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  1. cmad1977

    How Many GMs Run Multiple Games?

    Usually only 1 at a time but for the last few months ... 3 a week! Starting last week though 1 of the games is on Hiatus while it’s under construction. 1 is my 2nd time running Curse of Strahd so I have some familiarity with the adventure(though things have panned out differently than with the...
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    You just gained a hit point! -Creative thinking-

    Every level is a new tattoo.
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    D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access

    My multiplayer experience with the game has been quite positive. There are absolutely bugs in multi but they’re already getting ironed out and seem fairly easily fixed with a reload(save your game!!!). I find the look and movement of the characters to be quite good and the spell and ability...
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    D&D General Question on map/ begining of Curse of Strahd

    If I recall... in the wilds and on the road there are random encounter checks every half hour. The list of random encounter runs the gamut from “bag in road” to “Strahd arrives”. The first thing that happened to the party I ran the game for when they left the village of barovia(where they...
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    D&D General Unpopular Opinion?: D&D is a terrible venue for horror

    Jeez. Not to mention the child stealing/baking witches who serve kid muffins to barovia. Among other things!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Sell my Party on a Cleric

    I’ve seen a Life Cleric, a Nature Cleric, and a War Cleric in play and they’ve all seemed pretty amazing in their own way.
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    Crusader Kings III

    The stories that grow organically are amazing.
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    Crusader Kings III

    I loved CK II. What follows is a (probably too long) history of Queen Catherine of Ireland. Setting: Ireland is a powerful Kingdom forged of the Northern(mine) and Southern(AI) powers that fought for a century unifying after a bitter conflict and a political marriage. Since the marriage the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wall of Force Question; Can it cut through Stone?

    So... I allow this sort of thing from time to time based upon a couple factors. If the party is in a fight then spells work as written. Outside of the action I’m much more lenient upon the effects of a given spell. If it’s a loss of decent leveled spell I’ll allow other uses of it. Ex...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Storm King's Thunder - Nonan's Hold (need DM advice)

    With 6 players ask yourself.. “ is this scene ‘metal enough?’” And if the answer is yes or no... Make it more metal. They’ll be ok.
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    Poll: What's your level of rules modification?

    I play with the he rules, not by the rules.
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    D&D General One Player One GM

    I’ve run solo campaigns. They’re awesome.
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    D&D 5E (2014) How do you roll, DM?

    Playing on roll 20 i asked if my players wanted public or private rolls. Seems that my players like seeing when they get crit. Or seeing the DC and total damage of Finger of Death... “DC: 17??! 62 DAMAGE??!” Rolls 18 on his con save... Group: “ooooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!”
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun doesn't actually need Psionics

    I mean... yes, Dark Sun can totally be done without psionics.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Weird Interpretations for High/Low Ability Scores

    I’m very NOT strict about a lot of the abilities players have that must trigger before a roll. Protection style for example. I roll the dice(click the button) too fast in all the excitement.
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    How many hits can a mook take?

    1-3 hits
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    OSR OSR, Ascending AC or no?

    The power of hindsight. At the time Thaco simply was... Now thaco simply is... garbage.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What to do about Hypnotic Pattern?

    Twinned scorching Ray and Haste were my “fireballs” in this scenario.
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    Level Up (A5E) Strength − Size matters

    The half orc barbarian used his base weight to save himself from being lifted off a cliff and dropped to his doom. “The stone coatle grapples you! It yanks you to the edge and over...” “Can it carry me?” “.... wha.. I mean it grappled you so...” “I’m 425 lbs. Plus I’m carrying ALL the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Kate Welch has left WotC

    Yeah. Odds are she’s just... “done”. She’s had a successful run at a business and is going to parley that into another, better job for her. Or she’s gonna take a vacation.
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