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    D&D 5E Help me grok mega-dungeons

    Here's a list of big dungeons, many of which I only know by reputation. Some of these may not be available any more (Dragon's Delve, Mines of Khunmar), and some are more like outlines (Ptolus) . Anomalous Subsurface Environment Barrowmaze Castle Blackmoor Castle of the Mad Archmage Castle...
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    D&D 5E Help me grok mega-dungeons

    I don't know. My experience was that we certainly knew reaction rolls at the time in basic and 1e, but anyone who DMed ignored those rules, and just made a decision about how they thought the monster would react. Which for most evil creatures was to attack. So I think the "attacks...
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    D&D 5E Help me grok mega-dungeons

    I think the broad definition of a mega-dungeon is simply "a big dungeon." But the best technical definition of a mega-dungeon I've seen is "a dungeon sufficiently large to support simultaneous exploration by multiple groups of players over an extended period without becoming fully explored."...
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    D&D 5E Help me grok mega-dungeons

    I guess in my case a Jefferies Tube is similar to a dungeon corridor.
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    D&D 5E Help me grok mega-dungeons

    Also, wouldn't a dungeon be the natural environment for an undead rodent?
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    D&D 5E Help me grok mega-dungeons

    I'm currently running a sandbox with a megadungeon tentpole. We're about 6 sessions in, and it's been one of the most enjoyable play experiences in years, although that may be due in part to switching to 5e, which seems to fit our group well. Here are some random thoughts, in no particular...
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    Dragonlance Joe Manganelio is Writing the D&D Movie? And Is it DRAGONLANCE?

    So this Deadline article has the most information I've seen on the result of the settlement: -WB gets to make a D&D movie in the forgotten realms. -Sweetpea has a producer role. -“This settlement accomplished our overarching goal of unifying all Dungeons & Dragons rights under Hasbro’s control...
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    D&D 5E I need to increase my strength with a wish, what should i say?

    I actually did this once in a planescape game - had a specialist in magical linguistics. Would draft geas-enforced charters for adventuring groups, advised on contracting with devils and terminology for wishes.
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    D&D comes to Middle Earth (from Cubicle 7)

    What I think is interesting is that this doesn't appear to be an OGL game, but rather done with a direct license from WotC. Which I think is still good sign that WotC is willing to be more open in general.
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    D&D 5E Why ever play a cleric?

    I'm not trying to be inflammatory here, I just simply cant wrap my head around why someone would play Dungeons & Dragons other than for dungeon crawling. I understand hitpoints provide ablative defense that gets worn away over time, but why choose Dungeon & Dragons over another game that...
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    D&D 5E So, 5e OGL

    Thanks for answering Scott. The NDA wouldn't surprise me.
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    D&D 5E So, 5e OGL

    This is really pretty great in my view. Funny, I was about to post something to get your attention. Has enough time passed that we can get the story of how WotC wound up with the GSL?
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    D&D 5E I don't think Wizards is looking at the whole picture.

    Hold on, you guys are being too harsh on Corpsetaker. We need to remember, as Ben Franklin once said, "even a broken record is right once per day."
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    Improvisation vs "code-breaking" in D&D

    The rest is left as an exercise for the reader.
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    D&D 5E D&D-ish novels?

    "Another Day, Another Dungeon" is D&D with serial numbers not even filed off, just smudged over
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    D&D 5E What Force Damage Tastes Like

    Did Dranko lick a wall of force? Need Piratecat.
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    How Do You Get Your Players To Stay On An Adventure Path?

    Probably a bunch of this is covered by other posters above, but I'll give this a shot. I haven't done an full level 1-16ish AP per se, although I've played and DMed some fairly long adventures. I think most APs work through a combination of player buy-in, explicit bread crumb trails...
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    [Rant] The Hobbit Movies are an Abomination

    I'm still pissed that the 3rd movie didn't include the line "Azog, we have wormsign the likes of which even Sauron has never seen." That would have made it all worth it.
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