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  1. Henry

    What would a slaad say?

    This made me think of the last three panels of: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1147.html
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    CHALLENGE: Campaigns that NOBODY would want to play in

    Three words: FATAL the RPG. As one of my friends once put it.. "Nothing like a game where you can get wrestle-raped to death to put you off RPGs forever..."
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    CHALLENGE: Campaigns that NOBODY would want to play in

    Don't Be Jelly: The RPG or The Cubed Masters desire your Flesh! There's always room... for YOU!
  4. Henry

    What do my players find in an abandoned layer of Absalom Station?

    Many, many things. Living things. As long as there are power conduits, and air, there's life. Most likely: Other escaped convicts and criminals, less murderous, who want to be left alone, as long as they can be convinced the PCs aren't cops there for them, they might provide useful intel on...
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    WotC Monster Art Contest Winner Announced

    Yeah - All of them are pretty cool, but some of them look like they belong more in a dreamscape than in a dungeon - too "busy" with extra tentacles, hands, etc. Even though it's D&D, nature does tend to stick with four appendages among vertebrates. I think that's what throws me off about some of...
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    WotC Monster Art Contest Winner Announced

    Cerberclops! :)
  7. Henry

    AD&D 1E 5e Play, 1e Play, and the Immersive Experience

    I was going to say the same thing after the first post. In the DMG, surprise is measured as rolls on a d6; yet, some creatures in later books like Unearthed Arcana or Monster Manual 2 are surprised on a 3 in 8, or a 1 in 20! Not even a specific system uses consistent math with ITSELF. You roll a...
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    WotC Monster Art Contest Winner Announced

    That thing is freakin' hideous. Almost reminds me of one of those eyeless cave fish, or a Giger alien.
  9. Henry

    Anyone else tired of the miserly begrudging Rogue design of 5E?

    In every game I've played, even games with the Great Weapon Master Sharpshooter types running around, Rogues are among the top damage dealers in the party every time (not the top, but among the top, usually #2.) In my table experience, they don't need the extra damage. If they did, fighters...
  10. Henry

    Dragon Reflections #18 – Gamers Behaving Badly

    A mortician's convention? I can imagine the bad behavior would have to be quite grave to let people down and urn a negative rep, but we have to understand that such a business, with its stiff competition, can be quite stressful.
  11. Henry

    Help: Player wants to be Super Mario

    Maybe he should be a Kensai Monk with a Warhammer as his favored weapon. (Because Maul is unavailable...) Seriously, that's a cool way to envision something for someone wanting to get into the game.
  12. Henry

    So Mike Mearls is on the phone...

    Variant Rules. Tons of all the craziest stuff they've been working in Unearthed Arcana, and then some, but with stronger playtesting, on things such as alternate skill systems, class feature swapping, Alchemists, Gunslingers, you name it. Basically , PF Unchained but for 5e. I either have or...
  13. Henry

    Largest Party Size you have ever Participated in/DM'd?

    The largest was a 13-person group I played in during the early 3.0 D&D era -- I did not envy that poor DM. Largest group I've ever DMed for was maybe 8 people? It was a bit of a slog. Init tracker index cards helped immensely, it's why I still use that method to keep track of initiative at the...
  14. Henry

    Burning Questions: What Do New DMs Need to Know?

    Strong advice, and one of the worst habits I broke when I was younger. There's nothing wrong with a simple plot, when your players expect and want it (some nights are different than others), but I had multiple instances where the plot was dependent on the PCs being captured, or the PCs taking...
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    New D&D Show From Daredevil's Deborah Ann Woll

    Nothing wrong with being happy that females are increasingly part of the hobby -- The more different people of all walks of life join the hobby, the more I find out the cool perspectives that I have been missing. The article people were touting this year that talk about the phenomenal growth of...
  16. Henry

    New D&D Show From Daredevil's Deborah Ann Woll

    Sounds worth at least an initial watch!
  17. Henry

    Campaign Settings and DM Strictures, the POLL

    To each their own -- still beats the 1970's "obese hairy-toed children" or the D&D5 Funko POP! halflings. :)
  18. Henry

    Here's The Drizzt Do'Urden Conception Story

    Perhaps the title should be "Here's the story of Drizzt Do'Urden's Inception"? :heh: Then again, people would just drop endless Leo deCaprio and spinning top jokes...
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    Campaign Settings and DM Strictures, the POLL

    A good place to start is https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Gnome While the PathfinderWiki is not maintained by Paizo, it does draw its material from official Paizo sources, so it's a good place to get a starting paraphrase of the existing world material, and it has a very extensive "references"...
  20. Henry

    Acid Splash Chemestry?

    It's magic elemental acid from the Plane of Earth. :) (I was a chemistry major once, so I can appreciate 'getting creative' with D&D physics, but it's usually best not to think about it too hard or the other players or DM's heads might explode... ) Give me an immovable rod, a decanter of...
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