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Xamnam reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with
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Above and beyond anything else in the thread, this is a lesson I wholeheartedly embrace and wish more GMs would heed. Doesn't matter... -
Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
No.
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Xamnam reacted to Blue's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
If for you, fights being overly short, and the dice mattering more than the characters and tactics are strong features, I'm not going to...
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Xamnam replied to the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T.Yeah, I really like this blog post by John Harper about "crossing the line", and the difference between asking a player to take...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
No, you just need to not label the things you like as "good". Try just labeling them as "things I like". I feel like I'm a good DM, in...
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Xamnam reacted to TheHand's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I think for me, turning off my GM brain lets me enjoy the player experience more and shuts off any impulses to “backseat drive”.
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Xamnam reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
It’s just another style of play. 🤷♂️ Calling it a “GM Don’t” sounds extreme.
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Xamnam reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Daggerheart builds in a degree of player-contribution as a core expectation. It's in the Player's Agenda/Principles, and the GM stuff as...
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Xamnam reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I go with players' preferences. 13th Age has good advice. Ask for input but if no one has an idea you can step in and provide the...
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Xamnam reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Oh yes, by default any background flavor about ANY class should be wholly irrelevant to in-game play. I too, have witnessed a-hole DMs...
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It's kind of pointless to debate personal taste or convictions. People like or hate D&D on their own scales of mechanical preferences...
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I refuse to take responsibility for that monstrosity. I was half drunk when I wrote the OP and expected it to fade into obscurity within...
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Xamnam reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Right but people are advocating for here is the idea that anyone who chose to play a Warlock signed up for an intrusive boss, which is...
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I mean we’ve been playing it a lot throughout the playtest - trying things as they were released and switching to the new rules felt...
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Ok but a lot of the context I see it discussed in is absolutely looking at 3e+ D&D play in a very pejorative sense. "Oh you just look at...
