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  1. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) Aren't Short Rest classes *better* in "story-based" games rather than dungeon crawls?

    Maybe you aren't supposed to? Having a short rest between combats seems to be the natural way that they are supposed to be used. There is nothing wrong with doom clocks, but I don't think constant doom clocks is the intended form of play.
  2. Raduin711

    Who remembers this Gem ( Dragonstrike VHS )

    My Dragonstrike board game has long disappeared, but I have fond memories of that cheezy video. Maybe it's time I invested in a black turtleneck...
  3. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) Aren't Short Rest classes *better* in "story-based" games rather than dungeon crawls?

    That's true in the more dungeon-focused periods of the game, but I think during the story sections this adherence to sticking together is somewhat relaxed. Characters can be doing things like gathering information, studying, shopping, drinking at the tavern, and so on, any of which could take an...
  4. Raduin711

    D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it?

    I had considered 3.5 done and over with years ago when my group moved on to Pathfinder 1st edition, and from there to 5th edition. I have since switched groups, and my current one has stuck with 3.5.
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    D&D 3.x 3.5 Dark Sun: What approach to use when restricting player options?

    Once upon a time I ran a 3.5 Dark Sun game for my group. My players really enjoyed it, but I was super stressed out by the experience. Ever since they have been begging me to do it again, and lately I have been giving it a little consideration. One of the things that I struggled at the outset...
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    D&D 5E (2024) What do you want in the revised DMG?

    I can't agree with splitting the books up any farther. As it is, each of these books runs $50 each, but they have everything you need to play. And the way modern commerce works, if you split 3 books into more, they are still going to cost $50 each. Remember many new players don't know what...
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    D&D 5E (2024) What do you want in the revised DMG?

    I hope they don't take out too much. The DMG is a pretty solid book as it is. While there is room for improvement, I would rather not lose any optional rules or things like that.
  8. Raduin711

    WTF is "cold iron", and why's it so special?

    After discovering that "cold iron" was just a poetic way of saying "iron" I got kind of annoyed that D&D treated it like a special material. It feels like misinformation, to me. It wouldn't be the first time a mythical being was repelled by something commonplace. What is it vampires are...
  9. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) 2022 WoTC Books?

    As far as Spelljammer, my guess is that we might get another adventure like Ghosts of Saltmarsh or Decent into Avernus that involves sailing around on the Astral Sea or something like that. I doubt it will be a straight conversion of Spelljammer, more like a 5e reimagining of the setting. I...
  10. Raduin711

    TSR Best D&D Novels

    I started a re-read of The Crystal Shard which I remember loving as a teen but felt... off... reading as an adult. This may be because as I have grown older I have gotten a lot more critical of media. I've become a little skittish about revisiting those old D&D novels. Better they stay the way...
  11. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Deities (Part 1: Forgotten Realms) Selune Advances!

    Look to the greeks for that. Art and Science were philosophically good because it elevated humanity. Also, Tymora is one half of the goddess Tyche, who was split into Tymora and Beshaba as the twin goddesses of fortune and misfortune, hence the good fortune part of Tyche getting her...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Recent Errata clarifications

    When I make characters, I like my decisions to feel like I had some input, or reasoning behind them. I want to avoid feeling like my character is copy/pasted or cookie cutter. At the same time, it's not like I rebel at any description (though sometimes that's fun too.) So, imagining that I had...
  13. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) What do you want and not want out of future settings added to 5E?

    I would prefer a new edition of d20 modern to a modern D&D setting (if that makes sense.) But I would be on board for a pre-history D&D setting.
  14. Raduin711

    Campaign Concepts You've Got On Deck

    I would like very much to run an age-of-sail trade-based campaign. This would likely either be based on a heavily modified version of Spelljammer, or set on an "air world" resembling things like the video game Skies of Arcadia, the board game Sky Traders, or Jim Butcher's the Cinder Spires...
  15. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) Silvery Barbs, how would you fix it? Does it need fixing?

    It makes every spell that a spellcaster casts that requires a save better. Unlike bonus action spells, there is no restriction on casting a spell and a reaction spell in the same turn. So now any save-or-die spells that are ordinarily risky to cast are now much deadlier, and more likely to be...
  16. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Deities (Part 1: Forgotten Realms) Selune Advances!

    Auril 21 Azuth 16 Bane 1 Beshaba 16 Bhaal 8 Chauntea 25 Cyric 9 Deneir 17 Eldath 16 Gond 13 +1 = 14 Helm 16 Ilmater 29 Kelemvor 18 Lathander 16 Leira 14 -2 = 12 Llira 12 Loviatar 21 Malar 21 Mask 12 Mielikki 27 Milil 18 Myrkul 16 Oghma 25 Savras 16 Selune 28 Shar 10 Silvanus 24 Sune 18 Talona 16...
  17. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Deities (Part 1: Forgotten Realms) Selune Advances!

    Auril 18 Azuth 18 Bane 13 Beshaba 18 Bhaal 11 Chauntea 23 Cyric 16 Deneir 20 Eldath 16 Gond 16 +1 = 17 Helm 16 Ilmater 28 Kelemvor 18 Lathander 17 Leira 16 -2 = 14 Llira 16 Loviatar 20 Malar 20 Mask 18 Mielikki 24 Milil 18 Myrkul 16 Mystra 7 Oghma 23 Savras 16 Selune 25 Shar 13 Silvanus 22 Sune...
  18. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Deities (Part 1: Forgotten Realms) Selune Advances!

    Auril 17 Azuth 20 Bane 15 Beshaba 20 Bhaal 12 Chauntea 22 Cyric 16 Deneir 20 Eldath 16 Gond 19 Helm 18 Ilmater 26 Kelemvor 18 Lathander 19 Leira 18 -2 = 16 Llira 16 Loviatar 20 Malar 20 Mask 17 Mielikki 24 Milil 20 Myrkul 18 Mystra 12 Oghma 23 Savras 16 Selune 23 Shar 15 Silvanus 20 Sune 20...
  19. Raduin711

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Deities (Part 1: Forgotten Realms) Selune Advances!

    Auril 19 Azuth 20 Bane 15 Beshaba 20 Bhaal 14 Chauntea 22 Cyric 16 Deneir 20 Eldath 16 Gond 19 Helm 18 Ilmater 25 +1 = 26 Kelemvor 18 Lathander 20 Leira 20 -2 = 18 Leira? Llira? That's too many! Llira 18 Loviatar 22 Malar 20 Mask 16 Mielikki 24 Milil 20 Myrkul 18 Mystra 10 Oghma 22 Savras 16...
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