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    Watch I PUT MY LOW STAT - An Awesome D&D Themed Music Video

    That was really funny. Never heard it before. :-) The constitution verse is the best by far.
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    The ENnies Voting Booth Is Live!

    If I vote for a 1 and nothing else, I am returned to the "categories" page. No confirmation or anything. I tried again, same result, so maybe I voted double somewhere.
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    New D&D Survey: What Do you Want From Older Editions?

    Perhaps moving the discussion about the Warlord class and the analysis of such into another thread (if that is even possible for a mod?) would help clean this one slightly up and restore the simpler "what did you vote" aspect of this one?
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    New D&D Survey: What Do you Want From Older Editions?

    I wrote in a vote for Al-Qadim.
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    Put Your d20 On Trial!

    Tried this with a huge cup of water, over ½ salt in it. Nothing floats. Youtube thread indicates my dice are good quality because they just sink. ;)
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ector Brahms

    I ran them just fine by just making up that this guy just took over because he happened to have the most soldiers when the old ruler died. My players didn't really question the history and his authority much, to be honest. Plenty of people have run the AL adventures in Phlan I'm guessing (they...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ector Brahms

    Interesting topic. Having just started a campaign around the area, I haven't yet given the Knight Commander much thought. I'd be interested to hear what your own characterization of him is though. :-)
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    Psionics Coming Soon To D&D?

    Ultimate Psionics is an impressive tome for sure, but the amount of rules and powers and flexibility is just immense. There are a myriad of balance issues in it, though nothing that screams out "broken" right away (and nothing that can't be adjusted). 5e doesn't need that much oomph though. It...
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    Psionics Coming Soon To D&D?

    On topic: Cool! I love psionics! Not on topic: Is there any community like the RPG tabletop one, where people dig in their heels as much as extreme pessimists and extreme optimists? It is often quite startling to read the comments in these threads. Nerdrage vs. Nerdlove. :-) Nerd are passionate...
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    Initiative Tents *Updated*

    This looks great! :) Helpful hint for others: installing the MSE software, put the attached files into the "data" folder of the MSE installation and it will be available when you chose "New".
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    D&D 5E (2014) Any Great 5e One-Offs people would reccomend?

    The first Expedition adventure in the Adventurer's League called DDEX1 Defiance in Phlan was actually really good. :-) Five mini-quests that take about an hour each, though they are quite varied and fun to play!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Useful Mobile Apps For 5e?

    A shame these are only for iOS. :( Would love it on my PC or android-tablet.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Useful Mobile Apps For 5e?

    Looks good W_K. :-) Some sort of spell reference would make it better though. I saw a Fifth Edition Spell List app out there somewhere - perhaps that can be integrated? But quite impressive work! I made a character in less than 5 minutes!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Battlemap Vs. Theater of the Mind

    Ohhh I do despise the "maximize the people inside my spell's radius" aspect of battlemaps too. Lots of counting and finagling, and I get that a wizard is very intelligent, but that doesn't give him an isometric view of a room like that. :-) Poor prince though hehe.. :-)
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    D&D 5E (2014) Battlemap Vs. Theater of the Mind

    Oh I agree completely. On the point of this topic though, I will say that such players tend to take even longer when using a battle map versus TotM. Perhaps many TotM DM's are better at cutting through their need for control, or perhaps they simply cannot align all their options without the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Battlemap Vs. Theater of the Mind

    Quite true. This is the approach in my games too. Certain players really don't like that though (which weeds out who you do RPGs with and who you do casual luck-based boardgames with little decision-making with ;)). When I'm not DM though, I tend to quickly leave such games or try and adapt them...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Battlemap Vs. Theater of the Mind

    I think it's more mental than that actually. Some people (and I have gamed with a few) simply cannot accept not knowing every minute detail before taking what they will weigh as their best possible choice. Be it asking twenty questions or counting every which way to get from square A to B most...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Battlemap Vs. Theater of the Mind

    We do this sometimes and but simply sketch the room, and then mark where people are and where they are heading. It works fine, but is often unnecessary because players will use the option in round 1 to position themselves and get a view of where they are in a given area, and then will just start...
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