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Xenolith234 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Critical Role Critical Role Season 4 DM says encounters will not be balanced. with
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West Marches exploration doesn't have balanced encounters, although a good DM will telegraph the dangers of a given region. If your... -
Xenolith234 reacted to darjr's post in the thread Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode One + with Like.
A thread to discuss episode one directly. Plus thread cause reasons. I’m trying Beacin too, with a free code in the front page.
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Xenolith234 reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General Favorite Forgotten Realms products of all time? with Like.
Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog. The catalog idea itself is not to my taste for a fantasy campaign, but a lot of the stuff in there is cool.
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Xenolith234 reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread Critical Role Critical Role Season 4 DM says encounters will not be balanced. with
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Xenolith234 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
Pats the empty space next to him on the OSR bench invitingly.
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Xenolith234 reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
Its very clean and generic. I'm looking at some older 5E books and yeah you can spot the difference already.
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Xenolith234 reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
I just really don't like the general art direction the D&D books are going in. Curls my lips in the negative way Wayne Reynolds art does.
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Xenolith234 reacted to ghenxx's post in the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant? with Like.
I think my original post was too long. My new elevator pitch: KP is still making books for ToV and they're selling kickstarters like...
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Xenolith234 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Other D&D Variant What is your favorite version of D&D offshoot/D20 fantasy today? Tell us why it is the best! with Like.
Level Up all the way, though I also enjoy Shadowdark a good deal (mostly for different reasons). I really enjoy A5e's attention to...
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Xenolith234 reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant? with Love.
In fairness, I wrote parts of the TOV GMG. They also have the Monster Vault 2 which just came out and has a bunch of other cool stuff...
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Xenolith234 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Lethality, AD&D, and 5e: Looking Back at the Deadliest Edition with Like.
In our case it's quite the opposite: those things have generally succeeded, become popular (hugely so in the case of wild magic), and...
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Xenolith234 reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with Like.
Jacob has some good practical tips above. On the theory side, the reason this loop feels flat is it's not really a gameplay loop...
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Xenolith234 reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons to Release Lorwyn: First Light, a New Digital Expansion Based on Magic: The Gathering World with
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Xenolith234 reacted to bloodtide's post in the thread D&D General Lethality, AD&D, and 5e: Looking Back at the Deadliest Edition with Like.
I'm not so sure it is "many people". There have always been some players that did not like character death. But, by in large, the...