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  1. Osgood

    D&D General If I had the D&D/WotC Worldbuider job, I would... (+ thread)

    I think there are plenty of good ideas in here so far, and honestly, I wouldn't complain about any of them. But I think a lot of this discussion is backward-looking, which we've already seen plenty of over the past 10 years (with at best, mixed success--Eberron was well done, Spelljammer not so...
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    Project Sigil Sigil, WotC 3D vtt game automation no more?

    I guess I'm not clear what they mean by "automation" here. I've play around with Sigil a little, but not much (my computer barley runs it and sounds like an alley full of cats being tortured whenever I open it). I like the idea of 3D, but I found setting up maps about as cumbersome as using my...
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    D&D (2024) I have a Monster Manual. AMA!

    Are there multiple Flumph entries? Dire flumph? Flumph of annihilation?
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    WotC Mike Mearls: "D&D Is Uncool Again"

    I'm not saying the idea that D&D's peak has passed it wrong, but I don't buy that the lack of supporting 3rd party products is a compelling proof point--the Monster Manual isn't even out yet. I guess you could put out an adventure that only included those handful of monsters that have appeared...
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    D&D (2024) Why No Monster Creation Rules in D&D 2024?

    Good heavens! You do realize where you are, right? I think I’m coming down with case of the Vapors… Where’s my fainting couch?
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    D&D (2024) Dungeons & Dragons 2025 Monster Manuals show up in the wild.

    Whenever possible, I buy from the FLGS. I can't say I've never bought a gaming book from Amazon, but it's pretty rare. I'd been going to the same gaming story for over 30 years, but less regularly since I moved to the other side of town. For the past couple of years, they've been making it...
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    D&D 5E How do you handle monster knowledges in your game?

    I've adopted this system. If a character is proficient in the appropriate skill, they more or less automatically know the monster's type (Aberration, Celestial, etc.). If they take the Study action, they can learn more based on the check, which had Advantage if the CR is 5 or more lower than...
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    Why Dungeons & Dragons Isn't Putting Out a Campaign Book in 2025

    I have liked the adventure anthology books, and I like the idea of campaign length adventures (but in reality they have been hit and miss at best). I feel like it's time for something of a hybrid--some longer adventures that cover roughly a tier, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, and 16-20, that you could mix...
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    D&D Adds Two New Books to 2025 Slate, Including New Eberron Book

    So a random thought popped into my head. I was thinking about how odd it was that the FR book only has 8 subclasses given that they made an effort to ensure each class had the same number of number of subclasses in the new PH (even the Artificer appears to have 5 subclasses given the number of...
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    D&D Adds Two New Books to 2025 Slate, Including New Eberron Book

    Except that a couple of weeks ago he announced that he was going to write another Eberron book (not this one— he had his patrons vote between a couple of topics). Sometimes people have reactions in the heat if the moment and settle down after a while.
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    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    I find the rationale for artisan's tools being part of the Knowledge Domain pretty thin. Blessing of Knowledge seems like a perfect opportunity to grant an extra language instead. I'm really unclear about why they are gatekeeping so much on languages.
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    D&D Adds Two New Books to 2025 Slate, Including New Eberron Book

    Khoravar, "children of Khorvaire", has been the Eberron term for half-elves for a long time. Sounds like they will differ from the Half-elves of other D&D worlds in some way though.
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    How do you define character "weakness?"

    One of my groups just got out of a Pathfinder 2 game after almost a year, while one (the guy who managed somehow to dominate in combat) enjoyed it, about half had lukewarm feelings about it and the rest despised it. The overwhelming feeling of being underpowered was a big complaint, but also...
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    D&D (2024) Its till just me or is the 2024 MM heavily infused by more 4e influences?

    I hope you are right. 4E had it's issues, but monster design wasn't one of them. As Fitz pointed out, the math need some work, but the ideas--monsters being built differently from characters, different roles, interesting abilities/powers, etc. worked well. I'd go so far as to say the entire...
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    So Much Art From the 2025 Monster Manual

    That's a lot of good looking art! I'm exciting for this book!
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    Mainstream News Discovers D&D's Species Terminology Change

    I’m old enough to remember when society generally got outraged about actual social ills like war, crime, and poverty rather than game rules. Nobody got up in arms when they retired the wheelbarrow token in Monopoly! I feel like everyone just wants to be mad about everything all the time anymore.
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    D&D 5E I think I prefer backgrounds in 2014

    I see a lot of laments about the loss of personality traits, bonds, and flaws... and while I agree in theory, in practice I cannot recall a single time in the past decade where one of my players actually bothered to incorporate those ideas into their character in a meaningful way. It's entirely...
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    D&D Releases Playtest for Updated Artificer

    With a quick read through I’m pretty happy with it. There’s probably some tweaks to be made. I would be happy to see a new Eberron release—we could use an update on the species and dragonmarks, maybe a few other mechanics, but I don’t know that we need another Khorvaire setting book. I’d like to...
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    D&D General [Humor] Things You Hate About 7E

    I just wish I could still play 5E (or any other older edition) with my books... but Elon sent Pinkertons to all of our houses to collect them (We all really should have read the terms of service on D&D Beyond, YouTube, MuskWorld (formerly enworld), and every other D&D related website!). It's...
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    The 1966 Hobbit cartoon

    With a masterpiece like this in the world, why were other adaptations ever made!?
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