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  1. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) The big difference between A5e and 5e?

    A5E adds a pretty robust "Supply" system for management of food/water/supplies, and modifies spells such as Goodberry to keep them from superseding the Supply system. It also adds the concept of "Havens" for getting the best benefits for Long Rests, meaning that if you're camping out in a...
  2. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) The big difference between A5e and 5e?

    It depends... if there is an A5E equivalent I usually swap to that; if not I usually run the O5E monster as-is, however sometimes if I want to challenge my players a little more, I'll spice up the monster by adding a feature or two from some similar A5E beasties. With groups of enemies, I've...
  3. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) The big difference between A5e and 5e?

    Currently running Witchlight with A5E characters and it's going great!
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    Suggest to me a rules lite(ish) modern fantasy/horror RPG

    There’s a new edition of Hunter the Reckoning that might also be worth a look
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    Level Up (A5E) Which D&D or Pathfinder races would you like to see made into an A5e heritage?

    And just as a public FYI for the Handbook of Heritages, while most of the heritages there intentionally aren't direct copies of 5e species, here's kind of a translation guide: Therolian - Lets you create virtually any 'beastfolk' (animal head, humanoid body). Maurashu - Catfolk, but a different...
  6. TheHand

    D&D General When is the last time you played a tabletop RPG?

    I have 2 groups where we alternate between me and another DM weekly, so last week as a player
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    D&D General When is the last time you DMed a game?

    Ran a game online earlier today, one for a different online group on Monday, and a live game for a third group this last Sunday!
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    D&D 5E (2024) What would you put in 1D&D from 4E?

    Bloodied - We still use it in our games. Short Rest - 1 hour is too long, though in our games we went with 15 minutes (5 minutes also feels too short). More 4e monster-like writeups and skill challenges. I don't see them doing anything this radical in One D&D, but I'd love to see Saving...
  9. TheHand

    What do you think of the post-Endgame Marvel movies? [[the mega poll!]]

    For me, the post-endgame Marvel movies weren’t awful, but they were much more mediocre. They became less “must see” events and more like “I’ll wait for streaming.” The only two I really didn’t like were Eternals and Love and Thunder. Black Widow had some good moments but the weak villain and...
  10. TheHand

    Homebrew Can I get some feedback on a homebrew race?

    Welcome to the forums and to LevelUp! I took a quick look at your K'Tan folk. Here's some observations: I don't think we see a lot of Tiny Heritages! That instantly set them apart. The walk speed of 20 will probably cause them to lag behind their fellow PCs, but I suppose at Tiny size they...
  11. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) Finding the Elusive Swordmage

    Yeah, sounds like an interesting way to go. I think we got her build figured out for this next campaign, but I'll file that away for future exploration.
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    What's the WORST Star Wars movie?

    Not a fan of EU novels, didn't even read any besides the 'must-read' Timothy Zahn novels which I thought were overrated. Still hated Last Jedi. To each their own, though!
  13. TheHand

    What's the WORST Star Wars movie?

    While I think objectively, Rise of Skywalker is a worse movie, I actually voted for The Last Jedi. To me it marks where Disney Star Wars went off the rails and the fandom was torn asunder in a way we hadn't seen since the prequels hit. I don't think TFA is a great movie by any stretch, but it...
  14. TheHand

    When were you introduced to

    I'm just a demi-lurker, but I'll give it a go... D&D - 1981 (Purple box basic set) Star Wars - 1977 Earth sea - Still have never read to this day. H.Potter - 1999 Magic The Gathering - Whenever it first came out, but naturally I didn't try it until after all the black-border cards had been...
  15. TheHand

    Successful Campaigns! Against all Odds!

    So this thread is inspired by "Failed Campaigns"... but, naturally, the opposite! The idea here is to post about a campaign (or series of games) that you didn't actually think would work out, but somehow, against all odds, it did! Or just a campaign where something unforeseen and amazing...
  16. TheHand

    Failed Campaigns

    Another Vampire the Masquerade failed campaign. Early pandemic I had started up my first go at it with the new edition, and it worked out pretty well for almost a year. We put the game on pause after some real world stuff interfered. Post-pandemic I started it back up, but could only get half...
  17. TheHand

    D&D 5E (2014) Monster Manual Expanded II Second Edition News and Updates

    Excited about this! @Nixlord , apologies if this has been answered already (but I couldn't readily find it), but will this be a separate purchase in Roll20, or made available to those who own MM-EX on Drivethru... or other?
  18. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) Finding the Elusive Swordmage

    Much appreciated! I may take a note from the Dread Knight and use the warlock spell points for exertion, that way there's not an extra resource to track. I'll have to check out your Eldritch Blackguard tradition too!
  19. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) Finding the Elusive Swordmage

    This is really cool! Was the "Eldritch Blackguard" combat tradition another Maneuver set or did that morph into Arcane Knight?
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    Level Up (A5E) Finding the Elusive Swordmage

    So my wife's favorite class of any edition was 4th edition's Swordmage, namely with its themes of hopping around the battlefield dragging foes around, and drawing enemies' ire away from companions. Since switching to 5th Ed, there have been some options that get us partway there but end up...
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