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zottel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General 3rd party RPGs using the 5e engine: which ones are your favorite? with
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Level Up/A5e, hands down. It takes the 5e ruleset and makes adjustments to add more granularity, to mechanically enable options that I... -
zottel reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread Other D&D Variant Dragonsbane Vs Shadowdark with Like.
Both are excellent games that are worth your consideration. I cannot stress that enough. I do favor one game over the other but that is...
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some with Like.
Ptolus contains several campaigns within it, with one particular one foregrounded that goes from the depths of the Dungeon below up to...
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zottel replied to the thread What's the most efficient way to plan a one-shot TTRPG adventure?.Can't recommend them enough! Just a few evenings ago, I prepped for an upcoming session, where the players chose to cancel the trip to...
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zottel reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread What's the most efficient way to plan a one-shot TTRPG adventure? with Like.
I've researched The Lazy Dungeon Master online in the past and love some of his ideas. One of these days I am getting those books!
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zottel reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Laser Llama's Alternate Druid class with Like.
Primal Surge, firstly. Rather than gaining Wild Shape they get a battery of choices, and Wild Shape is just one of those choices. That...
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Well first of all, a narrative-based supers game? I can't imagine a campaign with a better excuse for PC specialness. 100%! Secondly...
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This is hard to answer because the options are in terms of proportion of encounters and that’s not really how I do it… I voted for...
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For a 6e, I believe some assumptions of D&D need to be maintained, especially for the "5e was my first D&D" cohort. Ancestry, Class...
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Personally I am not a fan of that. I think the current bounded accuracy values are pretty good, but if I was going to do it I would go...
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zottel reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
Have you tried Shadowdark? P.S. I think it's a masterpiece, BTW.
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with
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The answer, as almost always, is to talk to everyone you play with before play begins and Justin Alexander flips over the table mid-game... -
zottel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I do not care for that technique as a player OR GM. As a player I don't want to have control over anything beyond my PC, and as a GM I...
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zottel 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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zottel reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Is Acquisitions Inc. switching to Daggerheart? with Like.
There's no such thing as 'bad engagement'. Even if you're yelling at them for how dumb and wrong they are, you're playing their game...