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    What's in a devil's den?

    An awesome party with everything perfect one can imagine. The hellish part being that it never ends.
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    Do your PCs begin their campaign in their first settlement as visitors and wanderers, or as its citizens?

    Generally I allow the players to choose for themselves. Though the campaign setting influences their choice.
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    Best old-school dungeon crawl for 5e?

    You might find it fun to download one of the "Hardest mazes" to solve and use it as your dungeon. I made one that is a circle with the tower of an archmage at the center that the players had to get to. It has random teleports within it, is considered to be a massive construct that is aware and...
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    Magic Items Preference: flavor, or mechanical bonus?

    I prefer story enhancing over the term flavor. In the game we are telling a collective story, not baking tarts for Sunday tea. How much an item enhances the story largely depends on how many times it can be used. A single use potion. A wand with five uses. A ring that works X per year...
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    Firearms

    77IM Could the bayonet be used one handed if not attached to a musket?
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    Firearms

    These clips exhibit what I have tried to do with regards to firearms in my game. For myself I run two separate initiative tracks for melee and ranged weapons simultaneously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezX4lxCaCw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uf72u8xeVE
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    D&D 5E (2014) Simulacrum - How strict do you treat the "Can't Learn" clause?

    If created in my game, it would not advance in levels or gain leveling abilities. It would however engage in all of the daily processes of life. If the simulacrum were to read the daily paper it would be able to converse on any topic contained therein. It would remember the paper's contents from...
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    Combating fights to the death

    I treat my players the same way that they treat various groups of foes. If they murder hobo, no mercy. If they take prisoners and ransom captives then that.
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    Favourite D&D edition that’s not 5E

    I began playing with my older brothers at the beginning of 2e, the same time that Shadowrun went 2e. However, my brothers did not bother with 2e as in their words 2e was nothing more than 1e minus the UA and the addition of material from The Dragon. So thank my mom from telling the boys to...
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    What is missing in 5E that you had in other editions?

    I remember these too. I also remember that if you were fast enough you could cut out the heart of a demon or devil and get a black diamond or fire ruby worth 1000 gp per hd.
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    What is missing in 5E that you had in other editions?

    Another thing I miss is having more than a + for having very high attribute scores. 1e have a high enough constitution and you gain regeneration, a high intelligence and you have immunity to illusions.
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    See Live Action D&D Cartoon Characters In This Car Commercial

    Venger will make an appearance as the appraiser who figures your new property tax rate for having a new car.
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    What is missing in 5E that you had in other editions?

    lowkey13 Do the tables you miss include the roll a d12 for a date chart? Is this what dual rapier wielding gnome paladins have to do?
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    What is missing in 5E that you had in other editions?

    jgsugden I also liked the ad&d multiclass, however, it was very slow compared to single class characters. Dividing experience between two classes gave you versatility at low levels but at higher levels you were just weak. In my opinion this is why the classes had such a disparity in the amounts...
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    Games That Changed How We Play

    Talislanta brought the idea of feats/talents to games.
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    The Most Popular D&D Character Name Is "Bob"

    What does this say about my friend, who named his character Eif the wandering Bob stopper? Or my player who named her music master, Charlotte Sometimes?
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    Firearms

    https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/answers/noise-induced-hearing-loss-77421 This was studied on firing outdoors. Firearms discharged indoors are worse due to the sound waves being bounced back by walls and other obstructions. I see no reason why there should not be a temporary deafness condition or...
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    Firearms

    77IM Have you considered deafening effects from firing firearms? Either temporary or permanent.
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    Three wizards against two adult dragons

    Nebulous In game your starting HP is 10x health/con. Each time you gain a level you add your health/con score to the total. If you were playing a paladin with health 15 at first level you would have 150 HP. I do this because a character is supposed to be heroic and not die from a single blow...
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    On Presentation, Performance, and Style- Players and DMs

    DM Dave1 I do not know metal, ask me about Siouxsie Sioux or Bauhaus.
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