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I think that's true. I do tend to make adventures that are way less heroic, but I think it's ingrained a bit in the system and the options it gives you. Interesting. By another game you mean another TTRPG? Something more grim and less heroic?

I think the statement that some ways of roleplaying a character with a low intelligence could absolutely help perpetuate some stereotype. Just like when I was in high school jerks would imitate someone with conditions like Stephen Hawkins to communicate the idea of someone that's not very...

This is similar to how saves worked in 4E. I really liked it. If it works for AC, it works for these two. Many of the issues raised can be easily fixed with a bit of design, they're not major problems. But lately I've been more and more interested in player facing systems. So how about a mix...

I really enjoy looking up translations, etymology and playing with words and word roots in other language to make up names. I also enjoy taking the geographical concept of a real world country or region and exploring it; greek archipelago, italian coast with city states, french farmlands and...

Big pass for me. I absolutely can't stand B. Dave Walters. Getting through LA by Night with him as a player was hard. Nothing against him, but there's something about the way he speaks, his faces, his energy. Must remind me of someone.

I allow all official books. But I tell them that material from settings book (Sword Coast, Theros, etc) will need to be approved as it might not fit the setting.

I back a ton of projects on Kickstarter and this is always the attitude to have. You do get the product before everyone else, and sometimes cheaper. But you also get the first printing and there can be surprises. However, I've been carefully selected my products and have rarely been...

The biggest part of the spells are either entirely combat focused, or can be used outside of combat with little incentive for roleplay. There's absolutely some (notably a lot of the cantrips) that are flavorful and absolutely lend themselves to being used to solve problems outside of combat...

Most of the content of all three core rulebooks are combat oriented. The options you get as you level up as mostly combat oriented. The majority of the rules and systems are all combat oriented. D&D is very combat oriented. Can the game handle things out of combat? I personally think it has...

Outside of the usual gifts to close family members, I'll probably stay frugal this christmas. I've already had several christmas this year and my wallet really doesn't agree with it.

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Next session will be in a week or so. We stopped the session mid-dungeon, so it's very likely they'll spend the next session in it. So I'm basically prepping for the follow up. I'm working on two different dungeons. A shattered mountain abandoned by dwarves and now infested with Kobolds and...

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I absolutely get it. I'm always anxious before a session. But once it starts, I get in the flow, I feel in control, I feel competent. When the session ends and it went well I get this rush. It's both energy (I get reenergized) and a creative rush. I immediately feel the need to go prepare some...

I would suggest two games: Forbidden Lands and Symbaroum. Both are by Free League Publishing. Forbidden Lands This is Free League's response to the OSR movement. It's lowish magic. There's casters classes, but you don't cast a ton of spells and their pretty impactful. There's few magic items...

Party of four: 4th level Human Warlock 4th level Half-elf Rogue 4th level Warforged Fighter 4th level Halfling Sorcerer Previous session The previous session, they had arrived at the Temple of Tuurn. They were accompanying a scholar named Valora and were protecting her as she carried a...

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Same. I tried playing online and I absolutely hated the experience. It's exactly the same difference as doing a work meeting face-to-face or doing it in video call. To me, it was so different that I would even call it a different game/activity. Missing out on the energy of people around you...