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    D&D General Drow as in Cow or Drow as in Snow: Where did the Dark Elves Come From?

    My take Drow was an Elvish Supremacist who sparked a civil war. Their side lost, thank The Gods. Now, “Drow” - are a handfiul of secret ancient survivors of the losing side of the Elvish Civil War. They are now liches and other abominations. “Neo-Drow” are modern elves who’ve learned a bit...
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    How to Tell a Player, "No"?

    How do you say “no”? “No” or “Heres the menu of character options, take it or leave “
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    How Dragonbane Pointed out the Clashing Desires of My Gaming Group

    My summary , possible uselees 1) probably your tastes are fundamentally incompatible and your group is doomed 2) the ruleset is a red herring What 2/3 of your players (esp mrs) really want is to play “D&D” on Easy Mode. Rather than agonise over the system just give them characters 2+ levels...
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    D&D 5E (2024) DMG 2024: Is The Sandbox Campaign Dead?

    its not The One Way but it is A Significant Way and a shame to abandon it .
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    OSR Old school wizards, how do you play level 1?

    Ordering my bodyguard(s) around.
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    OSR Old school wizards, how do you play level 1?

    Ordering my bodyguard(s) around.
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    Is 'Good vs Evil' fantasy better for long-term campaigns than more 'amoral' Swords & Sorcery?

    Theres plenty of middle ground between GvE and S&S. I dont like the Monolithic Threat found in Warhammer and Middle Earth.
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    Examples Of Minimum Quality For Published Adventures

    A module must 1) support its core idea and 2) have the material for the reasonably predictable range of player actions.
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    Removing Bonuses from Ability Scores

    Why not do away with ability scores and just have attributes?
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    AD&D 2E What was wrong with 2e?

    What was wrong with 2E was that it was a cynical rip off "How can we make the punters buy the rules again with the minimum effort".
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    What is "gamist"?

    Gamism belongs to GNS theory. If you dont like GNS then use some other term in your analysis. Otherwise its all a pointless waste of time arguing over the definition of a word.
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    What Does An Adventure With Vanilla Elements Need To Sell?

    Focus on what the specific challenge of the adventure really is and help the DM referee that. Make the party 'failing' fun Eg, taking Stormunu's adventure one should - really go to town on what the xorn is like and what it will take to befriend him. - structure the plot so that getting...
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    D&D 5E (2014) I don't like Dragonborn: Please stay away from D&D Next.

    The core rules should be yer basic quasi-medieval psuedo tolkeinesque cliche with the core races as human, elf, dwarf, and hobbit. Ok, you can have half elves, gnomes, and half-orcs as well. Anything else goes in a supplement. Im not totally against angelbonkers and demonfiddlers and...
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    DMs: How Do You Clue Players In That...

    Why not just tell em' 'er, this is plot, yous arent meant to fight it' better to interrupt your game with 3 seconds of straightforward metagame direction than spoil it with cheezy in-game 'clues'
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    Why Games Workshop is not a good business

    all internet threads on GW must link to http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tCQH9GegMWA/SzN994fMuPI/AAAAAAAABqk/pj7knA4U4Jo/s1600-h/page+1.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tCQH9GegMWA/SzN90FsxR4I/AAAAAAAABqc/T6RBo_sbyUE/s1600-h/page+2.jpg
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    Why Games Workshop is not a good business

    Breaking News: UK Trading Standards have threatened to shut down Games Workshop for false advertising. And official source advised "The name Games Workshop implies craftmanship, pride, and innovation - traits which we were unable to find in anywhere their dreadful range of puerile, cynical...
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    Why Games Workshop is not a good business

    I agree. Games Workshop would be much better if they stopped filling their shops with those crappy miniatures for spotty losers and instead sold all the gaming stuff that I like to buy. And another thing - they should reboot White Dwarf at issue 91 too. ;)
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