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  1. JamesonCourage

    Costs of Being Treated (My Ambulance Ride Cost Over $2,800)

    Last month, I was in a car wreck, which caused me to create this thread: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?353440-Scary-Moments A week ago, I got a call from pseudo-collections trying to get me to pay for the ambulance ride after my accident. I'm covered, but I had to go to some...
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    3 Fan Communities That Hate Their Own Members

    Yeah, it's definitely subjective. I hate "dumb" humor (say, Dumb and Dumber), but I get that it has a lot of people that like it (look at the success of, say, Dumb and Dumber). Obviously they probably knew the names of most of the characters (I doubt they knew all of them, but that's probably...
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    Do alignments improve the gaming experience?

    First, you're the one that said you're confused. Second, see my sig for my thoughts on why you shouldn't use it. But don't come in accusing me, of all posters, of badwrongfunning again. Because then I'm done with you.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Better pics from PAX East

    No, it's not, dude. Good for you. Didn't read the rest of your post. Continue to reply to mine if you'd like (as my posts are fair game), but don't expect any more responses.
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    Do alignments improve the gaming experience?

    I'm not going to say it again after this, man:
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    Do alignments improve the gaming experience?

    I guess if you use it unwisely, you might be accused of doing it wrong. ("Unwisely" in the sense that you don't know how to use the authority to positively affect the experience for everyone.) I'll just say I'm not surprised by the "confusion", but I'm not going to debate whether or not / how...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Better pics from PAX East

    I very, very strongly disagree. It's a depiction of a modern guitar. If you like that sort of thing, then cool. If you don't, not as cool. I'm not going to say whether or not I like it, but I will repeat my opinion: I think it's obviously a depiction of a modern guitar.
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    Do alignments improve the gaming experience?

    Again: Why do you always have to interpret things in the worst possible way that always screws the players? :D
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    How Many Hours Do You Usually Spend in a Level?

    By the same token, aren't 82% also 21+ hours?
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    How Many Hours Do You Usually Spend in a Level?

    Probably about 8-9 hours of play in my 4e game. In my 3e game, it was probably anywhere from 15-25 hours of play, depending on how often we played. When we were playing 3-4 days per week, it was probably 25ish hours of play. Later on, when we would only play once every few months (while we were...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the rush? Has the "here and now" been replaced by the "next level" attitude?

    You might want to stop bringing up the idea that it takes a certain amount of time to mechanically realize your goal of being a Fighter-specific ship captain then. I get what you're saying about hours played to get the payoff of a certain mechanical concept coming to fruition, but best we not...
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    3 Fan Communities That Hate Their Own Members

    This is my huge problem with Cracked. "Funny" is placed before accuracy, and unlike, say, QI, the funny doesn't make up for the stuff they say. It's like the Game of Thrones trailer that called Jorah "Lord Friendzone" because they couldn't remember the character's name. That part is funny, but...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the rush? Has the "here and now" been replaced by the "next level" attitude?

    True. Then he might have to roll, or take a 10 (and fail by 1-4, and maybe get lost for a few days or something until the weather gets better). Just depends, obviously. Yes, that's what those skills are for on a broad level. If you want to know how to appraise EVERYTHING, then take the Appraise...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the rush? Has the "here and now" been replaced by the "next level" attitude?

    I imagine a Profession (Pirate) check could clear this up, based on 3.5 RAW (I posted it last page). DM just has to decide if that Profession is alright to take. Not without rolling. On top of that, that Survival check DC is not in the PHB (that I recall, but it's been a long time), so I can't...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the rush? Has the "here and now" been replaced by the "next level" attitude?

    Not sure about "Pirate Lord"... how many ships is that? At the beginning of 3rd level, the expected wealth by level is 2,700gp. If he buys a keelboat just inside of 3rd level (for 3,000gp), he should have time to potentially take over some more ships by level 4. That is, unless the DM is...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the rush? Has the "here and now" been replaced by the "next level" attitude?

    Just a quick note on this. Per the 3.5 PHB: Per RAW, you can actually use Profession to roll for things that your Profession covers (to some degree). According to the rules "Difficulty Class Examples" on page 64, DC 10 tasks are Average, and DC 15 are Tough. If the character that ForeverSlayer...
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    D&D 5E (2014) XP and You

    By the book in both my own RPG (with my normal group) and by the book in my 4e campaign (new group).
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    D&D 4E JamesonCourage's First 4e Session

    So, another Saturday night passed, and another 4e session. This one only lasted 4 hours, which is our shortest session so far. Still, we got some fun in before calling it a night. On to the session: So, we started with the PCs having made it through the Warwood, the blessing from Sisten Naenia...
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    Oh my...

    The game isn't my thing, but it does look great. Just thought I'd chime in to give a compliment.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's the rush? Has the "here and now" been replaced by the "next level" attitude?

    No offense, but what the heck are you implying? I trust my players, but I did my best to cover as many mechanical situations as I could when I built my RPG. It's not because I don't trust my players, but because I want my players to be able to look over the rules, see how things work, and say...
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