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  1. Xamnam

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor: Species (formerly, "Races"): Lightfoot Halfling Wins!

    Aarakocra 8 Aasimar 8 Autognome 5 Bugbear 10 Changeling 10 Dhampir 10 Dragonborn, Draconblood 10 Dragonborn, Ravenite 10 Dragonborn, Chromatic 16 Dragonborn, Gem 14 Dragonborn, Metallic 9 Dwarf, Duergar 10 Dwarf, Hill 15 Dwarf, Mark of Warding 11 Dwarf, Mountain 15 Elf, Astral 10 Elf, Eladrin 8...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor: Species (formerly, "Races"): Lightfoot Halfling Wins!

    Aarakocra 11 Aasimar 5 Autognome 12 Bugbear 10 Changeling 10 Dhampir 10 Dragonborn 1 Dragonborn, Draconblood 10 Dragonborn, Ravenite 10 Dragonborn, Chromatic 15 Dragonborn, Gem 13 Dragonborn, Metallic 11 Dwarf, Duergar 10 Dwarf, Hill 13 Dwarf, Mark of Warding 11 Dwarf, Mountain 13 Elf, Astral 10...
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    D&D 5E (2014) People don't read the 5E DMG for a reason

    For me, it's the best method, outside of a one-on-one dialogue!
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    D&D General How thorough do you like your settings?

    It sounds lovely. I'm going to be running someone else's setting, the entire point of it is that I'm interested in the ideas they are presenting, and therefore, I want those as detailed as possible. If I need space for my own idea that's not catered to by what is already there, it's easy to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) People don't read the 5E DMG for a reason

    I'm not going to rehash my full points from the prior threads, but as someone who used LMoP for my first full game, after having read the PHB and DMG, the goal of those starter sets isn't to teach you how to DM, it's to get you and your friends at the table and playing with minimal hassle. It...
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    Hey, that's all I've been arguing for, that it can be meaningful to some people. There's a big difference between I don't find them satisfying and These do nothing. Well, I can obviously only truly speak for myself, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to take that as someone who is advocating for...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor: Species (formerly, "Races"): Lightfoot Halfling Wins!

    Aarakocra 10 Aasimar 7 Autognome 11 Bugbear 10 Changeling 10 Dhampir 10 Dragonborn 7 Dragonborn, Draconblood 10 Dragonborn, Ravenite 10 Dragonborn, Chromatic 14 Dragonborn, Gem 13 Dragonborn, Metallic 10 Dwarf, Duergar 10 Dwarf, Hill 12 Dwarf, Mark of Warding 11 Dwarf, Mountain 13 Elf, Astral 10...
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    GM Confessional

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    Explain Twitch/live-streaming culture to me

    If you don't, you don't, but I'm a small, social group based discord where people regularly stream what they're playing, and people hang out in voice chat, watch, and talk about it. Likewise, I had a friend come over just last week so that he could play my copy of Breath of the Wild, and I spent...
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    The fact that no one is forced to care makes them stronger, better, not worse, for me. If a player doesn't care about that stuff, then I'm not going to foreground offers of those to them, simple. I'm not trying to argue this is perfect for every table, so salient enough for my tables is all I'm...
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    Not All Christmas Music Is Terrible (Your Music Links)

    Honestly surprised this hasn't been posted
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    Hey, if that wouldn't matter at your table, you certainly know that better than me. All I can say is that if I were playing, and my party felt like they had to abandon their current stomping grounds, stall or fall backwards on any regional issues, lose relationships they had built, and otherwise...
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    To put it as simply as possible, a meaningful consequence is something that changes the status quo in a way affects play going forward. To me, that includes change that is entirely character motivated and driven, and does not inherently require a mechanism of enforcement. Getting kicked out of a...
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    What's the difference you see between that and this? People are asking for options, not demanding one playstyle.
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    I think there is too much daylight between us on how we're using the word meaningful to have a productive conversation, because I disagree with all of these claims, especially given that you think they are so self-evident, so let's not go any farther down this rabbit hole.
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    GM Confessional

    Yes, to be clear to @Jahydin , that's why I liked your post.
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    D&D 5E (2024) What could One D&D do to bring the game back to the dungeon?

    I do think re-grounding the importance of time and the unintended consequences of when things have gone wrong are key to this type of play and under-served aspects in the current rules.
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    D&D General The DM Shortage

    Yeah, that's the perk of friends: generally, everyone cares about how much fun everyone else is having.
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    D&D General "It's not fun when..."

    Why do you leap from I personally want hardship driven from mechanics (Great! Go wild!) to There can be no meaningful loss/consequences if it's not mechanically enforced (Lots of people in this thread disagree with that.) and from there to People who play differently than me are ruining the...
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