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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    Speaking strictly for DnD I never take the « lore » as an essential part of the game. For me Tiamat, the Drow, the orcs are setting and campaign creations and flavor. We can play without them, or changing them to fit our needs. For the 1ed phb and DmG there was strength limitation for female...
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    D&D General On Early D&D and Problematic Faves: How to Grapple with the Sins of the Past

    Sins of the past will get more numerous as we now record everything and link everyone. I predict more sinners and more sins.
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    Just saw Delicious in Dungeon

    Very funny and entertaining! A nice tribute to dungeon crawl play style.
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    I join in for sure, which race? Not sure, but more likely to play an unusual race just for flavor.
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    D&D 5E Spells that make you go Hmm....

    Leomund tiny hut, intent to be a safe shelter, that is often weaponized.
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    How halfling society works

    Typical lunch day for hobbit! Meal Time of Day Components Breakfast 7:00 AM Pastries, eggs, cooked meats, pies and quiches Second Breakfast 9:00 AM Coffee, sausage or light pastries Elevenses 11:00 AM Coffee, tea, pastries, toast Lunch 1:00 PM Eggs, cheese...
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    D&D General 5.5 and making the game easier for players and harder for DMs

    Surprise round nerf! it is a nerf for the PCs not the monsters! In 5ed it is the PCs that hunt the monster, it is the PCs with high skill bonus that are the predators. So the nerf to surprise is a nerf to the PCs.
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    D&D (2024) Polearms and masteries

    I made a search I find this. List of magical weapons - Wikipedia For polearm mythic or magical I only cycle through WoW, Diablo and DnD reference.
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    D&D (2024) Polearms and masteries

    Polearm master have been the graal of optimizer in 5.14 So popular that it almost rewrite fantasy: « Excalibur the famous polearm of King Arthur. » « My kingdom for a polearm » should Shakespeare write. I think it is time to slow down on polearm.
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    Tarantino Movies, Ranked!

    The only I rewatch from time to time is Kill Bill 1 & 2.
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    D&D (2024) What Spell Sage Advice (& Descriptions) are you afraid won't be "fixed"?

    The mess around magic missile and bonus to damage rolls.
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    Martial combat are so cool that they continue to use them in all sci-fi movie and show.
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    Almost renaissance, like 1450. But no firearm. Absolutely no firearm. Dark medieval is too close for nice adventure. I want, guilds, travels, university, factions. I don’t want creepy medieval where everything was on the hold and anguish. Do I need train, not really. Airship, not really...
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    D&D (2024) Playstyle Changes from 5E to 5.5E?

    Ze game won’t change that much. Martials will be better at skills, having additional proficiency, advantage or bonus dice, but that won’t make a fundamental change. We saw some rules for the influence action, Search action, Study action, but that was just a way to normalize ruling. No...
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    D&D (2024) WotC has called the new ruleset 5.2. Why don't we?

    I like the 5.24 It also mean that we gonna need 75 years to see a concrete new edition!
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    D&D General Game mechanics to keep routine combats interesting?

    How to make mechanic interesting? how to make routine interesting? Hard challenge!
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    Spoilers TV Shows with Great Endings

    Managing initial success is harder than we think! But I got a crush with the first season and each following season I hope they could back in track. Despite the disappointment, I consider Heroes as a stamp in the history of fantasy tv show.
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    D&D (2024) Playstyle Changes from 5E to 5.5E?

    I’m not sure about play style, but for every one it will be slower combat! Weapon mastery will certainly slow thing down, More usage and options for bonus action too. Wider spell lists, and more choice will also take more time.
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    Spoilers TV Shows with Great Endings

    Of course, at this time there weren't dozens of show to follow at the same time. I enjoy it, despite they been taken into a strike that messed up the development of the story.
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    Spoilers TV Shows with Great Endings

    But at the end we know how the cheerleader save the world! Which is a good loopback to the first season.
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