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IME fights were pretty much entirely determined on the crits, which isn't unique to 5e but doubling all damage dice gets crazy. Paladin smites and rogue sneak attacks when they are getting crits do a massive amount of damage. Just seeing how the demons princes were pretty much a joke due to...

Basically in your prime attributes you need a 12 on your check, on the rest its an 18. Then there are stat mods of course and difficulty modifiers and you add your level as well. So D20+stat mod+level > 12/18 + difficulty

I run OSE now and love it. The base game is pretty much a re-organized clone of B/X, but with the Advanced rules it mixes in enough AD&D to be nearly perfect for me. Just got my Kickstarter stuff, Advanced Monsters and Advanced Treasure which pretty much makes the game exactly what I want...

My pop had more or less that same battlefield cross tattoo on his arm. Viet Nam vet. Nice work. Its funny he had a couple from the 60's when he was in the Army and then in the 00's started getting more in his 50's-60's, which lead to me getting some...a viscous circle! I keep thinking do I...

I wouldn't mind getting more and I've thrown around the idea of getting some Erol Otis art on me. We will see.

In my current game its losing levels as there is no restoration spell outside finding a wish. They asked "how do we get those levels back?" "Adventure"

The band is back together.

Closest I came was last night when one player's PC had just been raised so he needed 2 weeks of rest before he could do anything other than move at half speed with 1 HP. So when the party ambushed a group of swamp goblins laying in ambush for them I let him run the goblins. Honestly I was kind...

DM mastery is key too. My players know I have a weak spot for stirge swarms, ghouls, and rot grubs.

Even when running a skill system like 5e I tried to tell the players that if you describe something that removes doubt you can avoid the dice. There is a key on the back of one of the drawers in desk. You tell me you are going to take all the drawers out and search them, or physically check...

I gave my 5e books to my best friends son, 19, since him and some friends were wanting to play D&D. We were talking about it and he was going on about how he was going to be a level 50-something character, and all that. Well apparently they looked at those three books, and were just not sure...

I run an Old School Essentials game and play in a 5e backup game. The differences are stark because of how the mechanics of each game differ. I'm still struggling with these guys, who are all around 50 and playing D&D since the early 80's, just wanting to say well I search the room, and there...

Since I got my bitching out I'd suggest making sure people have a good internet connection and a quality microphone/camera setup. Use a good service as well. Zoom works much better than Skype, and I'd use Teams but we don't have a license. Try to make sure you have a good microphone and...

Its kind of how my group has been for over a year as I don't think two of the members have left their house in that time. So since last March we have 5 at the table, with two remote. Its...not ideal IME. Of course we run a more casual game so the players are cracking jokes about what is...

We mostly play beer, whiskey, and pretzels campaigns that are less about detailed backgrounds tying into overarching plots. Story is created during play and will have an effect but really my guys make up blank slates and I've never really gone into a character with a story in mind, usually I...

Amazing work as always,.

The Sci-Fi miniseries were vastly more faithful to the novels. I liked the movie but I don't think Lynch really got Dune at all, though he did have better costumes than the later series for the most part.

In some ways it can add to it, but I find the tradeoff worth it in some cases. Setting up a 3d dungeon using DF/Hirst blocks takes a bit of time. The first time I laid out a dungeon scene with my Hirst molds stuff one of the players took a picture and said, "This is how I was imagining...

Yep the quality of the game is 90% based on the people at the table. I just use "stuff" to make that even better for me.

I find that as I grow older I have more income to spend on frivolities like gaming. It makes the experience better IMO in dungeon crawley type campaigns which I prefer. Just because some may be in a different situation when they can't or don't want to afford it for whatever reason doesn't...