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  1. Distracted DM

    D&D General You can now turn 2024 Rules off in D&D Beyond

    I don't use DDB much anymore, but I'm glad to hear that it's actually getting updates and support outside of new sold content and Maps.
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    General DCC RPG thread

    IIRC Mystara has even more weird stuff in it than Greyhawk does? DCC would work well for that. Dark Sun would work well, but you might want to use some Mutant Crawl Classics (MCC) or other DCC rules supplements to work in the psionics etc. All the (X)CC stuff works fine together.
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    Homebrew Toying with initiative - phased and segments

    I'm always interested in different initiative systems, I appreciate your thoughts on the matter (regardless of system). My players never understand why initiative is one of the biggest targets for improving gameplay. They just want things to stay the same as they are, because it's what they...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Chance for a warlord?

    Laserllama released an update for their Warlord class; free download, pdf, etc. https://www.patreon.com/posts/131174109?pr=true
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    Should PCs Be Exceptional?

    Good point. How would you define Sword & Sorcery?
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    RPG Evolution: Craft Everything

    I think having options for such things is good! Certainly 3pp can fill that niche well, since the GM can find something that appeals to them. I just dislike the idea that by not having them, you're "falling behind." I forgot to mention earlier that while I don't love crafting permanent magic...
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    Should PCs Be Exceptional?

    I prefer Sword & Sorcery as well due to media inspirations; but I've accepted that DnD has left that behind and I just make myself miserable trying to force it. Someone else mentioned that S&S is more about a smaller more personal scope than power, which I agree with wholeheartedly- though...
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    Should PCs Be Exceptional?

    With regards to "what's considered exceptional..." IMO most editions' DnD characters are, to varying degrees, exceptional. They advance in power quickly, they outperform their contemporaries, and in dnd5e they punch way above their weight class. SHOULD they be exceptional? Tough call. Depends...
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    D&D 5E (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game)

    My full stun rules: A stunned creature's speed is halved and can speak only falteringly; it cannot cast leveled spells requiring a vocal component. A stunned creature cannot take reactions or concentrate. On its turn, a stunned creature can take either an action or a bonus action, not both. In...
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    D&D 5E (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game)

    Synaptic Static is nasty, sure, but has your DM encountered Tasha's Mind Whip? A second level INT-save spell that will render encounters with purple worms and the vast majority of MM creatures pointless. 5e doesn't design its creatures to make INT saves. With the exception things like an...
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    D&D 5E (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game)

    I don't like anyone being stunlocked out of a combat unless they're an unimportant mook or bodyguard. Having the boss unable to act? That sucks. Players? Even worse. I hate my players' missing their turns in 5e.. this isn't simpler systems where a round of combat takes less than a minute or two...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters?

    I have allowed flying characters to carry others but we use encumbrance. In most cases this'll result in reducing their speed to 5ft due to A5E's encumbrance rules, and also 5e's drag/push weight rules. This has prevented abuse thus far.
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    RPG Evolution: Craft Everything

    I should add that this also depends on your own preference as far as magic items (and setting magic) goes... DnD is often post-apocalyptic, where the great days of yore are long behind and folk have lost a lot of knowledge that was once held.. that's one reason people go into dungeons in the...
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    RPG Evolution: Craft Everything

    I dislike the idea that crafting has to be inserted into everything, and that if you're not doing it you're falling behind (as per catching up). I like it in some of my video games. I like it occasionally. But it's not some customization necessity that absolutely improves everything it's added...
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    Underdark Hex Crawl Generator

    I forget if Veins of the Earth has a generator in it, but they made this'un. OSR: the Veinscrawl
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    D&D 5E (2024) Best 5.5 Mechanic They Should Use More IMHO

    That's an interesting observation, I wonder if it's intended.
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    Underdark Hex Crawl Generator

    I wonder if that kind of activity is a (now largely) untapped source of creative juices... "Total creativity pump" sounds golden. I know I've seen stuff like that in the past, but yeah thinking about it, creating the regions via such a method sounds quite nice.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Best 5.5 Mechanic They Should Use More IMHO

    Looks like another version of Magic Resistance @dave2008 (@ing you in case it inspires anything new) Though it won't let them walk through walls of force etc. since it's just a bump to saving throws. Interesting house-rule though!
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    D&D 5E (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game)

    Yeah, I dislike how evergreen stuff like Shield is, but the usefulness of such spells at higher levels was probably considered a feature not a bug by designers. Why cast a 2nd level acid arrow when your 11th level can’t rip out damages it?
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    D&D 5E (2024) Best 5.5 Mechanic They Should Use More IMHO

    Yeah, magic resistance is pretty weak-sauce in 5e. Golems used to be terrifying to spellcasters.
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