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    D&D 5E (2024) 4/26 Playtest: The Fighter

    Let Fighters add their proficiency bonus to their Armor class and weapon damage for the weapons / armor they specialize in. Let them add 2 times PB to attack rolls at later levels. Split the 9 or so mastery properties between Heavy, Light, and Versatile as effects you can declare on a hit...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    It’s especially interesting to see the convoluted approach WotC is taking to make Fighters better when it doesn’t approach the impact of what Weapon Master, Grit and Hauler adds to the SD Fighter on half a page.
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    Shadowdark Let's make Shadowdark classes!

    A rookie guard on his first day in the big city. A spy searching for a nobleman’s kidnapped daughter. Whatever was going on in that sixth chapter. Class: S. Kennedy Hit points:1d6 Armor: Leather, Dagger (as shield) Weapons: Dagger, Club, Staff, all ranged weapons Suplex As your action: make...
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    Shadowdark How would you make a gnome?

    For me it is because I grew up watching a dub of David the Gnome.Though he rides a small animal and turns into something else 😭
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    Shadowdark How would you make a gnome?

    I think the Dverg “monster” from Zine #3 is a good take. They can turn into a small animal instead of attacking and the flavor text sounds gnomish to me. I’d say the player version lets them turn into a small animal for 5 + half their level rounds per day (rounded down). Edit: On re-reading it...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    I agree on per day abilities in general but here I like the 3/day because it thematically aligns with 3 Norns/Fates. My change would rather be to start the luck die at d4 and then increase the die size to d6, d8 etc when that talent is rolled. Luckily this game is OSR adjacent so we can both...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    Yes she did. She explains that the classes for a Zine are for the most part contained to the setting. She says she want to experiment with the luck die mechanic. Edit: I don’t follow on the no cap on increasing the fate die talent. A level 10 character will have rolled on the table 5 times and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What Don't You Like About Dungeons?

    Having caught up with the thread I feel like many opinions of dungeons would improve if the newer ones were read more widely? Complaints about death traps, empty rooms and lack of context might be true for some TSR modules but the state of the art has advanced and these problems have been...
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    D&D 5E (2024) New One D&D Weapons Table Shows 'Mastery' Traits

    Which of these combinations is better than Eldritch Blast + Invocations?
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    I’m running my first session on the 14th. I’m excited!
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    Shadowdark RPG: An Interview with Kelsey Dionne

    Cursed Scroll #2 which was/is? available for free via Gizmodo had Cavalry Rider, Pit Fighter, and Ras-Godai . Cursed Scroll # 3 has Sea Wolf and Seer I believe. Cursed Scroll 1 has Warlock too. These classes also come with systems such as Poison, Mounts and Patron Boons.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    I think one of the reasons that talents are rolled randomly is to get 5e players out of the mindset of optimizing character builds.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    Because it has the 5e resolution mechanics (streamlined) I feel like it would actually be much easier to handle the non-dungeoneering aspects of play.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    The classes in the first zine use a diabolical mishap table with different and amusing effects.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    CON is only added at level 1. Most things don’t add modifiers, Magic missile does d4 only. This simplifies things for new players as it is one less thing to look up.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    The magic mishap table is there for tier 1-2 spells.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark looks so good!

    Backed! Between this and the eventual Dolmenwood Kickstarter there will be a lot of checking for updates and checking the porch in the months to come.
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    D&D 5E (2024) New One D&D Playtest Shows Us The New Druid & Paladin

    I see nothing about the Bastion system in the list of upcoming UA. Is this moving into the DMG playtest or being cut? My issue with the handling of the Druid and many of the post-Tasha features is that making them generic disconnects their attachment to the world. It’s fun for a Druid to meet a...
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    OSR Incandescent Grottoes: Play Report

    Small update from 2 brief sessions. 1. Mosses were traded with Kobolds 2. First combat, they survived Questions that arose: 1. Can a ten foot pole be used as a weapon? With reach? 2. Do rations have salt? Enough to hurt an overgrown snail? 3. Does anybody give combat XP immediately or only at...
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    OSR Incandescent Grottoes: Play Report

    Nothing consumed just yet but they did ask what the mushrooms in 3 did and I said something like “ah reports are just all over the place” which given the effects isn’t untrue.
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