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  1. cmad1977

    D&D 5E (2014) Is 5e's Success Actually Bad for Other Games?

    I’ve never played a game where people looked down at their sheets so much.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What does 5E do well?

    It apparently does D&D really well.
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    Might be old, but what's your favorite torture you play on your players?

    Running games.
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    D&D General How Was Your Last Session?

    Shemshimes bedtime rhyme: The battlemaster(and some NPCs) are charmed and out for blood! Battlemaster held by cleric with Hold Person! Great! Battlemaster fails save after save! GREAT! Cleric stops concentrating on hold person…. wh…whaaat? Battlemaster runs rampant and the party scatters in...
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    D&D General Win The Title of D&D's Best DM

    I’ve already won the award for ambivalence so I think I’m gonna sit this one out. It’s around here somewhere I guess.
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Ally charmed, battlemaster thumps friemds
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why do guns do so much damage?

    Guns do so much damage because…. HPs are narrative. Not meat. All D&D combat is narrative. Why is this a question?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is it better to prevent or inflict damage? (psi warrior, battle master, others)

    This answer is: Yes.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What year (or timeline) is Van Richten's 5E Ravenloft set in?

    The real answer is…. Whenever you want it to be.
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    D&D General Future D&D videogames.

    I can’t wait for Bg3 to be finished. Hopefully it doesn’t fall into vapor ware territory. I don’t see that happening though.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Volo's 5e vs Tasha's 5e where do you see 5e heading?

    Yup. If you spew enough poop, some will stick to the wall.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you find alignment useful in any way?

    I find alignment particularly useful. I can point to it and say to new players “See this? This is TERRIBLE design! Don’t do this in your games!”
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    Firefly Reconsidered: Why Firefly Isn't "Hall of Fame" Great

    Firefly is nowhere near as good as it could have been and no where near as good as it is remembered.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you find alignment useful in any way?

    It’s useless.
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    Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Review Round-Up – What the Critics Say

    When “hot takes” go wrong…
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    D&D 5E (2014) How do you handle, "after seeing the roll, but before knowing whether it succeeds" mechanics in online play?

    I’m not too picky. Too often I’m moving too fast for the players to actually interject in time so I let a lot of these abilities trigger after I’ve said “The zombie rears it’s head back and bites for you, 17 hits and is sinks it’s teeth into your neck for 6 damage…” “Wait… my protection...
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    Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft: An In-Depth Review

    That’s because it doesn’t happen and your afraid of ghosts.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you use the Success w/ Complication Module in the DMG or Fail Forward in the Basic PDF

    I use all these tools and others depending upon the event/context. I also don’t.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Everything We Know About The Ravenloft Book

    Given the people who are upset about this book… I know I’m gonna love it. No greater recommendation than to have crotchety olde players whining about it like children.
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    D&D and the rising pandemic

    Oof. Fly out to Los Angeles twice and you’ll be good to go.
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