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  1. cmad1977

    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Up 35% In 2020 While Virtual Play Rises 86%

    I was told, years ago now, by VERY SMART PEOPLE, that 5e was dying on the vine. Still waiting on the funeral though.
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    D&D 5E (2014) When is it OK to let a player substitute one skill for another?

    This is often the gist of what I say when my players start worrying about checks and proficiency and bonuses and...
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    D&D and the rising pandemic

    I’m sorry you have to go through this.
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    D&D General DM with too High Expectations - Advice?

    Ack! Poison player alert! The group needs to let him go and get back to playing. Let the other players run games.
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    D&D General Your Thoughts on LoS, Dynamic Lighting on VTTs

    I agree. I think the best use of the dynamic lighting is to not use it for everything.
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    D&D General Your Thoughts on LoS, Dynamic Lighting on VTTs

    Yeah. Ooh! The another “tip”: Draw the dynamic lighting lines either very thinly along the walls or recess them a bit behind the walls so that the players can see the walls and the rooms don’t just abruptly end in stark blackness.
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    D&D General Your Thoughts on LoS, Dynamic Lighting on VTTs

    I’ve been using Roll20 since before the pandemic and I still feel like I have no idea what I’m doing. Or at least that there have to better ways to do what I’m doing. I have found that a lot of purchasable maps/adventures are overzealous in their use of dynamic lighting walls(like for bolder...
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    D&D General Your Thoughts on LoS, Dynamic Lighting on VTTs

    So if I’m describing a room that the players aren’t “in” I will totally drop one of my little Scry-eyes in it so the players can see the entirety of the room. The dynamic lighting is, to me, neat but unnecessary. My players however really seem to like it.
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    D&D General Your Thoughts on LoS, Dynamic Lighting on VTTs

    You can also create a token with vision and make hay emits light that is controlled by all members of the party. This allows the group to drop a little token behind them that provides light(i set mine to dim light) and grants vision to everyone in places that the heroes have been. The advanced...
  10. cmad1977

    D&D General DM with too High Expectations - Advice?

    Time for her to find a new group. This group may have been great for a while but even the best teams/groups/bands sometimes grow apart. Edit: or excise this guy. At least for a bit. I have a feeling he’d be a petty player in someone else’s game right now. You don’t want “locker room poison”.
  11. cmad1977

    Lord of the Rings TV series synopsis

    The hair and makeup in these movies is of such embarrassingly low quality it’s hard to even describe.
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    D&D 5E (2014) To boxed text or not to boxed text

    Classic. I remember seeing that word in the 1e DMG and being like.... whaaat?
  13. cmad1977

    D&D and the rising pandemic

    We’re literally triaging people in the streets. “But it’s a hoax!”
  14. cmad1977

    D&D and the rising pandemic

    You can always tell who the incel is.
  15. cmad1977

    D&D General DM Authority

    Who does this though? This doesn’t sound like something real people do. And if you game with people who would... why? The issue here isn’t one of “where does authority lie?” Its “why are you playing with people that make you ask that question?”
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quick Battle Master question

    Get the martial adept feat as well when you can.
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    D&D General Am I the only one who plays D&D with more than 1 character per player???

    I’d never play in a game where anyone at the table played more than 1 character at a time.
  18. cmad1977

    D&D 5E (2014) To boxed text or not to boxed text

    Omg.... That’s hilarious. Good catch.
  19. cmad1977

    D&D General What Kind Of Setting Does Your Group Use?

    The correct answer is... Sometimes 1, Sometimes 2, And sometimes 3. But usually a blend of all 3.
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    D&D 5E (2014) To boxed text or not to boxed text

    I use the boxed text all the time. Adjusting it on the fly for consistency.
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