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  1. Henry

    Pathfinder 2E Release Day Second Edition Amazon Sales Rank

    Thanks for the notification; to reiterate my thoughts here, if Lisa’s happy, and nobody has any counterpoint stories about staffers or freelancers getting shafted because business is poor, then I’m happy. Paizo are some generally really nice people, and I love seeing them do well.
  2. Henry

    D&D 5E (2014) When you do not know what class to play, just use your birthdate

    I’d just roll a d12...? also, would you play an artificer if you were born on Feb. 29th?
  3. Henry

    The Fumble: Major Newspaper Surprised By How Often It's Been Surprised By Renewed Popularity of RPGs

    Note that I am taken unawares by your surprise, and find myself at a loss at your wife’s astonishment. 😁
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    D&D General Settling Down And Making A Place Home

    That’s in fact part of what Ed’s article points out, that the focus needs to be on the parts at which the PCs are looking to ”hide the facade”, because no matter how much work you put in, it’s still going to be a facade. If the DM does get enjoyment out of fleshing out every NPC in their...
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    How have you grown and/or changed as a GM over the years?

    I focus more on player satisfaction than my satisfaction with story consistency. If someone doesn’t have a natural jump point to bring them logically into the story I invent one as soon as possible. If they want to play a certain race or class, and it doesn’t seem unbalanced, I find a way to...
  6. Henry

    Pay What You Want (But Please Pay Something!)

    Yeah, I’d be upset if my players always packed up their character sheets and books and returned them to their backpacks when it wasn’t their turn, too. :) it doesn’t sound like a problem with use of tablets or laptops so much as the player not being prepared when it’s their turn or being in the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What’s the highest level character you’ve played in 5E?

    I played a level 13 moon Druid who finished Princes of the Apocalypse; every other character I’ve ever played in 5e hasn’t topped 7th level.
  8. Henry

    D&D 5E (2014) Nobody Is Playing High Level Characters

    For us, DM fatigue usually sets in about 7th to 10th level; the even funnier thing is that this hasn’t changed in groups I’ve been in even since AD&D days!
  9. Henry

    News Digest for the Week of December 27

    From the article: in my opinion, he’s not needing any help with that. His and his company’s name are becoming mud through his own actions and reactions.
  10. Henry

    D&D 5E (2014) Xanthian boot rear?

    To channel Dennis Leary for a second, “...because sometimes I might just feel a NEED to, okay?” :)
  11. Henry

    D&D General “Groom of the Stool” — how accurate do you want your royal courts to be

    I was honestly scared to click that spoiler for a couple of seconds. :lol:
  12. Henry

    Best of 2010s: Television Recommendations!

    Person of Interest still holds my vote as best TV series of the 2010s, due both to excellent acting and its timeliness as the herald of the world we currently live in (Pre-dating the Snowden story by two years).
  13. Henry

    Pregnancy and newborns...

    It’s not something any of my groups over time have addressed. Today, if we were handling that topic, I would likely advocate that it be “off-camera,” handled with some roleplaying scenes addressing its significance to the mother, and what it means for the group, and handle the rest as downtime...
  14. Henry

    D&D 5E (2014) Too many choices? (Options Paralysis)

    You and your DM must have skipped 3e and 4e - the options have been pared down ENORMOUSLY since then - to the point where players of those editions were complaining of far too few options (myself included, for a time). the simplest cure of option paralysis is to try to get an idea of the...
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    D&D General Art in D&D

    I’ve always been a sucker for the late 1-to-early 2e art; my favorites were always Elmore, Easley, Caldwell, etc. That said, I really don’t have any real criticisms of the 5e art; not my favorite, but it also doesn’t contain my LEAST favorite, who was Tony DiTerlizzi. Nothing against the man...
  16. Henry

    Maybe It's Time for a Break?

    Best of luck, and may you break be just what you needed.
  17. Henry

    New players: your recruiting standards

    Our strongest rule: Do they mesh well with the group in terms of temperament, sense of humor, and commitment. Group A: has one woman in it (married couple), and age ranges from early 30s to late 40s. Used to have another woman, but she had to stop playing due to health issues. All are pretty...
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    D&D General How long do new players get before they're expected to know the rules?

    Pretty much the definition of Life in one sentence... ;)
  19. Henry

    D&D Movie/TV New D&D movie details? Vecna?!

    With the Critical Role animated series and other merchandise coming, and the D&D movie being developed, maybe we can see the seed of a ”fantasy movie” trend that could supplement the Comic Book Superhero trend - but then I’m cautiously optimistic, because we saw this in the early 2000s with the...
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