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    D&D General Stop Yapping, Start Playing: Trimming GM Descriptions

    sure except that player 2 and 3 have both taken additional actions that give the DM a chance to add additional information focussing on the stained glass window "as you pull out your tools to start cutting out the windowframes you notice that the stained glass depicts the story of the fallen...
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    D&D General Stop Yapping, Start Playing: Trimming GM Descriptions

    The single heavy oak door opens to a broad stonebuilt chamber with heavy tapestries against the walls and a twin row of six pillars leading out to an archway on the other side of the room. The air is crisp, carrying the faint tang of incense, while dim torchlight throws long, shifting shadows...
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    D&D General Stop Yapping, Start Playing: Trimming GM Descriptions

    The Grand Hall overwhelms with the scent of old oak, bitter wax, and a hint of lavender drifting from a marble vase. Stained-glass scatters a kaleidoscope of light across the mosaic floor whose beasts and vines seemingly writhe challenging you to enter. Aspects: 1. Heavy with Old Scents, 2...
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    D&D General Games Economies

    Personally I like the abstraction of Wealth mechanics where things are purchased via rolling Wealth v DC and Lumber Mill and Trade Route are Domain Assets. The Bastion system could have been so much more if they had gone more in that direction. Its easy enough to convert dungeon treasure to...
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    Spoilers Peacemaker Season 2 (Spoilers)

    My first thought was some kind of 'stepford wives' set up, especially with Hardcourts character being the perfect girlfriend. But then Blue Dragon was a clue too
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    Spoilers Peacemaker Season 2 (Spoilers)

    yeah I guessed that the name Blue Dragon while being the national hero was also a big nod to the KKK rank, but going full swastika on the flag was a little too blatant. I didn't expect the Trio to be sent in against a Kaiju, nor the cameo and I too have discovered new genre of music I hadnt...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?

    For dexterity you are delicately running you fingers over the wall, feeling for any unexpected depressions or grooves that indicate a possible join or pivot. Charisma is either interogation or possibly looking for social clues in howca room is laid out to notice anything unexpected. That might...
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    Hey look, there's a new Robin Hood show coming with Sean Bean as the Sheriff!

    Eleanor was the administrator of England while Richard was off on the crusades - its going to be interesting to see how Johns rebellion is going to play out in this story. It would certainly help with the 'Game o Thrones' angle
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux

    TEAM LAKE - SHADE-9 - Silent Witness [!SYSTEM ALERT!: High Risk Negotiations. [Subject: Guldred] Agitated [Subject:Lizardfolk] hostile but willing to parlay Mission Directive: Overwatch - Ambush Mode] Shade-9 acknowledged Aywins thanks with a nod but remained silent, observing the relative...
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    Hey look, there's a new Robin Hood show coming with Sean Bean as the Sheriff!

    Yeah Id play that This looks very much derivative of every other version thats gone before - and very CW The Herne the Hunter mythology made it distinctive within the multiverse of Robins
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    D&D General Odd Speak with Dead Question

    If a door is a single unprocessed tree trunk - if its a door made from planks then no, its a processed object not a dead tree
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    OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting

    give it a Back Story which tells us why it exist and how it got to its current state as well as setting the visual design and layout, then give it a Current Story that reflects impacts on the surrounding area and the reason why the PCs are going there in particular (story hooks). Story Nodes...
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    Name an TTRPG You Really Like But Have Never Played/GMed

    Zweihander looks interesting to me, though similar to Warhammer so I do wonder how the experience might differ Outgunned is one I want to try too and has anyone played the Adventure Time RPG yet?
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    D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024

    If its fun and makes them feel good - just do it! You're the DM, you can also do cool tricks to compensate
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