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    Maps From Adventures

    In-person? I use a wet-erase (chessex) mat, like others have shared. I have a couple sizes- the biggest, and one down from that. And a tiny one my players got me :'D
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    I Wore Every Hat in My Second Crowdfunding Campaign – Here’s What I Learned

    Hey @Upper_Krust you're looking at putting out your KSer soon, yeah? Check it out ^^^ might be some valuable info
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    What do you use to stream on your TV?

    Nvidia shield, though it seems to be buggy with Plex. Not sure if it's Plex or the Shield. That, and my google chromecasts, streaming from my phone or my computer. I learned that the chromecasts have been discontinued at some point, that's disappointing though not surprising considering it's a...
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    D&D General Blessing of the Lone Champion: what's the best pick for a solo adventurer?

    Probably a bard, if I were to hazard a guess... the blade bard iirc lets you use your bardic inspiration for yourself.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    Light being a cantrip isn't beloved either, unlimited cantrips are another sore spot, but addressing that is a bigger project than deciding whether or not a lantern can be worn on a belt.
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    Level Up (A5E) Additional Eldritch Invocations for Pact of the Chain Warlocks

    Yeah. RAW it works, but even if they're not sending them to another plane "they cast haste, then hop in my backpack for full cover" is the other option. Ofc one could then say "ok sounds like your equipment's all going to start taking damage from fireballs etc" but that's an antagonistic...
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    Level Up (A5E) Additional Eldritch Invocations for Pact of the Chain Warlocks

    It's a frightfully boring and efficient use of a ring of spell storing, especially since the familiar has its own attunement slots and the caster can just dismiss the familiar safely to a demiplane so there's no way to try to threaten the concentration of the haste spell 😅 It makes me want to...
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    WotC Hasbro Has Invested $1B In Video Games, Including A New D&D Game

    I believe they're referring to the newest of those game series. BG3, and D&D: Dark Alliance.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    For me it's more a question of design and balance, with some concern for practicality and realism due to a desire for some degree of verisimilitude. Yes, light and darkness is something that I personally care about as a GM (unlimited cantrips and lots of darkvision/devils sight don't make it...
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    Just some interesting numbers shared- obviously not directly tied to the graph but it's relevant. 10M users in 2022 to 21M today.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    So far the only "yes" has been with the asterisk of it being a magic lantern 😆 Well that makes me feel a bit better with my decision. I do wonder where the idea originated... Was it considered in earlier editions? I can't recall.
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    Level Up (A5E) Additional Eldritch Invocations for Pact of the Chain Warlocks

    The imp makes an incredible scout, and it's expendable, and heck your familiar can even serve as a concentration-bot with a ring of spell storing for haste and bless. I don't personally think it's a "combat pet," but I suppose some folk might see the familiar at early levels' efficacy and wonder...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Can A Spell Caster Out Damage a Martial Consistently?

    Casters don't have d4 hit die anymore, though. That gap closed a bit when wizards etc were upped to a d6.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    Lol yeah, the lantern shield was "real" and no one has any real idea of its practical purpose afaik, because it looks like something you'd get from a knife shop in a mall :'D I think it just goes to show that everyone gets crazy ideas now and again, and the results might not be ... useful.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    I think this is where the idea came from, at least for my groups.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    OK so I've tussled with this a bit as a GM, I've gone back and forth... lanterns: Wear them on your belt, yes or no? Is it RAW (assume 5e or 5e-derivative such as A5E or ToV)? Is there anything supporting or denying it? Is it stupid and dangerous so no, it's not an option (because you'd have to...
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    D&D General What I learn from DM 600 sessions of Adventure League

    Hide behind the pile of dead bards!
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    D&D General What I learn from DM 600 sessions of Adventure League

    Ugh. One of the few times that I regret not fudging dice was with a first-time player, we spent an hour making his lvl1 dragonborn sorcerer, he got crit insta-dead in the first round of the first encounter by the two goblins at the start of Phandelver. On the other hand, as a seasoned DM, if my...
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    D&D General Hasbro enters gambling deal using Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property

    I basically never gamble at casinos, etc. Twice I have, ever, because that's where bachelor parties were... I will say that I played on machines that I liked the intellectual property of- one was Lord of the Rings, and another was.. was it Star Trek? That'd be ironic. I don't know if my $5 was...
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