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    D&D 5E (2024) The impending mess that will be backwards compatibility

    Right now, I'm trying to process if you're referencing the urban legend that New Coke was brought out solely so Coca-Cola could reformulate the older Coke, 'realize their mistake' and then release Coke Classic with the new sweetener, basically gaslighting everyone that the Coke Classic was...
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    D&D 5E (2024) The impending mess that will be backwards compatibility

    Can you imagine the utter dumpster fire THAT idea would cause in the community? "See, they lied. OneD&D was always 6e and They Knew It"
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    Does Dual-Wielding = Double Damage?

    I'm glad to see this shouted-out. As a long time L5R player (back from the beginning) I loved the whole nature of the debate between the Kakita school (the single-strike) and Mirumoto (dual-wield). I always love that Mirumoto's rebuttal to the question was 'Two hands. Two swords.'
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    Worlds of Design: Combat Tactics

    A good article. One piece of advice I've found that I don't think got mentioned. You discussed different catergories of troops or unit members. I think one goal should also be, whether on the battlefield or dungeon, to create beneficial mismatches. An example from a Rolemaster game I'd...
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    Picard Season 3

    As an outsider, I thought it was a test about current events, not a historical item. Kind of similiar to the trope in movies of 'Oh, we've got to hurry because this passcode changes in 7 minutes', the question was based on something that may not have made it out unless you were directly effected.
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    AD&D 2E On AD&D 2E

    I believe they tried to frame that in terms of, no matter how crappy genetics were to you, you could become a town guard or a thief because those were 'unskilled'. Fighters and thieves were the Subway Sandwich Artists of D&D
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    Picard Season 3

    I made the assumption that various sections of the ships are designed for evacuation in the sense of not having enough time or even power to use the transporters. Makes me think of school bus designs, with the back door for an emergency exit and the windows being able to be operated to use as...
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    D&D General weight of equipment

    I'm not sure where I had stumbled across, and it's possible I dreamed it up accidentally, but it seems to me that the question of weight of gear/money wasn't just weight but an abstraction of the BULK of the item in question. So, scale may not actually weigh what it's listed as, but the...
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    I agree. Some things Wizards/other gaming companies (since we seem to keep mentioning Wizards) can do: Keep working to improve material and get as many different eyes on the total material as possible, not just the sections they feel might toe a line. Be proactive policing their boards and...
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    I wonder if we will see that, given that many states in America seem to be going now for transparency about what an actual salary is. I know NY state pushed through something where they can no longer say a job pays 'between $35-70k'. But, for the same reason companies in America don't want...
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    I don't know if it's been said, but I feel comparing MMO in-game behaviors and consequences to what we're talking about about content creators harassment isn't equivalent. Blizzard or Square-Enix can absolutely lock down accounts in-game and on their boards. They can post 'that's not cool' on...
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    D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Cast Plays A Game Of D&D!

    It feels a lot of people felt the same way about the LotR show on Amazon. Probably dropped in to check it out and saw it wasn't what they expected and checked out. About the Vox Machina show, I wonder how many people tuned out after/during episode one and feel it was jokey and Bad. I told a...
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    At no point did I say either should be permitted to be abused. I'll try another example: Writers. If I tell you I'm a writer, generally the expectation might be that I am a writer of fiction/non-fiction. If I tell you I write technical manuals, that is a completely different type of writing...
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    I think the issue is that for a lot of people, a content creator and a freelancer are two different things. Think of Venn diagrams with overlapping circles - some content creators also write freelance WotC/3PP material, and some content creators only run livestreams, while some freelancers have...
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    As an old white guy, I don't feel this sounds super weird. As an outsider, I related to Tanis as well for obviously different reasons. Do you think something like CR's mixed ancestries might work? In the new Tal'dorei book, they talk about mixed ancestries without using 'half-', and they talk...
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    D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Cast Plays A Game Of D&D!

    Since they obviously recorded it, I would wager we'll see it eventually, even if it is a DVD bonus or heck maybe during some re-release add a showing of the game. Clearly they seemed to enjoy it
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    D&D General D&D Creator Summit--VTT & One D&D

    I didn't get the impression the question was about getting a speedier press release out as much as the impression people were going ballistic at Ginny Di (hypothetical example), or any other influencer. I didn't read that they wanted quicker answers; the WotC people were asked specifically for...
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    D&D Movie/TV Free 'Honor Among Thieves' Bundle Includes Characters & Magic Items From The Movie

    I thought with his little belt thing in the Triabor scene where they went flying, he was some kind of clockwork sorceror and the little gadget was for working his spells
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    D&D Movie/TV Free 'Honor Among Thieves' Bundle Includes Characters & Magic Items From The Movie

    I did also enjoy the fact that Simon was a sorceror was viewed as 'bad'. That this was a failure on his part, him letting his esteemed bloodline down. And for the record, I absolutely LOVED all of that scene during the attunement.
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