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    GM fiat - an illustration

    I see no meaningful difference between module writer fiat, game designer fiat, gm fiat, and gm fiats a table fiat.
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    GM fiat - an illustration

    yeah whats the important difference between “Dm decides goblin is eating ratonastick” “Dm rolls on their goblin lunch table” “gary gygax says goblins eat ratonastick” “Module J4 room 37 says the goblins are eating ratonastick”
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    D&D General Why Combat is a Fail State - Blog and Thoughts

    Im sure i can find a letter in an early White Dwarf complaining that AD&D is an unwieldy over-ruled cash grab .
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    ahah . +1 for d4/d6 classes Alternating +1/+2 for d8 Im coming round to no saving throws. Slowly
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    Ok so im a wuss who likes average hitpoints instead of rolling. What to give dwarves in lieu of hitpoint advantage rolls?
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    House of Dragons vs. Rings of Power (and a touch of Wheel of Time)

    Wheel of Cheese ive ignored, i dont want to watch a mid version of a mid book
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    House of Dragons vs. Rings of Power (and a touch of Wheel of Time)

    HoD is an honest attempt by competent professionals to bring a talented novelists work to screen. We can discuss how successful it is. RoP is just crap. Amazon incompetently paid billions for the rights to a few pages of footnotes covering 3 and a half thousand years of history and then paid...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Which 5e Should I Propose to My Group? [Updated]

    I think youve got a software problem rather than a hardware problem. I think we should be recommending what 5E adventures to buy.
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    And the point of me adopting a new system is that it supports some sort(s) of gameplay better than the systems I already have. What is Shadowdark/B-X/AD&D/3E/5E/DCC/Powers and Perils/ going to do better ?
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    Absolute pish and piffle. The whole point of a new system is it does something better.
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    Can anyone recommend a shadowdark adventure. What I want is a proper shadowdark adventure, one where I think, "This is a good adventure! AND I can see how it would work better as Shadowdark adventure than a BX / OSE etc etec adventure !
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    But the targets power level should factor in as well as the casters.
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    Seems that enemy spellcasters are going to wipe parties out. In a bad way.
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    How would YOU change Shadowdark?

    No Saving Throws??
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    D&D General What Should Magic Be Able To Do, From a Gameplay Design Standpoint?

    id like magic to be bad at permanence. A wall of fire that lasts for a fight? Ok A wall of iron that lasts for ever? Nope A wall of iron that lasts forever and destroys the iron -mining industry? Nope nope nope Id lkie magic to be a lot more expensive than the nonmagical method for mundane...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What PC species should return for 5ed?

    look i just cant see dragonborn and tieflings wandering around my quasi-medieval gygax-tolkein-CAS-Leiber funland hitting goblins with a stick what breaks your vibe? Grell paladin-monks?
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    D&D 5E (2014) What PC species should return for 5ed?

    Or they think the breath weapon attack will come in handy. Why cant you kids today just be happy playing gnomes?
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