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  1. Distracted DM

    A guide for using Public Domain art in RPGs

    There are a lot of indie TTRPG products that make use of public domain art- the good ones curate their choices to make the colors and/or styles fit one-another well.
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    Level Up (A5E) A5E POD?

    The physical versions are very nice! I was impressed with the build quality for such large TTRPG books. Good binding and yeah, fancy ribbons :'D
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    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    You might've missed them cuz they were under "tests;" they're in the 2024 and 2025 player PDFs.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Should 3PP upgrade their books to 2024 versions?

    My initial answer was "no," since full redos seem quite unnecessary. However after a moment I realized that that's sort of what errata can be for.
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    GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past

    I'll note, btw, that Level Up A5E solves this for me. It handles Massive Damage as such:
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    GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past

    I didn't pull a punch that I really wish I had. New player, new to DnD, this was ~8yrs ago. We spent an hour making his character, dragonborn sorcerer. First scene, dead horse in the road, 4 PCs, 2 goblins attack them. Goblin shoots an arrow, crits for max, instakills the sorcerer. I never...
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    D&D 5E (2014) I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility""""

    They've released like... 10 or 12 versions of the core book, each time I think little somethings are changed? Or maybe it's just reorganization? But I assume you mean like, a full DCC 2e?
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    D&D 5E (2024) Fireball/Lightning Bolt vs Chromatic Orb?

    Re: the possibility of missing, you can also crit... and, more importantly, there are lots of ways to get advantage/bonuses on the attack- if you're upcasting, it's worth it. Advantage, or using inspiration to make sure you hit.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What If Everyone Could Use Scrolls? (House rule)

    I use a house rule like this. Mine requires a skill check to successfully cast- on a failure, you wasted your action. Arcane spells - Arcana Primal spells - Nature Divine spells - Religion DC to cast is 10 + 2xSpell Level Fail by 5 or more = scroll is burned up Nat 1, Spell Scroll Mishap Table
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    D&D General How would you make "finding out how to break the spell" interesting?

    I guess... field research? We need to see how long it takes for a gelatinous cube to start digesting you, vs other organic matter. Go get sucked into one and let me watch?
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    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    Best new "heroic fantasy" ttrpg is gonna be tough between DS!, Daggerheart (I don't know too much about it), and 13th Age 2e (huge fan of 1e).
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    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    Yeah there have been April communications re: development. They're working on two new classes and two starter adventures, one of which is The Delian Tomb :) They're also doing some stuff re: Warfare. It's a huge update, there was A LOT of text that I wasn't going to read :'D Oh and a few days...
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    Spoilers Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    I mean, it's still frequently referenced in stuff like Lower Decks, Shaxs fighting the ghosts of his past "but what will you do against all your victims? All the Cardassian warriors getting their revenge." "they weren't warriors, they were occupiers!" and "Fighting fascism was a full-time job!"...
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    D&D General 1e feel for 5E

    The only pushback I’d see from this is “what about anti magic fields?!” Well, that’s not true, I can see pushback just based on it not being an intrinsic character improvement… but still, that’s a very cool idea.
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    D&D General 1e feel for 5E

    I feel really close to y'all right now.
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    D&D General 1e feel for 5E

    Gritty realism as written can be a pain. Add some flexibility. I run with 1hr short rests and 2+ day Long Rests. Just decoupling long rests from sleep, whether you make it 2 days or 7 or (as I do) variable, will help the one-n-done adventuring day balance issues if you don't want to pack 5+...
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    D&D Errata Nerfs Conjuring Spells, Makes Other Changes

    Can you provide a couple common examples? I didn't really get the gist of your explanation :'(
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    D&D Errata Nerfs Conjuring Spells, Makes Other Changes

    Yeah, "reasonable" wasn't too helpful... a short example would've been useful.
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    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    I bought some stuff from them a few years ago because it was well-regarded, they sent a fun little personalized note-scrap along with it that I kept on my keyboard.. now it feels dirty :cry:
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