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    RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use

    Oh, you mean the new LotR movies, as compared to the older animated one. I have learned many new words reading through this thread. Look forward to using them often.
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    D&D General What to Do with a Dragon Corpse?

    Daggers from the claws and teeth. Rings from the bones. Perhaps type depends on which bone? Wings of flying from wing leather. Blood and other internal fluids - various potions and alchemical ingredients. Intestines - special bow strings or ropes. Some of the meat and organs may be much in...
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    Pathfinder 2E Challenge and XP are overstated

    1 vs Many has always been tricky to balance. Something as simple as a Daze cantrip can render the 1 mostly helpless for a round. Then the rest of the Many do their thing. But give the 1 enough stuff to balance and you risk the AOE that works from the 1 doing a TPK on the Many. Or a series of...
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    D&D General Can I use your character for an NPC in my new market?

    Val, 1/2 Drow female monk. Very Diplomatic. Quirk - if something/someone considers her food, she will return the favor. (was a 1-20 adventure path Pathfinder character. Party needed a face character so I spent points on Diplomacy. The Quirk developed in play as we several times encountered...
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    D&D General The Disappearance of D&D from Mainstream Retailers

    Back in the late 70s~early 80s, in my area we had a chain of stores called The Game Store. That was the primary place you bought your gaming stuff. D&D, Traveller, Star Fleet Battles, Squad Leader, etc. They carried a fairly deep selection and could order stuff not on the shelf. If you saw...
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    Paizo Inc. Names Industry Veteran Christian Moore as First Chief Growth Officer

    This sounds very similar in concept to the recent hiring by WOTC/Hasbro of "Dan Ayoub named as the new VP of Franchise for the game". Basically a single and primary point of contact for all Paizo products going forward.
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    Old shows that you enjoy?

    Pretty much any Star Trek. B5. Battlestar Galactica - both original and the SF reimage.(Galactica 1980 not so much). Xena. Hercules. Lost World. Continuum(spelling?). Most of the Law and Order stuff. Gilligan's Island. Buck Rodgers. Twilight Zone. Emergency!. Many more.
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    Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet

    You got off light. I would have considered something like Rock to Mud, Passwall, or the old reliable for getting past stone obstacles, Summon Earth Elemental and tell it to indulge itself digging downward. Did the party try any Gather Information type skills or spells? A fair number of...
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    Trailer Red Sonja trailer

    Lots of historical records of folks and entire armies mostly skipping the whole armor thing. Zulus, Britons, American Indians, etc. The Spartans and Greeks were fairly uncovered in the 300 movies. I really am getting rather tired of the current era RPG and movie practice of "Any exposed...
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    D&D 5E (2024) When the characters strike it rich in the first adventure...

    Don't be surprised if several of the characters go down the path of Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll. That has been the career path for many a wealthy young person thru the ages.
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    Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head

    Consistent not equal to sameness. Think how the Coca Cola Corp has many different products that they market to many different customer bases. But most of that marketing is coordinated out of Coke HQ. I think that is what this move by Hasbro is about. They want to avoid the possibility of the...
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    Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head

    My early take on this is Hasbro wants a consistent brand image for all aspects of D&D going forward. What this means for existing products may prove entertaining.
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    D&D General Wearing a lantern on your belt?

    The basic oil lantern is very hot. If the character insists, apply a point of fire damage every so often. Also, the thing will be bouncing around with each step so the shadows caused by the character's body will be constantly jumping about. Probably enough to give the critters hiding in...
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    RPG Archive: Boot Hill Wild West RPG

    For most audiences today, the classic Western era is just written history. During the first TV era of Westerns in the 50~60s, most families in the US had a grandpa/ma or great grandpa/ma that was there and lived it. Today, any kind of show based in the 1800's is more likely to remind someone...
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    RPG Archive: Boot Hill Wild West RPG

    Could be useful for someone wanting a Yellowstone RPG system. The 1923 version isn't that far removed from the classic western setting. Even the modern version is close to classic western if you count pickups as stagecoaches and jets as trains. Origin is pretty much centered in the classic...
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    D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?

    Every time she makes a new house rule, make a point of writing it down in a notebook with the time/date. "So we have a list going forward." Otherwise, mostly let her be. If the game blows up, it blows up. You don't want to create a situation where she feels that you are trying to control her...
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    RPG Evolution: Who Are You Again?

    In Game of Thrones, it was fairly rare for a Stark and Lannister to directly fight. They sometimes did but most conflicts were done via proxies. The families were long running opponents but the individual players were often interchangeable and sometimes expendable. In our RPG, maybe the PC...
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    How many "steps" is too many?

    In many game systems, the basic attack can quickly become complex. Take OP's basic attack of: roll to hit, compare to AC, roll damage, apply damage. That can become for some versions: Roll to hit, compare to AC, Did you hit a mirror image or the wizard?, roll for that, either an image winks...
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    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    They are trying to claim it. The hearing on July 21 is so the companies who sent the stock to Diamond can object to the try. Then sometime later the Judge will render a ruling. Companies may appeal the ruling. This could take a while to sort out. In the mean time, the stock just sits there...
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    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    Plus using a distributor means that Paizo and others don't have to have a separate contract and account with Amazon, Walmart, B&N, etc. and deal with the frequent changes to how each one operates. May also simplify taxes. Seems likely that if Paizo is having issues getting inventory out...
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