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UngainlyTitan reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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Yes…that’s what being “hard” means. If Dming was easy I would do it right the first time and need little to no practice. Dming is a... -
UngainlyTitan reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I think DMing is both easy and hard. Most people can DM and be at least adequate. But even though I've been DMing forever and have...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
You could just as easily write a campaign where the rules reflect humans being expansionistic and exploitive (overall, not individuals...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
Unless you want it to: one could use 3.5 DMG demograpbic generators in 5E, if one so desired. Rules don't care either way.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
The assumption of the rules is that the setting is independent of the rules. And that is achieved by assuming player characters are...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
We are over a hundred pages in. What are these supposed rules assumptions that impact workd design...? A Humanocentric world and a...
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We loved it, including the KPOP and the lyrics. A classic, I would say. Mythical black & white storytelling with a redemption and...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
DMing is taxing. It’s difficult in that manner as you are generally organizer, referee, encyclopedia, creator and playwright. I’ve...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I am not a fan of 2024, but it is literally the first DMG to provide short adventures you can plug in anywhere.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
There's also the familiarity factor. When you literally have no idea how the rules work, it looks--and feels--like magic, a black box...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I think it is medium. The amount of soft skills necessary to become good at DM'ing is far higher than a wide variety of other games. And...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Greg K's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I can't speak for new players, but I have seen experienced players/DMs less tolerant of experienced players taking up the mantle of DM...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
We need to compare this to a thread where people complain about terrible DMs.
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..The people that are mostly like to view the metric for being able to do a thing, particularly if that thing is DM'ing are the people...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
A few things. Work vs hard work. No, running games isn’t that hard. But it is work. A lot more work than most players realize. A lot...