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    TSR James M Ward: Meeting Gary Gygax and Learning D&D

    Mr. Ward (Drawmiji), thank you for sharing your memories with us. I just want to express my profound gratitude for your contributions to Expedition To The Barrier Peaks (which most likely inspired a generation of genre-bending) and for Metamorphosis Alpha in particular. While Gamma World is the...
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    [Merged] D&D forum renaming thread

    ...+1
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    Why the hate for complexity?

    Okay, here's some real talk from a professional game developer and publisher. As I have a tendency to, I'm gonna speak directly to the OP. You aren't wrong, and it's closer to two decades. You are mischaracterizing "rules-lite" and "story games". Most of them have BAD mechanics. Others, like...
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    John Wick Sells 7th Sea to Chaosium

    Well, that certainly is BIG NEWS. I am glad Mr. Wick is still involved. It's my understanding that 7th Sea is a very beloved game and setting.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why does no one play Goliath?

    1/4 tables I've played D&D5 at had a Goliath PC, FWIW. (I don't mean "25%", I mean literally I've PC'd 5E at four tables and one of them had a Goliath Barbarian.) The thread title makes it sound like you're talking about Goliath from Gargoyles.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rope Tricked!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfWxORracT8 (Last 5 seconds are my favorite.)
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    If an NPC is telling the truth, what's the Insight DC to know they're telling the truth?

    You guys are still talking about this? It's still 15.
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    D&D 5E (2014) How Do You Learn How To Design A High Level Adventure?

    Reverse engineering other high level adventures. I mean, specifically in this case I've done this with Pathfinder which means it would also work at 3.5X. I don't personally find it hard to convert anything to 5E which is why you guys see me doing it 2-3 times a week, so I'll probably take the...
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    Keep On The Borderline

    Okay, moderator came in and moderated but I was going to say...please do simmer down guys. (I'm kind of unused to not being the guy in the middle of the fight, but I think I like it.) Without getting too deep into controversial topics, I just want to say that in general "they left it...
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    A Look At The D&D Acquisitions Inc. Book

    You know, it's really strange. Obviously I'm stoked on D&D, and I have been a rabid Penny Arcade fan since 2002, even if I've never been able to afford to go to a PAX. But I could scarcely be less interested in this book. The same's true with the Rick & Morty D&D tie-in. The same's true even...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rope Tricked!

    Phineas Lanyard? Oy vey. That's comparable to Coach Feratu.
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    Magic Monday - Come Unglued

    I don't really like April Fool's day "pranks" as such--it often happens that serious announcements are made on April 1st, and I don't like the extra layer of uncertainty it adds to internet browsing where it's already confusing enough sorting out truth from "alternative facts". But in the spirit...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Age of Worms Adventure Path

    Well, I know I am responding to a four year old post, but this is awesome. Age of Worms is one of my favorite published campaigns and I'm happy someone updated it to the edition people around here (I mean where I live, I don't mean ENworld) actually seem to play.
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    Want A Job As WotC's Community Manager?

    I didn't think that you could ask me "Want a job as WotC's __________?" and fill in the blank with anything I'd say no to. I was mistaken.
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    Vecna v Acererak v Larloch? Who's The Most Powerful Lich?

    My vote will always be for Vecna.
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    Wizard Wednesday - Bad Brains

    I needed a more powerful intellect devourer for the derelict starship Warden Beyond The Barrier Peaks, so here it is: "Arousian" is a reference to the apparently classic bad 1950s scifi b-movie The Brain From Planet Arous. (I didn't want anyone to think it had anything to do with the verb...
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    Keep On The Borderline

    Like a lot of D&D fans, I spent most of the 4th Edition era either playing 3.5 or not playing D&D, so I would never have known about this if not for you. Thanks! I'll try to check it out. Apparently nothing has changed between 1980 and 2019 because THE SECOND the PCs heard there was a bank...
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    Recommend Some Rules Lite Systems

    Was going to shamelessly self promote my own DicePunk system, saw the words "fantasy theme is important", and backed off of that. While I do consider to be (on the heavier end of) rules lite, DicePunk is pretty explicitly for gameplay set in the real world and the 20th/21st century. SO: the...
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