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  1. Xaelvaen

    D&D 5E (2014) House rule idea for healing to avoid "whack-a-mole"

    I have been experimenting with an 'over-damage' rule myself for players, though not a lot of input - yet. When they are reduced to 0, the over-damage is converted to death saves. For every 10 points of damage past 0 you would've been reduced, you start with one failed death save. Over damage...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on this article about Black Culture & the D&D team dropping the ball?

    First, you have a valid point, but not where you might think. The actual product may have come off as representing (or misrepresenting specific cultures). We've just been doing this so long, we use the books as more guidelines than anything. Secondly, my group is only 40% white males...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Shocking Grasp used as a bonus action

    To answer your question, no. A spell that allows you to deliver a melee spell attack does not count as a melee attack. Specifically, to my knowledge, the only thing that allows you to do something as a bonus action after casting a spell would be from Blood Hunter and Fighter (Eldritch Knight)...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on this article about Black Culture & the D&D team dropping the ball?

    Another silly article, from the standpoint where we play DnD anyway. We never tie color to region, regardless of what anything in a book says. We never even take the time to describe someone's complexion unless it's an important part of the story; "Her skin is so pale you wonder if you could...
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    RPG Crowdfunding News 065: Limitless Monsters, Numenera 2, Lost Hall of Tyr, Orbis Mundi 2, Baby Bes

    Are you referring to the words themselves, or the placement / font / attractiveness of it? I found the words just peachy. As far as placement and formatting goes, I assume it will change depending on size of the picture and other layout demands. The placement I wasn't too fond of myself...
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    Frank Mentzer's Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter to be Rebooted!

    [/LIST] Fair points, I too noticed that after the initial interview about the upcoming Kickstarter, they quickly backed off of the links to Greyhawk. I was hoping more for the feel and similar creative vein. I would have ignored what I didn't like and used what I did to attach the two...
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    News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!

    Thank you for this exact link - I'm so horrible at Twitter (really everything but basic little forum typing blocks when it comes to the internet). This saddens me so deeply. You become torn between the innate belief that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and that no one should be...
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    D&D 5E (2014) House rule idea for healing to avoid "whack-a-mole"

    Tony Vargas - the shorter duration short rests are in the DM's Guide; I use those quite frequently in dungeon-heavy campaigns. As far as Healing Magic also allowing the expenditure of Hit Dice, I've used this a few times myself. In grittier games where healing magic is rare or limited, I also...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Barbarian Path of the Ancestral Guardian In Xanathar's Guide To Everything

    With regards to the title (nature paladin), this path (at least in the UAs) didn't feel that way to me. Defender, of course - but I don't always associate defending others with Paladin, lots of ways to be defensive. All that aside, though - I really loved the theme of this path. We've used it...
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    News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!

    No point in getting defensive mate - I just said I couldn't find those said screenshots. I also found one of Frank saying he didn't call anyone 'sick' and that it was all misconstrued. If you could kindly link me to the actual screen shot of him calling that girl sick, I'd greatly appreciate...
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    RPG Crowdfunding News 065: Limitless Monsters, Numenera 2, Lost Hall of Tyr, Orbis Mundi 2, Baby Bes

    As a note on Limitless Monsters, they have a pledge level at $75 USD to get a copy of every pdf their company has created to date, which is over 50 some odd titles. Well worth a look.
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    News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!

    Again, that's what I'm looking at, but there are none of him actually saying those things, just people saying he did. Price even said she deleted the posts of the comments about the incident on the bus. The only other 'picture' in the thread, is too small for me to read. I'm not defending...
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    News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!

    Yeah, been looking through them, but there's only the one of him calling her beautiful, and subsequently when they got into an argument, but I'm looking for where he actually comments on the poor girl on the bus - that's the only thing I'd find offensive. It's the internet, people have...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dual classing; solution to multiclassing?

    Occasionally, I've allowed a gestalt character in one of my homebrew campaigns. I just weaken the gestalt a bit, make ASI based on character level not class level (so no doubling up), and a few other tweaks. I then increase the party APL by one full party member (So if there's 4 people, and 1...
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    News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!

    I was just confused by it all. Some people were showing aggression for him calling her stunningly beautiful and intelligent - which as someone who hasn't dated in almost 20 years (happily married), shocked me. Just different eras I suppose. However, for the other alleged things (it can only...
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    Numenera 2 Kickstarter not listed

    Ahh, I assumed he was talking about the 'RPG Kickstarters' box on the front page. Though I only remembered the first article, not the second - thanks for the links!
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    Numenera 2 Kickstarter not listed

    Absolutely love Monte Cook, I still get emails from backing the first one, so it never even occurred to me that I didn't see it listed here o.o
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    Frank Mentzer's Worlds of Empyrea Kickstarter to be Rebooted!

    Yeah, sad to see it pulled. I hope to get some sort of update about where the project is headed otherwise, guess I'll just have to check his site from time to time.
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    Monster ENCyclopedia: Quickling

    Another stellar addition - thank you once more!
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    What's Out There For Halloween Gaming?

    We actually do an annual Shadowrun horror game for Halloween, just a one shot, but the Altered-Reality and magical aspects of that setting just always makes for a good surprise horror genre.
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