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  1. Lwaxy

    Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?

    Webcam on a mannequin's head fixed with a headset. Head on table, and one player to move it as desired. We got one of those foam heads from a hair dresser's shop, usually used for wigs.
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    Dwarven kingdoms

    Now I need to check Dragonstar out, the other 2 are among my favs. :cool:
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    Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?

    The reason this happens is because you know both the alphabet and numbers by heart. You might as well ask someone to recite Shakespeare and Schiller that way, same result. It is a lot harder to change with stuff you always do the same way. Now if you do the same with having them read words...
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    Gnomes! (HUH) What are they good for? Absolutely nothing!

    Gnomes have no character? *insert long laughing break* Gnomes have more character than the overused elves will ever have. I don't dislike elves either :)
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    D&D 5E 15 Petty Reasons I Won't Buy 5e

    Muahahahah... no but his name is Thomas!
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    D&D 5E 15 Petty Reasons I Won't Buy 5e

    Here comes the pettiest reason ever. Long time on-and-off player of mine. "Nah, 5e sucks because what they did to the paladin. A paladin has to be lawful good and follow a strict set of divine rules." Confused stare from the rest of us. "But we houseruled in NG and CG paladins a long time...
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    Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?

    When I watch a movie or something, better don't disturb me, because I am into the story or whatever sport I happen to watch, and you will think better about disturbing me after I've torn your head off a few times because of it. I do not even answer the door unless I am expecting a package (which...
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    D&D 5E 15 Petty Reasons I Won't Buy 5e

    Hmm.. do my petty reasons have to be related to the product at all?:angel: If so: There is still about all the stuff I dislike in former editions, including the still-too-Vancian magic, +X items, human ability bonuses--- continue list for a bit. I already house ruled it all into oblivion...
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    Dwarven kingdoms

    Or we could just say the dwarves went on to new pastures and forgot to close shop :) The German fantasy stories usually have their dwarf realms intact.
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    Anyone else use papercraft for terrain in their games?

    I do, from different resources. Have to cut myself though which kind of limits the amounts I can make.
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    Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?

    There would be a waiting list longer than 3 years for a diagnosis from one of the 2 or 3 "qualified" psychatrists. Recently, they opened up 2 more places not too far away, but even there, you need to wait for months. And that is bad in more than one way, because myself, as many Aspies, I can't...
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    Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?

    Same experience here. We had one player crocheting, one folding paper flowers (actually her way of being able to focus at all - heavy ADD issues) and one making beads. All of them never lost where we were in the game.
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    Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?

    I have/had groups with a no tech rule. All groups but 2 have/had a no phone rule - exception being a boy who had a mom with a panic disorder who needed him to text her a lot, and the group with the doctor and emergency respoders/firemen in it. We do allow a tablet or laptop at the table for...
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    D&D 5E Starter Set Excerpt 5

    This isn't true, and it isn't clear if the words are even related. For most Germans who know both words, kobolds are little beings doing mischief, but can either be friendly or unfiendly, while a goblin is a sort of ugly little evil thing, usually thought of as part of thd ghost world.
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    D&D 5E Starter Set Excerpt 5

    Which is why we called them Goblins in Space :)
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    D&D 5E Starter Set Excerpt 5

    To me, no race is inherently evil, unless the setting absolutely demands it (like the drow in Faerun of the goblins in PF). But they should be ugly to our standards! These are, and while I'm no fan of the noses, I could immediately identify them as goblin. Which is really all that matters to me...
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    The Lost City of Barakus writeup

    Our wizard teleported back to the city alone that night to get the supplies needed to mine the hot pool and the crystal caves. We wanted to do that before we got into Barakus – hoping to find the cave again to begin with – to be able to afford more scrolls and potions and other stuff. It...
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    The Lost City of Barakus writeup

    Transfered from the kickstarted thread. Will finish writeup soon. Minther Cronwall, Human knight and noble Sully Flatfoot, Halfling Ranger Sittie Qwaft, Gnome Bard Untan Sablebroke, Dwarf Fighter Tukwart Hububble, Halfling Priest Flopsin Slowbottom, Halfling Wizard Rolvert, Half-Elf...
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