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  1. Distracted DM

    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    Appreciate you! That's... quite unfortunate. I wonder if it's just the son, or if it was the father as well. Grappling with the ethics of stuff you like made by people you wouldn't (because they're awful) is always tough.
  2. Distracted DM

    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    I developed a love for isometric from the Infinity Engine games (and other CRPGs like Arcanum), and using them for VTTs isn't too bad (usually the folk that make them professionally know what they're doing, and I also used Infinity Engine game maps for my brief flirtation with running online...
  3. Distracted DM

    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    I am unfortunately ignorant of this- is Judge's Guild run by racist & anti-semitic folk?
  4. Distracted DM

    Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025)

    I'm hoping for the same system (leveling, magic, etc), but with better feel+physics, ya know?
  5. Distracted DM

    Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025)

    It's a remake though, right? Or it is actually a remaster: just tweaked up graphics and some QOL improvements on the base game? Edit: OK it looks like a remake, not a remaster? That could put quite the kibosh on SkyBlivion :')
  6. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) When will we get errata?

    When last I looked, they were been doing stealth updates to the system without posting patch notes, so there's no way to know what's changed. Maybe bump @pukunui 's + thread and someone else will have an answer :|
  7. Distracted DM

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    I don't think so, but it's hard to tell over text.
  8. Distracted DM

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    Yeah that's a real concern. Should it be a concern, if we can't tell? I'd say yes, but I couldn't pin down why except "it seems utterly dehumanizing."
  9. Distracted DM

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    I did google it- are you referring the shooting of protesters?
  10. Distracted DM

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    I imagine part of the animosity is that the tools themselves were originally created via unauthorized use of all those works online. I guess the next ethical hurdle is WotC's archives of texts and images were made by people- yes, WotC owns them.. would those folk agree with their works being...
  11. Distracted DM

    Binary Success vs Multiple Levels of Success

    I use both pass/fail and degrees of success. At the table it works well, but originally players expected everything to be degrees of success, especially when they can roll very high over the DC. I think one example is the classic Persuasion mind control- "the DC was 15 to get the knight to...
  12. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    Your assumption is that the unknown ruling is bad, without actually knowing what it is. I can understand it because I've done the same, but it's flawed reasoning all the same.
  13. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    I guess it depends on how you treat "permanent" magicks; often Dispel Magic will only suppress a permanent effect for a time, not remove it entirely.. but perhaps that's just a house rule from playing in previous editions?
  14. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    Disagree on this :) High strength is useful in many situations.
  15. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    If you're a fan of potion miscibility tables, use lower-stakes versions. The typical tables are good for one-shots, but otherwise, yeah, permanent 25 strength is pretty broken :')
  16. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) Programs or Games to visualize Bastions?

    It's a Stronghold-lite-ish system with the framework of some events n such. The benefits can be anything from making common equipment for you, to making magic items, to research, and more.
  17. Distracted DM

    Necessity of a Social Negotiation System? – When Should It Be Relevant?

    I had thought that dice rolls should be used when the outcome is in doubt- not just when failure will have serious results. Other yeah, agreed, there's a limit as to what a die roll will get you. It's not mind control, the shopkeeper isn't going to give something away just for a good die roll.
  18. Distracted DM

    Keeping the World Dangerous – A Monster Scaling Table for a Sandbox TTRPG?

    Everything being same-ey as far as threats/difficulty is what sort of killed Elder Scrolls Online for me. The better method IMO was City of Heroes' mentor system where you were leveled up/down to play with a friend.
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    D&D General Read aloud text in modules: What are folks opinions about read aloud content?

    I like having it as long as it's punchy. It shouldn't be half a page like some of the worst offenders of old.
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