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  1. Lord_Blacksteel

    The Ultra-Mysterious History of D&D's Iconic Monsters

    Yes I had some of these as a kid too and never realized the Ultraman connection -this is great stuff.
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    D&D General Thoughts on Racial Classes?

    When i saw the thread title I was expecting something else - the "Race as Class" from the early days. In my experience people are either OK with it or not and it's tough to change any minds at this point. As far as level limits, if I'm playing an old game it's fine - that's the way we played...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Last Edition of D&D?

    Errr... no. Going back to 2E there was a good-sized preview "brochure" in a Dragon prior to the release - I still have it around here somewhere - that discussed the changes that were coming and showed the new covers etc. 3e was discussed/revealed in a yearlong series of articles in Dragon...
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    Free League Announces Twilight: 2000 4th Edition

    Yeah ... that could happen. Happened to one of mine ... KPV>Windshield. Of course this was after two hours of setup, back story, and selecting gear. I mean, in what other game would you be arguing about how big a trailer you need to haul the still to keep your tank fueled up and running...
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    Pathfinder 2E Actual AP Play Experience

    Hey thanks for posting this CZ. I've gotten my feet wet with some PF2 homebrew and I'm about to restart it once things open up again and I'm always interested to see what people are running into with a new set of rules. While I liked 4E I am totally with you on the idea that monsters should...
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    Game Distributors Closing Down; RPG Publishers Affected

    The thing is most smaller publishers already do digital - for the smallest I'd say it's their main channel. Everyone from Paizo to Green Ronin to Modiphius to most of the RPG names you can think of already have a significant digital product line. WOTC is really the only one that doesn't do PDFs...
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    OSR Old-School Essentials and Basic D&D Campaign Building

    If you want the old Basic & Expert experience you could just get the originals from DTRPG instead, along with those old B/X adventures.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Eberron Is Here Today!

    Well sure, I mean, why let the dice rule the direction of anything? Your "planned story" will play out much smoother without any dice at all...
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    Pathfinder 2E Playtest Four New Pathfinder 2E Classes

    It's ... the next edition of the game ... is there something specific from that 3E-4E relationship that you're curious about?
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    D&D General Getting A Realms Campaign Up And Running

    I started playing in 1980 - it's not particularly an old school thing. I think it cheapens the impact of players choices, but if you're playing a character the DM made up from the start - as described in the article - then I suppose taking over another DM-made character mid-dungeon is not a...
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    D&D General Getting A Realms Campaign Up And Running

    I am a fan of the Realms and have been for a long long time but ... "I provided statted-up characters, with backgrounds, who were all younglings seeking their fortunes and leaving their home community--the SAME home community--for the first time." -This is how you start a convention game, not...
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    TSR Jim Ward: SSI, Dungeons & Dragons and the Computer Industry

    I thought the same thing at first but there were things like CompuServe and The Source that were net-ish at thew time. You could send email, etc. - but a lot of times it was limited to people on the same network. Lot of time spent on BBSs back then.
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    TSR TSR Cutting Writers Rates (In 1994!)

    It's a problem if you aspire to make a decent living writing RPG material, certainly. But a TV doesn't come with the means to make your own shows. Nor does a disc or streaming service, nor do most video games. You never hear someone say "I would never watch a published TV show" - but it's a...
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    Paizo Roundup: Huskworld, Haunted City, Lost Omens

    I'm sure he took the appropriate feat.
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    TSR When TSR Passed On Tolkien

    The idea that a LOTR RPG from TSR wouldn't have sold well in the 90's because MERP didn't sell as many copies as D&D is ridiculous. Nothing ever has until the misstep with 4E and the ascension of Pathfinder. There have always been other fantasy RPG's that sold well alongside D&D. Making it...
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    RPG Crowdfunding News – Tenebria, Adrenaline, Eryphir, and more

    That pitch for Tenbria reads a lot like the one for Twilight 2000 - nice concept!
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    Shadowrun Sixth World Core Rulebook Review

    That's how some people run entire campaigns of many RPG's, not just Shadowrun. Not every campaign has to have an overarching plot. Sometimes it's just about living/surviving in a fantasy world whether that's Greyhawk, the Realms, the Third Imperium, the Old Republic, or 2050+ Fantasy Cyberpunk...
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    News Digest for the Week of August 15

    That WOTC issue is interesting. Plagiarism has shown up a few times over the years in RPG products but it's been awhile since it's come up as far as I remember. Hopefully Ms. Jaquays can resolve it to her satisfaction.
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    Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Core Set: A Review

    Maybe a breakdown of at least some of the rules? Maybe some pictures of the components with captions explaining what part they play in the game? Maybe some comparisons to how a Pathfinder RPG session plays ... perhaps even a session of this same adventure? Maybe some anecdotes about what...
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