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  1. Longspeak

    TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

    What is this deluded cretin's endgame? World domination through racist games and vintage game mechanics? Is Star Frontiers his Mein Kampf?
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    RPG Freebies, Bundles, and Sales News (February 5, 2023)

    I would so dearly love to find, and pay for, a Love domain that recognizes and celebrates that "love" is not just strange feelings in your pants and regret. Someone'll say I should just make it, but I suck at mechanics. But I would buy a Love domain that nicely handled the infinite variety of...
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    RPG Freebies, Bundles, and Sales News (January 29, 2023)

    For Oracle Underground's bundle... How many? DriveThru only lets you download 10 at a time. Took me 14 downloads.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Please suggest me some books about DM advices

    Several come to mind. First, I will second Robin's Laws of Good Gamemastering. I learned a lot about story, and beats, and flow. Next, the folk at Engine Publishing have made several of my favorite resources. They have a couple of books that are just useful resources, but several great books on...
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    It is time to forgive WOTC and get back onboard.

    ^^ This ^^ Except the playtest. I don't care. I'm playing the last edition of D&D I'll ever spend money on, but that's no different than before the 1.1/1.2 debacle. Lots of good stuff out there that's not D&D these days.
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    RPG Freebies, Bundles, and Sales News (January 22, 2023)

    I was in the same boat, but at that price, I just got it and grabbed the bits I needed.
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    D&D 5E (2014) [Kobold Press] Deep Magic 2 for 5E Kickstarter is Live!

    I have backed this and and am super looking forward to my limited covers editions. Kobold is always good stuff. But, for a witch class, may I suggest Hidden Oddities: a Witch's Primer? This is possibly my favorite single book for D&D 5th. A complete class, with unique and interesting abilities...
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    RPG Freebies, Bundles, and Sales News (January 22, 2023)

    I've seen similar feedback on the KS site, sadly. Kobold delivered the books to backers, and are doing the dice separately, but all the pre-orders seem to be waiting to ship all together. You think they would at least offer the option to ship separately. I took the humble bundle. I like that...
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    Open Gaming predictions one year from now

    My prediction, one year from now: At least one of the PCs in my ongoing Mercenary Circus game will have an owner's share of the circus. At least one of the groups will have left the circus, but continue to play their weekly session in the same world. The leader of the third crew will find new...
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    Campaigns in a nutshell. Adventures in a sentence.

    World of Darkness but all modern supernatural beings are fragments of ancient Exalted. Mummies carry the most potential, and the PCs carry the potential of the greatest of their progenitors, A powerful but highly fragmented ancient general. In the current adventure, they work to stop another...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Post Traumatic Stress And Steaks.
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    If you were to play a card-based RPG, would you want it to also have dice?

    I don't know the thing OP references, but... I would not want dice as a randomizer AND cards as a randomizer. I like games with cards. I like games with dice. I like games with cards that do interesting stuff while the dice to the randomizing. But two randomizing mechanics? No.
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    TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

    Let me know when the poll is over. I want to see what his followers thought.
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    D&D General Tieflings

    As a DM, I've recently begun to codify some rules about Tieflings, to allow for expanded options. First... They're not a species. They're a 'heritage' any Species can inherit. You, for example, be an infernal halfing, or an infernal half-elf. "Tiefling" becomes the default for an infernal...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How do you deal with expensive material components in your campaigns?

    My group has yet to level past the point of needing such a costly item, so I haven't had to deal with it. I am reluctant to put up too many barriers, but I might draw a line at that high of a cost being available in anything short of a major city. The most costly component that's come up in the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How do you deal with expensive material components in your campaigns?

    I use an alternate starting gold and equipment. As part of if, each character gets "one of each material component with a listed cost for any spell is he capable of casting." And allow the purchase of more with starting gold. When it's time to buy components, just a shopping trip during...
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    Player Engagement Outside of Session Time

    I play rarely but my last series, I was the same. I made the group a Discord, but then gave ownership to the DM after is was set up. I often supply recaps via discord. I wrote out thoughts and notes about how I would handle situations that had come up. I asked for side sessions to resolve side...
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    Player Engagement Outside of Session Time

    I have experienced this, and I have no idea why. There seems no rhyme or reason. The most engaged and wonderful players during play time are just as recalcitrant as the other players between sessions. A thing to read, a request for ideas or feedback... even confirmation of scheduling items...
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