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  1. GMMichael

    D&D General How would you make this ruling? Vortex Warp

    No need for Rule of Cool: the spell has one target. The druid cannot be targeted by the spell, and therefore isn't going anywhere. If the druid ceases to be a "creature," then yeah, she/he would teleport with the fish as . . . dinner.
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    D&D General New Ravenloft Novel Heir of Strahd Coming Soon

    I feel like Strahd's house guest standards have lowered.
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    how many of powerful beings and/or high-level characters do you think is appropriate in a typical fantasy world?

    I'd look to supers to answer these questions, and I think their general response would be, "enough of one to counter the other." The number's going to go up and down, one side will hold sway while the other fluctuates, and the poor commoners will suffer in the meantime. It's complicated...
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    Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Is Talking About AI in D&D Again

    "Technology is not the same as tools" would seem to be my point. It's great to write something off as being a tool. That doesn't apply to AI though - that's a completely different problem.
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    Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks Is Talking About AI in D&D Again

    What about the fact that people use tools, but AI uses people? Or: a tool is supposed to make your job easier, not make you unnecessary?
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    Friends, Gamers, Editors, Lend Me Your Ears! (New Rules)

    You're right - no one wants to beg for an unfun result. But consider the Tie from a Powered by the Apocalypse perspective, if you will. Even when a contest comes up, something always happens in the fiction. There's no "you fail, next turn," or "you tied, roll again." A Con is like a Hard...
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    Friends, Gamers, Editors, Lend Me Your Ears! (New Rules)

    Maybe it's not worth a thousand words, but does this make the contest look like an easy concept? I revised the Spoilers in the OP, and added Starting Your Character Sheet, which talks about the Character Concept, Goal, Flaw, and the Average Person rule.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Wights and Life Drain

    This is very D&D. Love it!
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    D&D 5E (2024) Wights and Life Drain

    The gap it causes in your wallet?
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    D&D 5E (2024) Okay MM 2024 is fully released, when is the 5.5e SRD going to be released?

    They'll probably release it when they figure out what fraction of 5 to call it.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Wights and Life Drain

    So, life drain can be remedied in the same way as a night of heavy drinking? I'd hope wights were more dangerous than that.
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    D&D General What would your "fourth core rulebook" be?

    Matt Mercer's Guide to Awesomeness? I've seen two Tomes of Magic that would make good "core" books. Heroes of Battle was a good book, and was in line with D&D's everything-must-die mantra.
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    Worlds of Design: What State is Your State?

    It's probably helpful for the GM out there who's thinking, "yeah, my fiendish gnolls were probably tribesmen once. But I want them to be civilized, now. I wonder how they got from there to here?" Guns, Germs, and Steel seems like a great additional-reading book for this thread. Also, I think...
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    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    Greed and Darkness is pretty awesome so far. It's probably not one for the Everyone-Should-Have-Infravision crowd, though. Skyrim. Skyrim . . . why does that sound so familiar? Oh yeah, it's the a Dance with Dragons of videogames!
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    D&D General Dealing with bad luck (From behind the DM screen).

    Maybe you got a good feel for the game, then? Time to move on, or are you committed to 13'A_2e>pT for some reason? Ah, sign of a wholesome GM. However, the RNG isn't the only fault. It could also be rules, player decisions, and/or GM rulings. Whatever your plan ends up being, tell the...
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    The Castle is Alive

    Lots of good ideas in this thread, but too-much-of-a-good-thing definitely applies here. The first time that a painting hops off the wall to chase me around, I become a BIG art critic. Then if a rug tries to taste me later (or worse, swallow me), I'd get a real bad case of Don't Do Anything -...
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    New Year, New Campaign: Crown and Skull

    Ah, that makes sense. I haven't seen/used my tens-die in so long, I forgot about it! I caught the canoe paddle joke (which sounds like it would make a nice substitute for a ten-foot-pole), but if losing a round of combat means getting gear discarded, I can picture someone tripling up on...
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    New Year, New Campaign: Crown and Skull

    Not fair! I've never been able to hit 100 when rolling three d10s! The free player's guide, while a generous thing to offer, gives 74 pages on character creation and combat rules. The friendly demo character who comments once in a while says that he brings three shields with him on his...
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    Sharing My Original Music and Sound Effects - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric, the "like" button falls a little short. I need a "level up" button for you! RPGMaker was on sale recently, so... you'll possibly be hearing from me again.
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