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    RPG Evolution: The Coming Social Collapse

    Folks don't even think about Discord as Social Media, as it has settled into a niche much much more like old fashioned Forums, but as a free service, and with a global login/account rather than individual self hosted software with individual accounts. I definitely expect Discord investors to...
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    Wizards of the Coast Releases Day 1 Errata for Monster Manual

    Dear folks locked in the titanic, yet petty death struggle about the quantity and quality of errata: As this thread falls, trailing a ragged grey smoke into the trashheap of history, please reconsider how you are investing the few precious hours we all get to spend on this earth. Go sketch a...
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    Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for February 9, 2025

    Dear Darryl, glad to hear that you seem to be slowly winning the battle with your recent health challenges. Thank you for all the great deals, and I hope some of the folks saving money here are passing some bits of it back your way as support. :cool:
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    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Around the time Tasha's came out, WotC seems have hired a full time artist whose job is to post-process all received art pieces to add "magicness". If they see someone who is supposed to read as a spellcaster they roll 1d4 and then add 1) colored fire 2) a glow-y aura, 3) orbiting runes or 4)...
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    Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual 2024 Preview

    Looks like they are doing a mini version of the little monster flavor tables like in the Levelup books and in the Monster Overhaul Bestiary.
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    So Much Art From the 2025 Monster Manual

    I think the art teased here is mostly fantastic. Despite the generally high level, I HAVE had two gripes with the art in 2024 that in my opinion will make it look dated. Only the first is really a problem here: 1) Washes and layers over / obscuring the main image... Seriously it's gonna look...
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    So Much Art From the 2025 Monster Manual

    Sorry to disagree but this is an AWESOME kobold! Unlike the MM24 ones above it exudes both aggresiveness and small size, which are the two essential kobold traits.
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    So Much Art From the 2025 Monster Manual

    Indeed. Also I submit "Drylad" as the term for a male Dryad.
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    Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for December 22, 2024

    Get Well Soon Darryl! Sorry that this came your way this year. Happy to donate for transportation costs, and glad you are getting on insurance that will help a bit with direct costs down the road. Nowhere has perfect health care of course, but it's a sad pattern to see folks dealing with...
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    It's Time To Vote For 2025's Most Anticipated TTRPGs!

    I voted: Dolmenwood (What a labor of love they are completing! I am so excited!) Discworld ( The lightweight system they are adapting for this sounds like it will be lot of fun ) Stonetop ( recently heard about it, looks amazing ) These three other heavyweights in the Fantasy space are going...
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    D&D 5E (2014) new monster - Purple People Eater

    It's kind of hitting a grimdark behemoth vibe instead of being a ridiculous pulp magazine rock and role beast. Otherwise it looks pretty solid, if a bit long. One ( extremely ) minor point is that when calculating average damage in 5E, we traditionally take the die size halved plus .5 to get...
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    The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide is Chris Perkins' Last Book as Product Lead

    Hey, I agree Eberron is the gold standard! Wildemount and Theros I have't read deeply enough to have an opinion. Still I would put the Ravenloft book up there almost with Eberron in terms of sheer amount of play it opens up and feeds. I guess we are pretty off topic for a Chris Perkins thread...
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    The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide is Chris Perkins' Last Book as Product Lead

    In my second intervention against grumpiness in this thread, I have to say I don't know what Ravenloft fans are complaining about. Strahd is Awesome and Van Richten's Guide is one of the best D&D books I have ever read, full of evocative ideas and wise advice on horror storytelling. A lack of...
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    D&D General D&D Beyond Partners with Discord and Roll20 for Free Adventure

    Hey @Morrus , can you get this headline corrected please? It's taking down your otherwise brilliant recent journalistic record.
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    The 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide is Chris Perkins' Last Book as Product Lead

    Chris Perkins, if you are reading this, forget the haters, they are the grumpy minority. Thanks for the whimsy, the hard work, and all of the great times! Yes, I'm sure that you are not far away, and are leaving the role in great hands, but still I think it's nice for folks to have a round of...
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    D&D General D&D Beyond Partners with Discord and Roll20 for Free Adventure

    Hurm..... D&D Beyond is mentioned exactly 0 times in the linked article. This, and the fact that D&DBeyond and Roll20 are strong competitors makes me extremely skeptical that your Journalism Headline Thingie is right.
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    How the Discworld TTRPG Works

    Sounds heavily inspired by FATE, with "Traits" instead of "Aspects", a Narrative Currency (FATE points or Luck ) and negative Consequences instead of any kind of hit points. However, this system is even even somewhat lighter than a FATE variant, since there aren't skills, approaches or types of...
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    2024 D&D Character Sheets Available to Download

    Never underestimate a random guy on ENWorld
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    D&D 5E (2014) 11th Lvl Wizard and Cleric OK to Take On Two Banshees?

    Run it! If they PCs are downed, the Banshees have no interest in killing them. They glide on. They need respect for their torment, and witnesses to spread their story far and wide. It will teach the PCs not to split the party anyway :) And if they resist the wails, it should be an easy...
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    Worlds of Design: Why Buy Adventures?

    Yes, there are people who will die on the hill of "unfair to make any adjustments during play" (see Blorb Principles) and there is a certain charm to that defending the "game" part of "Roll"-playing-game. Some even say that it is railroading to make any adjustments to the story to take the...
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