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I think the WotC’s lack of development of a competitive blitz chess style of DnD would be what mearls means about lack of different styles of play. Maybe? There are a myriad of ways to play DnD, but all are cooperative parties wandering around. Parties going head to head would be different.

Also, did they create their characters, or are you handing out pre-gens? If created, great, find a way do integrate, hook them, but don’t expect they are invested in the character yet, since noobs. If handing out pre-gens, auction them off with one sentence about the motivation, “who wants...

I guess my observation on your plan would be that you’re introducing everyone to the mechanics and set dressing of of the game first, on day one, with great enthusiasm, for sure, because you think that’s the important thing to know, or what is most fun. But you don’t know these people, and you...

Insight checks have unknown, to the player, DCs or are rolled in opposition to a behind the screen roll. About one of only thing I roll in secret. And will be given even if impossible. Some creatures can tell perfect lies. Most can’t but if you don’t know the DC or the opposition role...

Probably not. But you, the producer, may still have made money even if it bombs. Maybe you sold the Australian distribution rights for $20MM, so the $5MM box office there isn’t your problem. Or whatever. Just saying, movie math isn’t as simple as people make it out to be.

I relay info in plain text, not stats. I use A5e lore info for checks (if available) where appropriate, sometimes the party can’t know anything, then they don’t roll. I’m not super finicky about who asks for a check if they know anything, “Bob” may ask for a knowledge check, but if “Eric” is...

Loved the movie. A witty bantering tv show with some group going on ridiculous adventures would be great, competing parties, big cast of weirdos. Please not animated.

I’m a creep, and I’m a weirdo, but fork, you’re a creepy weirdo and it’s not the same, please, gtfo.

Towards the end I realized that was Judy Blue Eyes, but it’s not, exactly, is it in the beginning?

This would be pretty low on the ladder of the amount of weird crap the people of the Forgotten Realms have to accept as normal. If your version has no side-eyes about humans and elves mixing, then not weird, natural. My version has elves being much against, and would roll eyes at one of those...

In retrospect, I think he meant humanoid, which would be, yeah whatever, Githyanki not humanoid, ok. But my first reading, not really knowing what everything is now was thinking about stuff like yuan-ti pure bloods. Were humanoid, if not now, being able to out them, interesting.

I cannot, not the sort of poster that’s good with scraping images, nor am I trying to really debate tit for tat. But if you’re not familiar with the monster menagerie, though I suspect you are…Level Up (A5E) - Monster preview thread!. Most every Monster has lore players might know about them...

Well then, if you don’t want to know more game practical stuff about the base monsters, the new MM also won’t be for you either.

All the released monster pages I’ve seen.

One of the worst beers I’ve ever had was Shiner’s Birthday Beer (I think some intention of a chocolate cake beer vaguely looking like a stout) some 6 or so years ago, still remember how awful it was, which I suppose would be a very bad, because Shiner, take on the genre even if an early entry...

I’m super lukewarm on the new MM. It certainly seems better than the previous one, so good update. But for base monsters still doesn’t seem better than Flee Mortals or A5E’s Monster Menagerie. Both would be better for a new DM getting their first monster book. That said, we all know that no...

I’ve never had to bring something quite that complex to my group. But my method is read rules with the start setup laid out in front of me. Mostly, I don’t have patience for long rules and zone out for large parts of the reading. Then watch some play through/tutorial which I also don’t have...

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I’ve been out of brewing and, and going to brew pubs for about 5 years, what’s a pastry stout? Like a sweet doughnuty stout?

Not seen the movie, Just thought I’d pipe up about the Aeschylus quote. Probably a way to obliquely reference the Kennedys, another image vs reality situation. It’s a pretty obscure guy to drop, but RFK was a huge fan and quoted all the time. Edit: Also, if you look into the meaning of the...