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    D&D General Just Eat the Dang Fruit

    My exact thought as well. Give everyone time to screw up before checking the results.
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    D&D General Preferred way of running large dungeon crawls?

    Pre-VTT days I'd use TotM with a dry erase board for combat mapping or details. The layout map I usually leave to the player's discretion, as I've found most modern gamers don't bother with one.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Do you still feel that One D&D is "Compatible" with 5E?

    So much this. They explicitly mention the power levels are going to be off from 5E because of this fact. Some people have really high expectations...
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    D&D General What About Those Other D&D Settings?

    The City of the Gods is what sets this setting apart, a sci-fi society that summons demons :devilish: As a Greyhawk fan, a huge part of me hopes they never touch Greyhawk again. The desire to modernize the setting does not sit well with me. These are technically supported as part of the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Is the stun from Psychic Scream permanent if it is impossible to make the save?

    IIRC, the only direct spell would be Power Word: Heal, but I feel that Dispel Magic would be applicable as well.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Wild shape on the core druid should be...

    I think the concept should work the same as now: primarily utility with some weak combat use. They should provide several forms based on size and purpose. A tiny spy/scout could have no effective combat use. A small dex beast and a medium str beast would provide some melee options that would be...
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    D&D 5E (2024) What would you put in 1D&D from 4E?

    Unlike most of the options people want, these actually have a chance. Since 1D&D is backwards compatible, a ton of things simply cannot change. These are add-ons, rather than core changes, so they can more easily be incorporated.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Pulse check on 1D&D excitement level

    I think too many people are expecting this to be 6E, which it's not meant to be. This is going to be a revised 5E, using the same sturdy chassis with upgraded add-ons. If you don't like 5E, you're not going to like this. Since I love 5E, I'm loving the playtest.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Good modules (not APs)

    I'd second Ghosts of Saltmarsh. It's not an AP, and except for the original trilogy, none of them are related in any way (none of the others are even originally Greyhawk). It's great to use for a campaign, giving you a base and several adventures. I haven't played it, but I've seen the Goodman...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Smite Changes

    I'm combing the two, because they're the same topic: should paladins be able to smite outside of using a melee weapon? While ranged combat has been the paladin's weakness, new access to cantrips will remove this already. Allowing smites on regular ranged attacks is unlikely to be that much of an...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Am I crazy, or did they just turn Stealth into full Ninja mode?

    The primary difficulty would be avoiding line of sight. That's easy to do with only 1 orc, but 100 are much more likely to see you. This is the problem I have with the new version... you hide outside of the camp, then just walk past everyone while "invisible." Passive perception might have some...
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    D&D General Dice Fudging and Twist Endings

    Personally agree, but I know it depends on the DMs style. I'm old school, and see the DM as having 3 hats: author, storyteller, and referee/judge. The storyteller hat is worn during play outside of combat, but once in combat, the DM needs to wear the referee hat instead. Otherwise you might as...
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    D&D 5E (2014) If I were to publish a megadungeon, how would you prefer I handle XP?

    I'm a fan of including XP for exploration and social encounters. If the party runs across a trap or hazard for the first time, they get some XP; disarming/avoiding the trap/hazard via ability checks or abilities is the equivalent to combat. Denizens of megadungeons don't always require combat...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Am I crazy, or did they just turn Stealth into full Ninja mode?

    They had the Hidden condition in the last packet that worked just fine. Not sure why the change here, but hopefully negative feedback fixes it.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Spell slot level for Find Familiar and Find Steed for rituals, Wild Companion and Faithful Steed

    At Higher Levels specifically calls out when you cast the spell with a higher level slot. Since you are not spending a slot, you cannot use At Higher Levels.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Am I crazy, or did they just turn Stealth into full Ninja mode?

    So after a delve into the rules glossary, I was sad that they got rid of the Hidden condition. Instead it makes you invisible, but I don't think they worded it quite right. You gain the Invisibility condition until you make noise, and enemy finds you (using the Search Action), or you attack. The...
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    D&D General How would you redo 4e?

    I thought 4E was a more or less fine game, I just felt it was too different from prior versions of D&D. If it was released under a different name, I feel it wouldn't have had many issues at all. Combat took forever and a day, because every combat had to be "meaningful." My experience was 2...
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    D&D General Why a PETITION: Stop Hasbro's hurtful content is a Bad Idea

    They're a different kind of publisher, not an integral part of the original product. They can provide a single book at cost without suffering significant problems, since they provide thousands of other books for profit. The books we're talking about are part of one of the principle IP of WotC...
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    D&D General What types of Saving Throws do you like?

    The treadmill is a product of the change in purpose. The treadmill allows characters to face greater threats with similar chances of success, while easier threats are bypassed more easily. In the old style, failing a save was usually catastrophic, so by having them increase slowly over time...
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    D&D General Why a PETITION: Stop Hasbro's hurtful content is a Bad Idea

    Then they may as well not provide it. WotC is a business, and thus they have to make a profit. Selling products people want is what businesses do. You may not approve, but that's reality. Modern sensibilities require the warning. Just look at Disney with a lot of their older stuff. Given the...
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