were running it? You could play any of those things. Dragonborn are officially included in Eberron as of 4e (they are native to the...
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Thomas Shey reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Ah, thought this was the name of some person IRL. As for the overall claim, as stated, I wasn't alive when D&D first got started, so I...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana.You can get some interest in games that are heavily focused on survival elements (less over-the-top post apocalypse and survival horror...