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  1. Musing Mage

    OD&D Best Classic Adventures?

    Yes, Saltmarsh! Slipped my mind but another great one. I've run it a couple of times for different groups, with only one of them actually making it to The Final Enemy... Again a setting based module, albeit one where you need to create the setting details yourself.
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    OD&D Best Classic Adventures?

    There are some staples of old school you'll often hear repeated that are definitely worth looking into: Keep on the Borderlands (basic and AD&D) Against the Cult of the Reptile God (AD&D) Village of Hommlet (AD&D) Castle Caldwell and Beyond (Basic) Isle of Dread (Basic) Dymrak Dread (Basic)...
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    D&D General What does your D&D Tavern serve?

    What do they serve? The bitter tears of all my broken players... :devilish: ... er... I mean cool thread! :cool:
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    D&D 5E (2014) Bad Wrong Fun

    I've noticed a trend I've luckily not yet had happen to me personally - that being players dictating to the DM how the game should be run. So that's a big no-no for me. There are certainly ways to talk to a DM about their game if it's not fun, or if the DM asks for input, and certainly you...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Long Rest is a Problem

    I am normally a 1st Ed guy, so the idea of a single HP recovery per day is fine by me! :P I liked the idea of the Gritty Realism variant in the DMG, but it wasn't quite right. I have been pondering an 'Old School gritty' slower healing set of houserules within the 5e playground. This is what...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why Class X is good (+)

    I think that's ultimately the key to warlocks - is how involved the patron is. As a DM, a player taking a Warlock will know that you don't bind your soul to greater beings without a downside... the patron wants something and it won't always be in line with the player's goals. (and sometimes it...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why Class X is good (+)

    Being fairly new to 5e (past 8 months) I admit I turned my nose up to the Warlock at first glance, but have since reviewed it and decided I kind of like what it has to offer. (specifically avoiding taking Eldritch Blast just to go against the grain!) =) I've had the chance to play a Monk and...
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    D&D General The Hall of Suck: Worst Classes in D&D History (Spoiler Alert: Nothing from 5e)

    I have to vehemently disagree with your assessment of the 1e Monk. You have a few details wrong, but there's more to it. First - they use the Cleric matrix not the Thief's, which is 2nd only to the Fighter's. They use the Thief SAVING THROW table, though. Also the Paladin has the largest xp...
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    D&D General good dungeons to populate a sandbox setting?

    I'm assuming you mean 5e... Goodman Games has been doing a line of updated old school adventures, their first one is a recreation of Keep on the Borderlands and In Search of the Unknown. (Called 'Into the Borderlands') Setting the Keep and nearby dungeons a day or two from Saltmarsh could add a...
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    AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It?

    I am currently running a 1st Ed campaign, which is my system of choice. I do dabble in 5th ed, but 1st ed is where it's at for me. I don't want to get into a whole essay about my reasons, but since getting into D&D in the mid-80s I've played BECMI, 1st ed, 2nd ed, 3rd ed and 5th ed... with...
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