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  1. thalmin

    D&D 5E (2014) How many adventurers are in your world?

    13 human or demihuman adventurers, five 0 level and seven 2nd level plus 1 retired of unknown level. There are many monster-race adventurers, but they are in the minority for their respective populations. The party has met 2 of these. The first was a low level kobold wizard (deceased) the other...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does Darkness the spell dispel Faerie Fire?

    First, Fairy Fire does not provide a strong area of light. I see Fairy Fire as magically highlighting something, sort of like using a yellow marker on text in a book. The marker makes something stand out. But it doesn't make the text easier to read if you're sitting in the dark. And it doesn't...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does Darkness the spell dispel Faerie Fire?

    In both cases, I would rule that, although the fairy fire is not dispelled, it would not be visible while within or if obscured by the magical darkness. If someone can see within or through the magical darkness (like maybe with True Seeing if you rule it that way) they would then benefit from...
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    D&D 5E (2014) where can I find rules on Necrotic damage?

    It's like Poison damage, just a type of damage. Normally, it's just damage. The difference is if something is immune to that damage type, or resistant, or vulnerable. But sometimes, a particular attack will have another effect. In the case of poison, some poison attacks state that the victim...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Abilities, Spells, Items That Expand the Crit Threat Range

    Are you also looking at ways to help the others succeed in skill checks and avoid damage?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Copying spells into your spellbook

    You know you shouldn't text while driving
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    D&D 5E (2014) another worthy quest

    The phrase "Lose an eye" can mean the eye is removed, but it can just as easily mean "Lose the use of an eye".
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    D&D 5E (2014) PHB with errata?

    Look at the Credits page (page 2) towards the bottom.Next to the large "C E" thre is a line that says "First Printing: August 2014 (This printing includes corrections to the first printing.)"
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    Gale Force 9 Releases Out of the Abyss DM Screen & New Archetype Decks

    I want to point out that all 7 current decks are still available through you FLGS (at least in the US). We still have them in stock, as do both of my major distributors (Alliance and ACD).
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Official Poll! What THREE things do you like most about D&D 5th Edition?

    Difficult to limit to just 3. It was nearly "all of the above" except "I like nothing about D&D 5th edition" and the release schedule. I wish there were more published adventures and a campaign setting.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Enforcing theme/structure by saying NO to players

    I am well aware that my game is far from the norm, and certainly not to most people's taste. It is but another way to play D&D. Each time I run it, I make sure my players are all on board. I have been running my world off and on (mostly on) for about 26 years.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Crazy idea for Death Saves

    At first read, I like the concept. I'll need to work this through a bit and may change a few particulars, but overall I like. Yoink
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    D&D 5E (2014) Enforcing theme/structure by saying NO to players

    My world was once your typical D&D fantasy world much like Greyhawk or Mystara. Then the Great Dragon Wars began. In the end, all of the humans and demihumans, along with the orcish and goblinoid races, were destroyed. Nearly total genocide. All that remains of the hairy races is totally...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is your current way to roll stats

    25 point-buy, +1 to one stat that is class-dependent
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    Gale Force 9 Releases Out of the Abyss DM Screen & New Archetype Decks

    Sorry, but manufacturer out of stocks are very common. Take a look at most of the Fantasy Flight catalog, Rio Grand catalog, Z-Man Games catalog. When Settlers of Catan was first released in the US, it sold better than any other boardgame in our industry. Yet it was out of stock at Mayfair for...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Enforcing theme/structure by saying NO to players

    Since my campaign is home brewed, and I've run it for 2E, 3E, 3.5, Pathfinder, Next playtest, and 5E; and I explain my game is based on my own version of whetever are the current rules, I've only had one seriously disgruntled player. This in spite of some very serious restrictions. No monks No...
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    Gale Force 9 Releases Out of the Abyss DM Screen & New Archetype Decks

    What product do you know of that can be custom-ordered from China in bulk and be ready for delivery to your customers in less than 2 months? First, once the order is placed, you have to wait for the opening in the schedule for the printer to fit in your product. Next there is press set-up time...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Are players always entitled to see their own rolls?

    As DM I usually make my rolls if plain sight, and the players roll their own nearly all of the time, but on rare occasion I roll in secret. On even more rare occasion, I make the player roll where they don't know their oen result. It has nothing to do with trust. It is for story. Likewise, if...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Creating items that scale with the PC for non-spellcasters

    Atuned magical weapons/armor/gear can always have level prerequisites, why not multiples? What started out to be a simple +1 item could gain new powers, like Detection darkvision or darkvison enhancement acute hearing saving throw bonus skill bonus spider climb waterbreathing If you have...
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