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    D&D General Aasimar and aging

    Hiya! You didn't need to start a new thread...probably could have edited the title, or gotten a mod to do it for you... but anyway... :) I would probably have them look similar in 'age quality' to a half-elf; old, but younger than they look. Kinda like me. ;) I'm 51, but folks say I look like...
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    How Does This Campaign Setting Sit With You?

    Hiya! That's the only confusing part. I mean, "Lets run from the Overlord! We don't want to be subjugated"... "Yay! We made it! Sure, we'll willingly be subjugated to do what you want!". o_O I'd change the whole "take an oath to become [slave/servant]", and just make it more old-school in...
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    D&D General Aasimar and aging

    Hiya! They look like they did when they were young, just older? o_O Confusing question... PS: Your title has NOTHING to do with what you asked. It's like titling a cooking Recipe "Lemon Chicken with Sage" and then the the description is a list of parts to rebuild an electric toothbrush...
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    D&D General How many groups of players have you played with, face to face?

    Hiya! Seven. That is over 40 years of playing as well. Of those, the vast majority of that 40 years was with three groups. ^_^ Paul L. Ming
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    D&D General What editions of Dungeons & Dragons do you like?

    Hiya! 1e, obviously for me. 5e, also a very nice edition. .. Other: "2.5e Options Books" (Spells & Magic, Combat & Tactics, Skills & Powers, High-Level Campaigns). We decided to give it a try; we did the first 1/3 of the Night Below boxed set using this. Only some minor changes (I reworked how...
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    'Origin' of Your User Name

    Hiya! Er... I'll give you a hint... "its in my name" ;) ^_^ Paul L. Ming PS: Bonus...I often use "Plum" and "Plum_Fun". Basically, my initials but 'spoken as a word'; "PLM"...say it out and it sounds like "Plum". And Plums are purple; I like the colour purple. :) I also use "Denakahn" on...
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    D&D General Advancing the Plot when the PCs don't take the bait. . .

    Hiya! Oriental Adventures, 1e. Took place in Kozakura, port city of Tu Pe. PC's were all at about level 4 at this point (two Samurai, Monk [Sumo], Bushi, Wu Jen and a Sohie). Long story short... the Players decided to follow one storyline involving trying to gather more info on a "new daimyo...
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    AD&D 1E Tell me about your AD&D 1E house rules

    Hiya! See? THIS! THIS is why I prefer "old skool" mentality/mindset to the newer "want something new...go buy a book" and 'stick to RAW/official'. :) I would belly up to your table any day of the week! Your campaign rules/adds sound like a lot of fun and have some nice flavour already. I can...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Variant Monk that uses Strength instead of Wisdom?

    Hiya! ...in which case just call it a "Brute Monk", sub in "STR" anytime it says "WIS", and rename the abilities. Done. Ki = "Power" Patient Defense = "Come At me Bro!" Step of the Wind= "SURPRISE [MF]...!" Deflect Missiles = "Iron Skin" Slow Fall = "Didn't Hurt" ...etc...etc...etc My...
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    Pathfinder 1E What is the best way to dispose of a body?

    Me too...except mine wasn't a CoC game...mine was in Vegas two weekends ago. Thank the gods for the "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!" thing. If it wasn't for that Constitutional Amendment, I'd be screwed! Er... just for clarification... that IS a Constitutional Amendment, right...
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    D&D General What are your 2021 gaming goals?

    Hiya! Easy. To get the gang back to the physical table for a weekly (or even bi-weekly) game! I haven't had a face to face game in over a year...seems like forever though! :( ^_^ Paul L. Ming
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    D&D General DM Authority

    Yes! I agree! But try telling her that! ^_^ Paul L. Ming
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dungeon Crawl Rules

    Hiya! For me, I run it as... "Perception" - "You notice a distinct lack of dust in the corner of the wall and floor, about 10' away from the corner you just turned. Looking a bit closer, you're pretty sure there's some sort of secret door here..." .. "Investigation" = "Walking up to the area...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Low level healing to stay up in a kids game

    Hiya! When you say "kids" I'm thinking "under 10 years old"...so with that in mind... I'd go with perhaps showing them, via an NPC, how other spells/methods or PC classes are there to mitigate damage. You mentioned that you told the Bard about Mantle of Inspiration, but he never uses it. Have...
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    D&D General Am I the only one who plays D&D with more than 1 character per player???

    Hiya! It' happens ever now and then. It was more common back when we started in the early 80's (being so young everyone wanted to play everything...and different things every half hour!... LOL!). Eventually we matured into our early teens (about '84, I was 14/15 then) that went by the wayside...
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    Drelnza -- where is she now?

    Hiya! Dead. In my campaign anyway. She was killed when she popped out of her coffin and attempted to fight my Player's characters. She put up a good fight though! Now, if you ignore people's individual campaigns and just go with "what if you started a new Greyhawk campaign set in the year CY...
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    Which decade would you choose?

    Hiya! 80's...easy. But for a more "invigorating" experience, I might go with the 40's. 80's because that was "my decade" (from 11 to 20). I learned D&D in '81, and it would be GLORIOUS to be able to talk to RPG'ers about their games. Sooo much creativity and positivity of all the "new RPG's...
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    Roll20 Alternatives

    Hiya! Tempted to put FGII, but had to go with Tabletop Simulator. The main reason is simplicity and no real "learning curve" to speak of. I mean, it's a virtual table top...literally! You can customize what you want/need, roll dice, move mini's, have simple 2d maps...or full 3d maps with...
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    Wonder Woman Out Dec 16th

    Hiya! I had high hopes for it. Then I watched Angry Joe's review (Angry Joe is a guy on Youtube I watch every now and then; his movie and video game takes align fairly often with mine). After watching AJ... I'm not touching WW'84 with a 84' pole! ^_^ Paul L. Ming
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    The mandalorian [Spoilers]

    Hiya! Thrawn I thought was an interesting "bad guy". For those who don't know, he was the key opposition in a series of novels written by Timothy Zahn. I really enjoyed them, to be honest. If done right, they would make a great new Star Wars trilogy of movies. ^_^ Paul L. Ming
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