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    D&D General NPC Descriptions: DM Formatting Preferences

    I tend to use a paragraph myself, more of the "7 sentence NPC" from an old Dragon article. Some reason I like the option 2 above though. I can see this under the statblock of the NPC taking half a page for each main bad guy. I feel it would make it easier to run.
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    Level Up (A5E) What Druid wild shape forms would you allow to throw Seed Bombs? Or use an object?

    I would tend to vote that they all can or all cannot. Have we ever seen a monkey throw a stick. I seem to think that they are not very accurate. But, then they have your intelligence so maybe they can figure out release and such if they have the arm structure. Then another question is if a...
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    D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?

    Is she at least giving out +5 vorpal holy-avengers? ;)
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    D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?

    It is hard being a first time DM, especially so if the other players are experienced DMs and/or older people. You want to encourage her to be the DM, but also want a consistent style and rules. Some things are flexible and others might not be. Critical hits with a lingering injury- maybe...
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    Who is your favorite James Bond?

    I say Connery is the most iconic and classic, because he played golf with Goldfinger and caught him cheating. The most enjoyable films though were the new Craig ones. The most quoted though...
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    Doctor Which

    Remember getting into the show when I was a kid with Baker and then getting back into it with Tennant.
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    Dragonbane Miniatures Coming to Kickstarter

    Those are really great figures
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    AN AI band has 900,000 monthly listeners

    Didn't I read that it was only 90,000 yesterday and today 900,000?
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    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    You are going to tell us or want to make a poll guessing.
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    D&D's New Solo Player Guideline Explained

    I'm thinking of when my son started playing with me when he was 9. We played with a NPC that could add some combat and such. I'm wondering if he played with these new rules and learned this way if he would like to play the 'normal' way when we started playing with more people. Not sure if the...
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    Phase 5 of the MCU is over

    I stopped caring if I watched them. I used to want to see them in order or track the timeline and get more involved, but now most of them do not appeal to me in any way. Love to see a good FF movie, but the preview seems off as well on this one. I would like to be wrong though.
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    TSR Who or What am I? Dragon 94 Cover by Clyde Caldwell

    I'm wondering why people think she is underdressed! It looks fine to me.
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    D&D's New Solo Player Guideline Explained

    I guess the easiest way to play with one PC is to have a bunch of rerolls and 3 times the HP. This way the DM does not need to modify the adventure. It seems easier than the gestalt rules where you have two classes that go up at the same time. Now what do I get if there are two players...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    Some of all this might be a holdover from earlier editions where in combat time was different than out of combat time. There is also some input from the failed check. If a PC misses the check by 5 on a standard lock I may say that it appears harder than first thought and it takes another...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    I have never had a thief try twice in one round using their bonus action. They mostly like to attack and try to open a door or lock. Out of combat, I tend to rule they cannot use their bonus action/ cunning action. I have not really tried the 2024 rules with getting advantage opening locks...
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