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    MCDM officially announces their RPG

    I had made this point when Fantasy Flight made the new L5R... with different dice. ... which were also different from their Star Wars dice.
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    D&D Movie/TV The D&D Movie Reviews Are Coming In

    I was actually really surprised by Hugh Grant. I expected much more of the bumbling doofus, but the moments he actually had malice surface up... wow.
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    D&D Movie/TV The D&D Movie Reviews Are Coming In

    I went to the local showing and brought my kids' mom, who is a non-gamer who is usually into crime shows although she liked GoT and Walking Dead (for awhile at least with TWD). She actually really enjoyed it for what it was - in her words 'a Star Wars or Marvel movie'. No connection to the...
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    D&D (2024) What would you put in 1D&D from 4E?

    Ten minutes to bind wounds makes sense, but there are so many other things that recharge on a short rest you'd need to worry about in a global/all-players sense. Again, I think a lot of the difficulties arise from what's awesome for one table may not be so great other places. Something else...
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    D&D General When is the last time you DMed a game?

    I may try to run something this weekend during an off-week in our Traveller game. I'm gunshy because my previous group always had issues because I'd start running something and it would seem to fall apart, so I always felt it 'wasn't worth their time'. My current group is online and generally...
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    D&D (2024) Does anyone else think that 1D&D will create a significant divide in the community?

    Exactly. I don't remember too much upheaval when WoD came out with other editions. I don't know if it was because the systems were largely the same, to my understanding (at that point, most of my WoD gaming was LARP or playing on MUSHes). There wasn't so much inflammation about feeling...
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    D&D General When is the last time you DMed a game?

    Know what's awesome? That you recognize ways to improve. Don't beat yourself up! I'm sure everyone had an awesome time.
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    D&D (2024) Does anyone else think that 1D&D will create a significant divide in the community?

    Every new edition of D&D seems to bring about this discussion. People will play what the table wants to play, generally. People are still playing Basic/Expert/Etc, 2e, 3.x, Pathfinder, 4th edition, etc. As a long time gamer, it only seems to be D&D that sprouts this discussion. I don't...
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    D&D 5E The Adventuring Day XP budget makes sense when you consider it is a budget for you to stock your dungeons

    Absolutely this. It's like, what, a five room dungeon? Fill it out with extraneous things that might tell a story. I do love the easiness of the prep of spend some points, make an interesting few fights, and then wrap up the rest of the set design
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    D&D Movie/TV Polygon: Who is Hugh Grant playing in the D&D movie, and is it secretly Dagult Neverember?

    As someone who ate Hot 'n Now religiously in Michigan, back when the burgers and fries were 39 cents (49 for the cheeseburger), I concur and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. There still is one open. What happened to Hot 'n Now? Competition, bankruptcy and now nostalgia
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    D&D Movie/TV Watch This Honor Among Thieves Clip (With a Cameo from the D&D Cartoon Adventurers!)

    Not sure I recognized the first party. Definitely recognized the second party.
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    D&D (2024) 5e vs Oe Cleric...

    I respect that. I don't know that I think the spells are what give cleric oomph or interesting play. I know it's not an example everyone will like, but as risk of diverging the comments, I look at Critical Role. 400+ hours of campaign 2, with a cleric from the beginning and later adding a...
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    WotC WotC invites Bob the World Builder and other creators to an in person Summit.

    Reminds me of Girl Least Likely To: "She lives for the written word/ and people come second, or possibly third..." :)
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    WotC WotC invites Bob the World Builder and other creators to an in person Summit.

    Given that the last time I ate at the Pondo-pit was late 90s and they did AYCE steak and chicken with the buffet... yes please.
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    WotC WotC invites Bob the World Builder and other creators to an in person Summit.

    A truer statement of the American doctor office, I've not seen recently.
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    WotC WotC invites Bob the World Builder and other creators to an in person Summit.

    I get the feeling, or at least hope, that this isn't as much bribe/manipulation in the traditional sense as much as... if these content creators have X million constant followers per stream, that is way more effective than research groups for having a finger on the pulse of what's going on. As...
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    Of Mooks, Plot Armor, and ttRPGs

    This is interesting because, to me, it brought up the possibility/probability that there are games out there where your wealth isn't something owned, but something along the lines of political/social clout. Something where your ability to bounce back from defeats is based on you owing/being...
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    Of Mooks, Plot Armor, and ttRPGs

    I love this. Scorpions especially in L5R are almost set up to be caught in impossible loyalty situations. A long time ago, I was in a pre-Clan War L5R campaign as a Scorpion. We were on a quest to craft a weapon and one of the steps knocked us into sleep for years. We woke up, post-Coup, and...
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    Of Mooks, Plot Armor, and ttRPGs

    First-edition 7th Sea was the same way. As John Wick said, dying isn't the worst that can happen - being utterly and completely caught is with no way to escape. 7th Sea followed the rule that people basically fall down, unless someone takes a specific action to kill someone who is down. Or if...
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    D&D General Just Eat the Dang Fruit

    I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, please. Again, with metagaming, there's 'good' and 'bad' in my opinion and this story shows both kinds. 'Good' metagaming: eating the fruit because it's an established trait and because in-world, your character would take the fruit due to the...
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