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  1. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2024) Should a general Adventurer class be created to represent the Everyman?

    I think for a PC class to play as an everyman, as distinct from an archetypal hero, it needs to grant abilities that allow the player to counter opposition through ambivalence and avoiding engagement but should also let the player take swift vigorous action reactively to avert disaster only when...
  2. Hriston

    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    Hassan Islayeh, prominent Palestinian journalist, was killed in a targeted strike Tuesday while he was being treated at Nasser Hospital for wounds from a previous strike.
  3. Hriston

    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez, a candidate for mayor of Texistepec, Mexico, was killed Sunday, along with four of her supporters, when shots rang out at a campaign rally in the eastern state of Veracruz.
  4. Hriston

    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    It's customary, from what I've seen, to have an "out of character" thread for bookkeeping type things, like if someone's going to be AFK for an extended period or something, and an "in character" thread for the game itself. I'm not sure if it's necessary though. I think everything could be...
  5. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2024) What medievalesque skill name do you prefer, for machinery, architecture, math, physics?

    I voted for Investigation because, while knowledge of cultural practices that aren't specific to an arcane tradition or a religious community fall under History, experimentation and practical application fall under Investigation.
  6. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2024) What medievalesque skill name do you prefer, for machinery, architecture, math, physics?

    I think the collection of subjects to which you refer are mostly covered by History (i.e. machinery, architecture, constructs, math, complex traps, and similar technologies). The rest is Nature (i.e. physics).
  7. Hriston

    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    I'm not sure how to answer your question. What do you mean by "set up"?
  8. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2014) If you could run or play in any D&D 5e campaign right now, which would it be?

    I'm not sure why this question is being limited to 5E. It seems to imply the question's about a published "campaign" rendered in a specific system, but the campaign concept applies pretty much universally to all versions of D&D and its variants. Since I'm currently running a 5E game which would...
  9. Hriston

    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    I've participated in PbP games here on enworld and on the dndbeyond forums. Here, it was as a player only, but on dndbeyond I've both played and DM'd. I've had good experiences with both sites. I'm not familiar with discord and am not sure how running a PbP in a group chat would go, if that's...
  10. Hriston

    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    I haven't read the whole thread but just wanted to say how refreshing it is to see antisemitic being used correctly for a change.
  11. Hriston

    OZ Detective Campaign

    I haven't had a chance to play it yet, and I'm not sure it's what you're looking for, but Adventures in Oz is a relatively lightweight system that seems pretty flexible.
  12. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?

    I was going to say this. These four abilities map to the four classiçal elements as well as four "planar regions" of the D&D multiverse, like so: Fire - Positive Plane - Spiritual (Wisdom) Air - Astral Plane - Mental (Intelligence) Water - Ethereal Plane - Emotional (Charisma) Earth - Material...
  13. Hriston

    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    Marco Antonio Suástegui, an environmental activist from Guerrero state, Mexico who helped lead the successful grassroots resistance against the La Parota hydroelectric dam project, was shot two weeks ago and died on Friday.
  14. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2014) Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic?

    I've never read Ravenloft. I read part of the 5E version, and it seemed like it could be fun, but I wouldn't say it speaks to me. Also, I never played 3rd edition or 3.5, so the other adventures you mentioned aren't on my radar.
  15. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2014) Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic?

    I was responding to this question asked by the OP: Last time I checked, The Lost City is an official D&D adventure. 1982 is the most recent for me. As runners up, I'd pick Tomb of the Lizard King and Against the Cult of the Reptile God, both 1982. The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth probably belongs...
  16. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2014) Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic?

    For me, it would be The Lost City (1982).
  17. Hriston

    D&D General How would you make "finding out how to break the spell" interesting?

    I think this depends on what sort of things your players find interesting. Personally, as a player, I don’t find it very interesting to “work out” (i.e. guess) what the DM has in mind and am more interested in declaring actions for my character and, as long as those actions are permissible...
  18. Hriston

    D&D 5E (2024) Specifying 5e

    As a variation on the SRD based convention, I include 5.0 along with 5.1 and 5.2 to indicate periods in the publishing history.
  19. Hriston

    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    Fatma Hassona, Palestinian photojournalist and the subject of a new documentary that is set to premiere next month at the Cannes Film Festival, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday along with at least nine other members of her family in Gaza City.
  20. Hriston

    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    Erik Ánderson Menza Pavi, Colombian Indigenous leader, was shot and killed in the southwest Cauca region on Saturday.
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