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    D&D General Optimistic Thoughts on Optimizing

    Help me out: I cant see the point in optimising in an low-lethality game.
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    Shadowdark Let's make Shadowdark monsters!

    Thoul Lvl3 hp15 AC13 att 2 claws +3 d3 or 1 weapon +3 by weapon. Stats S+2 C+2. attacks paralyse as per ghoul regenerate 1hp per round Lore: https://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.com/2014/06/thouls-owlbears.html?m=1
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    OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game?

    OSR is basically unwoke murderhoboism for an unholy alliance of grognards and hipsters But it has its bad points as well.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    Explain the Rangers herbalism talent to em a) they wander off into the bushes and return with a remedy b) they fiddle with the spice rack in their backpack and concoct a remedy c) you fool its this: ……. what if they are stuck for a long time in a dungeon or a desert etc, with no plants?
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    For those who don't play D&D (or its clones), what keeps you engaged with EN World?

    It feeds the Edition Wars in my head.
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    D&D General What makes a TTRPG a "D&D Variant" to you?

    Rolemaster isnt D&D, but its not because its got 10 stats or d100 resolution. Its because its combat engine makes D&D style adventuring unworkable. (weak foes gang up effectively: and a death spiral as damage makes you worse at stuff; more difficult healing)
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    D&D General D&D Variants Forum

    Id like to see a dedicated subforum for shadowdark. Because Discord sucks.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    Regarding rats in cellars, I keep circling back to “conceptual density” https://udan-adan.blogspot.com/2016/11/conceptual-density-or-what-are-rpg.html?m=1 (Not my blog) The rats could be a detail in a conceptually dense adventure. And Goolings could be a meaningless reskin in a conceptually...
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    [Help} 1st ed. 19 dexterity modifiers

    ah, whats the offhand penalty for 19. Dex?
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    Rules Schmules. Im using Shadowdark as a rules-light os d&d, and in fact the main reason im using it rather than b/x or a clone is thats Im hoping its novelty will short-circuit my overthinking.
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    Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?

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    Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?

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    Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?

    Well its got one good thing going for it; you can pirate it with a clear conscience.
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    Should PCs Be Exceptional?

    3. …the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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    Should PCs Be Exceptional?

    I vote “typical, but in the upper quartile”
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    Benevolent GM stance

    The only reasons i see to use the term “GMPC” over “NPC” are bad ones
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    In 2Es defence, if i was invited to play both it would be the campaign concept and DM that would swing it, not the system.
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    Id play 1E over 2E because im already houseruling the bits 2E improves, rolling my eyes at the bits 2E makes worse, and ive made my peace with the 1E flaws that 2E keeps. And I dont care for Forgotten Realms. Also : for the record: my 1E has just 3 books. ive already got the FF and MM2...
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    Benevolent GM stance

    I guess what they mean is “the party has powers/weaknesses a b c so im designing the antagonists with countermeasures/powers x y z”
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    Benevolent GM stance

    id think about why a TPK happened. Was it because retreat was tactically impossible ir narratively unsatisfying?
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