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  1. Henry

    D&D 5E (2014) Why is there a limit to falling damage?

    I’ve thought about using 10% of your hit points per 10 feet fallen. Zero hit points equals death saves as normal. That way, a peasant survives a fall about as likely as a level 20 Barbarian. Easy to calculate, and let’s the player make the call. If you want more randomness, make it 1d10% per 10...
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    D&D 5E (2014) WotC Announces An Impending Announcement: New Setting, Storyline

    Y’know, if this gets any more meta, we’re going to have to stop posting about it, and start posting what we’re intending to post about it...
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    TSR Jim Ward: Demons & Devils, NOT!

    Well, how about for the message spell, which requires two cups and a length of string... no, wait, that’s a kid’s tin can telephone... ..or the components for fireball, which are bat guano and sulphur.... no, wait, that’s gunpowder... ...or lightning bolt, which is an Amber rod and...fur...
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    WotC "D&D's Best Year Yet"

    I’m really trying to push myself with my group to do just that, but inertia is keeping me from organizing something (well, that and a lack of a web camera). I need to suck it up and plan something, because it’s clear that a little over half of my group has interest, but also clear if I don’t...
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    D&D and the rising pandemic

    “Doctor Mike” Varshavski had a really nice, succinct video on antibody tests and on vaccine immunity in general that I enjoyed - it’s pretty much some of the same info being talked about here, including qualitative testing, quantitative testing, and the usefulness of mass testing on a population:
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    D&D 3.x D20 Modern: Edition Experience - Did/Do You Play d20 Modern? How Was/Is it?

    I enjoyed d20 modern, but I was more a fan of the Grim Tales variant from Bad Axe Games; it had a bit more variety in the feats and talents, and the magic was a bit more... punishing, to put it lightly. An old gaming acquaintance of mine used Grim Tales, alongside the product True Sorcery from...
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    WotC "D&D's Best Year Yet"

    So assuming it’s actual figures, that is still an amazing figure (age 40+ Players only 11% of the market), and really a reassuring one for people like me who only 10 years ago were worried that the RPG hobby was doomed once all the GenXers died. We’re barely a friggin’ blip, and people used to...
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    Fantasy Grounds Stats Show Massive Pandemic Bump

    <Ben Kenobi> Eric Noah? Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a long, long time... </Ben Kenobi>
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    D&D General What D&D Art Would You Put on the Side of Your Van?

    Come to think of it, hard to go wrong with ANY of the Dragon magazine covers from about 30 to 150, really... 😁
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    D&D General What D&D Art Would You Put on the Side of Your Van?

    It would have to be Elmore’s “Teamwork”; I had that TSR poster hanging on my wall as a 12-year old kid; if I had a 1970s Shag Van, that would darned well be the art on the side. 😁
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    D&D 3.x Jewish magic items?

    Speaking of another item from Judaism, the Phylactery, such as the magic item Phylactery of Faithfulness, was inspired from the faith as well. (That one didn’t make it into 5e, but was a magic item clear into the 3.5 era.) EDIT - missed The Jester’s mention of these already.
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    D&D General Differences Between D&D Boards

    😀 The job I had back in the days of 3e and 3.5 on this forum lent itself to a LOT of downtime, and a LOT of participation. (plus, no Facebook or Twitter, YouTube, or Twitch, so there were a lot fewer choices to divert people like now). These days, I’m in a much better job, but albeit one with a...
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    D&D General Differences Between D&D Boards

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    D&D General Differences Between D&D Boards

    My personal opinion: Optimization is more of a hallmark of 3rd edition D&D than 5th, and though this forum has fans of all editions on here, the majority of 3e fans may well have moved on to other forums. GITP is a place where a lot of 3e fans reside (where 3e is their game of choice), hence...
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    TSR TSR’s Brian Blume Has Passed

    And according to one article, he and Gary did Boot Hill as kind of a tribute to Kaye
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    D&D 5E (2014) Xanathar's Guide errata coming

    Sounds more like Vintage Format Magic the Gathering than D&D. :)
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    TSR TSR’s Brian Blume Has Passed

    Skip Williams isn't an "original," per se, but he might as well be - according to Wikipedia, he was a TSR Dungeon Hobby Shop employee in 1976, and playtested first edition AD&D rules. :) As for Brian, may he rest in peace. I never knew that much about him, or never met him, but he (and his...
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    D&D and the rising pandemic

    To the contrary, remote tabletop might soar to new heights, when some people can’t work and have nothing to do but play the cheapest hobby possible... can’t know for sure, but I do know streaming services are facing MASSIVE loads right now, so anything that allows you to both use the internet...
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    Critical Role Critical Role Suspends Broadcasts

    You also have to remember that their Thursday night campaign is something that is special to that group of friends, beyond just being ‘more content’ - Matt has said as much in many interviews in the past. Because of this, they’re wanting to get it right for themselves, maybe more so than for fans.
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    How has the Coronavirus affected your roleplaying games?

    This is also gonna be a banner time for streaming Youtubers as some people can’t get their D&D fix...
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