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    OSR City State of the Invincible Overlord, what even is it?

    I've never heard of this until the recent announcement (I know very little about Judge's Guild) and since this is going to be re-released, I'm curious what people who have used it, read through it, etc., liked about it (or didn't). What were your impressions of it when you first came across it...
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    Do Shorter Lists Make Players/GMs More Creative?

    Maybe you just aren't seeing them, there are a few subreddits that show homebrew content, many of which are spells, so people are still being creative and adding to spell lists, etc. However, that may not necessarily be in-game creation (like having a wizard research a new spell) and I think in...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Fixing ranger with higher level mark spells.

    Not sure if it's in my notes (I'd actually have to hunt for them), but anything that eats into the sorcerer's gimmick would probably be at a minimum level where the sorcerer is still far more efficient. With level limits like you posted, it would be even less efficient, but still maybe a good...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Fixing ranger with higher level mark spells.

    I like this idea, I was thinking of creating a set of metamagic spells (or, I guess, updating spells from 2e) that worked the same way. I think I'd stopped running games by the time I'd put them together. I'm not sure how useful it would be since it's only when the ranger hits the target that...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Fixing ranger with higher level mark spells.

    This thread is about adding higher level mark spells, not about removing hunter's mark...
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    I see the mullet comes back in fashion in the future.
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    D&D General Looking for Skype alternatives

    Discord might actually be the best one in that I don't think there is any fee for meetings longer than an hour. I do recall having issues with it taking up a lot of resources but it might be better now.
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    D&D 3.x Auril stats

    If you do use Skadi's stats, Id suggest giving her an ability similar to fire mastery but for cold allowing her to use any cold spell at will.
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    D&D General How would you feel if Official Adventures only covered 3 levels?

    I'd be happy with adventures that don't even level you up, just a small adventure that can be a side quest or a one-shot where you get a bit of xp and maybe an interesting item or two. That was the benefit of the old dungeon magazine. I'd be fine with it being a PDF of a set of curated...
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    These look amazing. Makes me want to run a dwarf warrior as my next PC.
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    Unearthed Arcana UA Phantom Rogue still seems BORING and feels OUTDATED in 5e2024. It's basically a vanilla Rogue before 9.

    Yeah, bard is another I have a similar issue with, but in the bard's case it's due to having only 3 subclass levels. Level 10 should have been for the subclass to get that extra bit of flavour.
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    Unearthed Arcana UA Phantom Rogue still seems BORING and feels OUTDATED in 5e2024. It's basically a vanilla Rogue before 9.

    One of the issues I have with the rogue is how spaced it its subclasses are. Having to wait until level 9 for the second subclass ability is too long a wait for all of the rogue subclasses.
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    D&D 5E (2024) If Your Builds Not Online By Level 6 Dont Bother?

    The blade cantrips made it feel a little more magical, but otherwise I agree that the EK felt a bit lacking until level 7.
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    OSR Minimalist Paladin and Ranger rules for B/X aka Old School Essentials

    Using the halfling as a ranger I think works as a quick way to get a ranger in the game, it has a lot of abilities that would suit a ranger for BX and you can always extend the levels out if desired instead of halting it at 8th level. I do kind of feel like I'd want to allow all weapons though...
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    What Are Your Non-Gaming Hobbies/Interests?

    I used to read more, I used to walk more and explore my surroundings, I used to sketch and draw; but now I just sit around watching TV shows/movies if I'm not gaming. I guess I have started to collect Transformers toys. I guess that's an interest, I just think they're cool and they've brought...
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    AI is going to hack us.

    I have a similar issue. When I hit a wall in how to write a formula in excel or Power BI I'll ask chatgpt, often eventually get an answer that works but I don't really remember how to do it again because it did a lot of the work for me. I try understand what the functions are but find they often...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Martial/Caster fix.

    Generally my campaigns either don't require any specific class, or there is some sort of item or NPC that the team can use to cover what a specific class can do. So if I need the group to get to the City of Brass, there will be a way without needing a high level wizard in the party to cast a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) If Your Builds Not Online By Level 6 Dont Bother?

    I've always found 5th level is when classes really get interesting to play, moreso if single-classed. Warriors can hit more consistently since they have 2 attacks, casters get 3rd level spells, everyone has a feat/ASI and a proficiency increase making them much more consistent if they focused on...
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    D&D 5E (2024) If Your Builds Not Online By Level 6 Dont Bother?

    Pretty sure he's telling you about the games he runs with that comment.
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    Cool artstyle for Conan.
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