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    D&D 5E (2024) Pulse check on 1D&D excitement level

    Your right. There is also the issue with the dichotomy of the word 'option'. Some people see an optional class or race in an official book and think, "Oh, what a cool option, I think I'll take it." While others see the same thing and think, "Oh what a cool option, to bad it's not a part of the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Pulse check on 1D&D excitement level

    Yes! Optional complexity. However, at the beginning of just about every option containing book that Wizards produces there is a page explaining that the contents are optional. Yet, it gets touted by the community as official content. Maybe instead of explaining that the material is optional...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Pulse check on 1D&D excitement level

    Hi. I came to fifth edition from Pathfinder 2. I had a choice to make back in 2016, either continue with Pathfinder 2, which seemed to be doubling down on complexity (particularly when it comes to character customization) or fifth edition which seemed to be the fourth edition I was expecting...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Pulse check on 1D&D excitement level

    I voted high. I liked the way some of the playtest is going. But I'm still not going to purchase it.
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    D&D General A GM I know has A Player whose characters A Future King,, he's only done 1 adventure and theirs already 2 confirmed problems and 2 more brewing. Ideas

    For a start, the Dungeon Master should depose the king. Install a new ruler. One that is not friendly toward the prince and has 3 good copper dragon allies.
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    D&D General Are You Ready For A "New" D&D?

    I have not heard enough time with this edition. The Pandemic and stuff.
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    D&D General What is the last OGL adventure you DM'd or played in?

    I use OGL stuff as a rack to hang my hat on. The last was a Dungeon Crawl Classics module called the Rats of Ilithmar which I smashed together with a one shot adventure by Jeff Ashworth for a Dungeons and Dragons game.
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    D&D 5E (2024) The Very Real Possibility and Impact of Microtransactions in One D&D

    "This is the Second Great Digitization of The Game. Contemplate this upon the Tree of Woe." --Doom
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    Check out Wyatt Trull's companion to Trobriand's Graveyard. https://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/281718
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    So, is that the 2d20 one or the 3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons one? Is there a 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons one? I played the 2d20 one once at a convention. I don't even bother to buy the books anymore. I just feel it would be a waste of money and shelf space. Especially since they are...
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    Sounds like a fair description of my middle school experience. Sometimes the geeks are eating each other alive in a futile attempt to gain acceptance from the preps. I don't know if that means anything but it sounds cool.
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    Sounds like fun. Were you playing Dungeons and Dragons?
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    Come on, that's not a fair characterization and you're kind of punching down on us here. We're simply lamenting from our position on the margins of the gamerspace that we can't find others of our kind to play with. Because, like you've indicated, space wizards and modern magic are more popular...
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    I ran the 13th level of Undermountain: Trobriands Graveyard as a Mad Max: Furry Road adventure complete with motorcycles, post-apocalyptic rat rods, and mechanical purple worms. I have to admit, it was such a blast that I ran it twice.
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    D&D General Magitech and Science Fantasy are Fundamental to D&D

    I like whatever lines Robert E. Howard was blurring in his Conan yarns.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Revel's End... magi-tech that jumps the shark!

    Spoiler alert!!! I'm on my phone and I can't figure out how to do a spoiler tag. I was put off by the "electric" hotplates and dynamite (complete with plunger detonators) in one anthology of adventures; however, the rocket ship was so over the top I loved it. Only true nerds can stick to...
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    D&D General What monster names are public domain?

    I'd guess about 90% of the names are from various myths around the world. However, probably about half are unique enough expressions of those myths for Dungeons and Dragons that they are protected. I probably think the dragon thing is easy to get around. For instance, I've never liked the lore...
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    Why We Should Work With WotC

    We need to shout this from the mountain tops! To those who don't already know: We have the game, we can can continue to play Dungeons and Dragons without chasing the Dragon.
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    D&D General Linda Codega Interviews Critical Roles Marisha Ray and Matthew Mercer

    I drank my Ovaltine. Now I'm big and strong, or at least not as skinny as I would been without it.
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