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    D&D 5E (2014) Odd things in the rules that bug you?

    No. Because we're playing D&D, not ______.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Making sense of D&D's Lore, History and Cosmology

    Oh, that's easy. As the DM I just pick & choose the stuff I like best. I don't care what edition it came from, if it's setting specific (for ex; FR), if it's been overwritten a few times, etc. If something I like better comes along? Then I shift to that. And if I don't like any of what's...
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    D&D General Most common NPC/sidekick for a party

    Most common in my games? Plot device. This can take almost any NPC form really. 2nd most common: The character of a player who can't always make it. When they're present it's their PC. When they're not it's an NPC controlled by the group (including the DM). 3rd would be NPCs that the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Odd things in the rules that bug you?

    That you're allowed to play as the monsters. You know, Drow, orcs, kobolds, goblins, etc etc etc. That as per Point Buy you can't purchase scores lower than 8/higher than 15 (or is it 16? I forget).
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    Cleric Won't Heal?

    I've no real problem with that. The player has told you up front that they aren't playing a healbot & that you should plan accordingly. You want a healbot, play one yourself. I've played in games like that. Hell, I've played such a cleric - in 1e! And even though they said that? There very...
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    D&D General What day(s) or night(s) do you run/play your games?

    My only current game runs on Thur evening 6-10p. Theres a very high risk that its going to suffer a disruption as 2/4 players have just had work related changes. :(
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    D&D 5E (2014) Your Personal Favorite "Old School" Monsters

    5 favorites: Grell - that full page pic in the 1e FF.... Imagine creeping around in a dungeon & encountering that thing! Displacer Beasts - they've just always grabbed my imagination Hook Horrors - as they appear in 1e. So cool looking. Especially that old LJN toy from the 80's Osquips -...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Where in FR do you want the next big adventure book to go?

    Somewhere interesting. Failing that, somewhere completely random that's not been detailed before. Throw a dart at the entire FR map & write a good adventure set there. Oh, and avoid the 5e standard of the silly/implausible begining.
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    Handling Politics Talk at the Table?

    Yep. Bonus xp if you voted. An xp penalty if you didn't.
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    D&D 5E (2014) As a Player, why do you play in games you haven't bought into?

    What would've happened if they'd then sat there as a group, used your generation method, & made practically the same characters?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Killed Me a Lawful Stupid Paladin

    Ok, but does that mean anything to him rules wise? Not everyone thinks in terms of CR. For example, if you asked my Thur group what CR a gladiator is four people would simply stare at you. If I told them "This man is a Gladiator"." they'd ask for more info about him. How good of a gladiator...
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    Handling Politics Talk at the Table?

    I imagine our political discussions tonight will be mostly giving the 19 yr old some naughty word (and less xp :)) if she didn't go vote.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Killed Me a Lawful Stupid Paladin

    That would earn him - the player - the (unfavorable) gaze of the gods in my game. His characters lives would become much harder.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Killed Me a Lawful Stupid Paladin

    Congrats! But why would the Paladin even want to be having/accept a duel to the death? For what? What was his thinking? Why not 1st blood or x hits or such?
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    D&D 5E (2014) As a Player, why do you play in games you haven't bought into?

    Why? None of those apply. *Only game in town & it's not my cup-o-tea? What an absurd hypothetical. But no, I'd rather not play in a game I won't enjoy. And I've got plenty of ways to fill that time while I wait for it to cycle around to something I do like. Wich it will. *Friends +...
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    Modern Games (Cops and reality)

    The last time I played an RPG set in the present/modern day was a year long Vampire/WoD campaign that ended on Dec.31st 1999/12:01 am Jan 1st 2k. Really, in real life, play literly stopped at 12:01 am 1/1/2k. On top of whatever fictional stuff we had going on, anything & everything in real...
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    D&D 5E (2014) As a Player, why do you play in games you haven't bought into?

    The only reason I can think of for me to be playing in a game I'm not bought in to would be if I'm doing so in order to try out the system
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    D&D 5E (2014) At what level does play become "high level"?

    In 3x+, around the point where 6th lv+ spells become available is what I always envision. In AD&D it's the lv where you stop gaining HD as far as I'm concerned.
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    D&D General Which Edition Had the Best Ranger?

    The only thing we ever rejected from UA 1e was the Thief-Acrobat. In fact, that's the only non-1e OA class I've never seen used.
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