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Voadam reacted to Horwath's post in the thread 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? with
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Voadam reacted to Hriston's post in the thread 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? with Like.
Do a flashback where you asked around for rumors about where secret doors are located in the dungeon before you left town.
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Voadam reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread 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? with Like.
Everyone dumping Int to 8 is pretty standard in my experience if you don't have an Artificer or Wizard. It's just such a completely...
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Voadam replied to the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-].I can see changelings in particular leading to bad experiences in play. I find warforged and shifters very evocative and have great...
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Voadam reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
At the end of the day I don't really think it's necessary to try and make ones' game "play to the theme"... but rather if one uses the...
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Voadam replied to the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-].In the 3.5 core setting book it is mentioned a few times but not hugely emphasized directly to start, more implicitly. It gets more...
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Voadam replied to the thread Undead Origins.WarEngine RPG-SRDish (747) Microlite20 Undead: Animate Dead power. Animate Dead (+10pts) Animate AE dead figures - undead must remain...
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Voadam reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
Feckin autocorrect! I was trying to avoid the Sam Spade reference and Hercule has a similar role despite not being the hard boiled...
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Voadam reacted to Corone's post in the thread Citing the Deep Magic: An Interview with Lew Pulsipher with Like.
Now that our look at White Dwarf has reached the issues where it is firmly established, I caught up with Lew Pulsipher, game designer...
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Voadam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR The Monster Overhaul (now including The Treasure Overhaul) with Like.
Well, if you're someone who makes bespoke monsters every time -- and I do a lot of this, myself -- big premade books of monsters can...
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Voadam reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General How Much D&D Stuff Is There Anyway? Part 1: Editions with Like.
The OGL fiasco was 2023.
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Voadam reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
Cyberpunk has a lot of noir, so you can always look at that. It’s pretty much the same as regular D&D apart from the questgiver will at...
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Voadam replied to the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-].Noir does not come as naturally to me either. I find the other half of the Eberron tone, pulp, much easier to do. I just imagine how...
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Voadam reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General How Much D&D Stuff Is There Anyway? Part 1: Editions with Like.
The edge case which I see trip people up most often is that Readying an action to cast a spell requires Concentration. You actually cast...
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Voadam replied to the thread Undead Origins.Beacon Illuminating Fantasy RPG Draft version 6 (703) Microlite20 Undead, Undead Creature: ? Skeleton, Undead Skeleton: Animate Dead...