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  1. Man in the Funny Hat

    D&D General The Transition of a D&D World into the Industrial Era

    Supply and demand baby. It's a lot easier to source corpses to animate than magic items that everyone wants. :) Only with 3E and later. And there's a whole genre of difference between having one deity of "magical technology" and having an entire setting of steampunk. Being the only person...
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    D&D General The Transition of a D&D World into the Industrial Era

    Well, since you're immediately diving headlong into unscientific postulation because of the inclusion of magic, monsters, and other utterly fantastical elements, how I would address them depends on the kind of campaign world I want to have. Then I can spout any kind of justification and declare...
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    WotC Unpopular Opinion: WotC is the Bethesda of RPG Companies

    Don't know about you, but every game I've run or played in since 1976 when I started has not been successful or entertaining because of the copious and premium quality output from WotC, TSR, etc. It has been because of the expansion, tweaking, and customization of a DM. RPG campaigns of any...
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    Survivor Dragons: BLACK DRAGON WINS!

    Black Dragon 18 Blue Dragon 17 Gold Dragon 18 Green Dragon 20 Red Dragon 15+1=16 Silver Dragon 18-2=16
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    Survivor Dragons: BLACK DRAGON WINS!

    Black Dragon 22 Blue Dragon 23 Brass Dragon 23 Bronze Dragon 13 Copper Dragon 19 Dragon Turtle 1 - 2 = 0 And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger Faerie Dragon 1+1 = 2 Gold Dragon 19 Green Dragon 20 Red Dragon 18 Shadow Dragon 18 Silver Dragon 23 White Dragon 17
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    What's Your Favorite System for Star Wars

    WEG d6. FFG's is a good system and I don't mind it for SW, but I didn't think the gameplay had the FEEL of the SW universe like WEG's.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What are your favorite/non-favorite house rules?

    Frankly it would have to be milestone leveling. Fought against the idea for a long time but I have pretty well concluded it’s the way I’ll go with any edition from now on.
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    D&D General How do you feel about Save or Die?

    Save or die isn't a problem in and of itself. If used sparingly and with proper consideration it's fine. If the default is every poison is save-or-die, and tons of spells and other effects are save-or-die (or the equivalent thereof) then it sucks golf balls through garden hoses.
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    What makes a monster terrifying?

    What makes a monster truly terrifying? IMO it's everything that ISN'T just numbers in the MM.
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    D&D 5E (2014) E6 in 5e

    No, it IS what players prefer or else every survey I've ever seen is wrong. Besides, it's not what you play, it's how you play it. E6 is (or at least aimed to be): Fast play at every level. Focus on planning, not leveling. To defeat powerful opponents the PC's utilize information, terrain...
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    advice on dice boxes please.

    Any cigar store will almost surely have a PILE of empty cigar boxes for sale at like $2 each or possibly even free. I bought one, lined it with felt and have a quite nice dicebox/rolling tray just because I wanted something different than a dice bag for once. They come in various sizes just as...
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    Survivor Ninth Level Spells- METEOR SWARM WINS!

    Gate 16 Mass Heal 10 Meteor Swarm 7 Prismatic Wall 19 Psychic Scream 3 Shapechange 13 True Polymorph 10 weed out the weaklings
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    D&D General Anybody still playing a d20 System game?

    my next game will likely be 3.5 D&D.
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    D&D 5E (2014) PHB shows up in Target.

    Frankly, I am disappointed that nobody else has already grabbed it and run with it somewhere. It seems it will be up to ME to do something more with it than just be silly about fast food franchises... Was hoping someone would save me the trouble...
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    D&D 5E (2014) PHB shows up in Target.

    Wendy’s is already there with their own rpg, just don’t have dice or minis for sale at the stores yet.
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    TSR Lorraine Williams, unfairly lambasted?

    Again, she didn't turn it around. The company simply staved off collapse. For four years after she took over it the game was still all 1E. Even after 2E was released and made money the company financial structure didn't really improve. It was still deep in debt and cash-strapped, and even...
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    Spelljammer Why Spelljammer?

    I go to The Piazza for Spelljammer discussion, but except while it was in print it never really burned up the internets with interest ANYwhere. I've been working on a Spelljammer game myself after a REQUEST from a group of 5E players, but sad to say, like Zardnaar I've concluded (for perhaps...
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    Survivor Named Wizards Part Deux: GIVE BIGBY A HAND!

    Bigby 13 Otto 8 Tasha 0 Ta ta Tasha.
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    TSR Lorraine Williams, unfairly lambasted?

    If she had saved it D&D would still be sold by TSR and not WotC. No, she didn't destroy the game. Yes, she gets all the credit for failing to save the company, or to put it another way; she bears responsibility for destroying the company. And IT DID FAIL. D&D does not exist because she saved...
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