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  1. Vael

    Olympics Talk: A brief discussion before it goes away

    From what I've heard ... and this is from a political podcast so I'd take it with some salt ... Breakdancing is under the umbrella of Dancesport which has been championing Ballroom Dance as an Olympic sport for awhile and pushing Breakdancing was kinda just a change in tactics to see a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Are single class martials still going to be viable in 2024?

    Multiclassing before level 3 ... delays subclass choice, not a fan. Multiclassing before level 4 ... delays feat and an improvement to an ability score ... still not a fan. Multiclassing before level 5 with a martial class ... delays Extra Attack, Really not a fan. Look, if this was for a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) D&D: Beyond Universes ( = crossovers?).

    Staying within the WotC IP, I'm game for more MTG setting books. Bloomburrow, for example, I think would be a great addition to the DnD Multiverse. Kamigawa, Kaladesh or Amonkhet (I know it had a Planeshift article) possibly. Other crossovers? I can't think of any right now that excite me. I...
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    Spoilers Deadpool & Wolverine (Spoilers)

    Yeah, I'd agree with that. Hopefully, wardrobe will have more budget and time ... he looked huge under that coat, and Gambit supposed to be lithe
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    Spoilers Deadpool & Wolverine (Spoilers)

    Solid fun, finally saw it. My friends and I were left wondering ... was this queer or were we being queerbaited? And does it matter? The plot made about as much sense as any multiversal shenanigans or the average Doctor Who episode when they get really "timey-wimey". IE, don't sweat the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Learning to Love the Background System

    I like Ideals/Bonds/Flaws and Personality Traits for NPCs in adventure write-ups. Gave a fairly succinct summary of the NPC and how to roleplay them.
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    D&D General Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal D&D

    ... They did two seasons of Punisher?!? I really lost track of Marvel Netflix
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    D&D General Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal D&D

    Was that any good? TBH, after Iron Fist and Defenders, I tapped out on the Netflix Marvel series. And the Punisher stuff was the weakest part for me with Daredevil's second season
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    D&D General Interview with D&D VP Jess Lanzillo on Comicbook.com

    My read on the interview as a whole was that Lanzillo is interested in broadening DnD's appeal and expanding their audience, and that does run into a lot of gatekeeping. Drilling into one example seems to ... hunting for reasons to claim the sky is falling.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Learning to Love the Background System

    Which church? For which setting? Which Diety? Do we need Eberron-specific Paladins with separate class features than Forgotten Realms Paladins? A slightly more generic Paladin is to widen the appeal and simplify design. I view this as a feature, not a bug.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Learning to Love the Background System

    Or does it? (Pretty sure it does work as you intended, but couldn't resist referencing an old comic)
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    D&D 5E (2024) Learning to Love the Background System

    I dunno, maybe I'm just too sanguine because I'm a permissive DM by nature, but I can't imagine saying no to the player that wants to make a swap or two and that these backgrounds are suggestions, not written in stone. A player wants to get their Luke Skywalker on and play a Sorcerer with...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Learning to Love the Background System

    I also like that if you're going to optimize "by the book", than this set up for backgrounds provides more challenge than just customizing to one's heart's content ... and it encourages interaction with the DM. I don't mind allowing a few swaps, but free form backgrounds felt a little too free...
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    D&D General Making sure everyone can play D&D

    It's a shame we couldn't get something like that again. I do think a lot of my enjoyment and fondness for 4e came from the Encounters program. Sure, it was a little vexing to just play through levels 1-3 (sometimes up to 5) over and over, but it was a way to try out different classes and I made...
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    D&D General Making sure everyone can play D&D

    That reminds me, more support for LGSes and organized play. I played a lot of 4e because an LGS ran DnD Encounters. I DMed most of it because the adventure material was free and I got to keep it, so I have a bunch of poster maps and adventure content.
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    Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - coming Dec 2024

    The vibe I got was "Star Wars: Goonies". Not yet sure if that's a good or bad thing.
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    Trailer Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along | Teaser Trailer | Disney+

    This is the closest I'll get to a second season of Wandavision, which is still my fav MCU D+ show, so I'm into it.
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    D&D General Making sure everyone can play D&D

    My current issues playing DnD are simply: 1. Parents in my playgroup have to often go parent their kids. 2. Players have work interfering with scheduling. So, what would make more people play DnD from my perspective is more available child care and lower costs of living. IOW, late stage...
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    D&D 5E (2024) So IS it a new edition?

    I fully confess I didn't play 3.0, so this is more based on second hand knowledge than experience. But ... Psionics was completely reworked, no different casting stat depending on your specialization, death to Psionic attack modes. 3.5 also changed its skill list (Innuendo and Read Lips were...
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