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  1. Distracted DM

    D&D (2024) OAR 10 City State of the Invincible Overlord

    Damn, talk about a jaw-dropper. Hitting nostalgia hard.
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    D&D (2024) I attack the darkness!

    AFAIK unless the unseen creature is actively hiding via their action (or bonus etc), they still make sound which is enough to tell others roughly where they are. This was the case in 5e14 at least, I'm not sure if they altered it in 5e24.
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    D&D (2024) Sage Advice Compendium Updated To 2024

    I'm confused 😅 It would require a change to alter the way things are now. That means a lot of things for the designers, among them: Agreeing/admitting that the current rules are unsatisfactory. Accepting that they need to be changed. (If changing them back to the old ones) Admitting that the old...
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    D&D (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands

    I'm thinking of starting a Borderlands game soon, it's a shame that this is so far away.. I'm not confident that every WotC product will be worthwhile, but I can't help but be curious.
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    D&D (2024) Sage Advice Compendium Updated To 2024

    Agreed, but that'd probably require more of a change than the folks that make those decisions would be comfortable with. Then again, with Crawford departing that means that the folk (sort of) taking over might be willing to make those changes to put their own spin on things.
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    What Does the RPG Hobby Need Now?

    A lot of DCC adventures can be run with little to no prep. I'm often amazed at what a joy they are to run and how easily they flow.
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    D&D (2024) Martial/Caster fix.

    Primal wasn't a thing in the original 4e PHB, so they were martials. But in later books, when they introduced other power sources and revisited classes, the ranger got primal options.
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    D&D (2024) Martial/Caster fix.

    Slight correction, Wildborn are 1/3 casters.
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    D&D (2024) Martial/Caster fix.

    Honestly Level Up A5E almost swings the divide the other way, which is saying something. In most encounters levels 5-10, I am more worried about what the fighter or berserker can do than what spells the casters can bring to bear 😅 It's only in tier 3 that the casters start to gain a bit of...
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    GOD RULES: Player's Guide (5e) Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page

    Presentation matters; it's part of design. You could be an outlier, or not- lots of folk will say "just give me the text, it doesn't have to be pretty!" buuut that tends not to be the reality, despite what they think they want. Ofc AI art can translate a vibe just fine, which is often what...
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    GOD RULES: Player's Guide (5e) Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page

    I'd rather have sketch art than AI. I don't know how much weight one (or a dozen) voices should have here, over however many folks you get from social media etc, but I really avoid AI art stuff in products when possible. I've said the same to a couple patreon mapmakers that have used midjourney...
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    A guide for using Public Domain art in RPGs

    There are a lot of indie TTRPG products that make use of public domain art- the good ones curate their choices to make the colors and/or styles fit one-another well.
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    Level Up (A5E) A5E POD?

    The physical versions are very nice! I was impressed with the build quality for such large TTRPG books. Good binding and yeah, fancy ribbons :'D
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    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    You might've missed them cuz they were under "tests;" they're in the 2024 and 2025 player PDFs.
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    D&D 5E Should 3PP upgrade their books to 2024 versions?

    My initial answer was "no," since full redos seem quite unnecessary. However after a moment I realized that that's sort of what errata can be for.
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    GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past

    I'll note, btw, that Level Up A5E solves this for me. It handles Massive Damage as such:
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    GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past

    I didn't pull a punch that I really wish I had. New player, new to DnD, this was ~8yrs ago. We spent an hour making his character, dragonborn sorcerer. First scene, dead horse in the road, 4 PCs, 2 goblins attack them. Goblin shoots an arrow, crits for max, instakills the sorcerer. I never...
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