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people are people I just mean being at a distance from it is what I want. Go be entitled “over there” all you want. So maybe crowding is a big part of it like u say. My family takes “rural vacations” for the most part. No offense intended at all, but I would rather eat spiders than stand in...

I am doomed by my human attachments for now. My wife would go to SD in a heartbeat… But aging family etc…kids sports… Maybe to retire though? I am so tired of people…it’s hard to put into words. I want to avoid angry and entitled behavior…crappy driving, crime, crowding. A lot of pop culture…

I traveled in South Dakota and Wyoming last year. Very very tempting

There comes a time when you realize people are simply using a game differently than you do. They are playing with a vastly different group with vastly different expectations. And it’s cool! But our discussion has relatively little to do with the game itself anymore and one of us knows it…the...

I have my dungeon table marked in 1 inch squares…but when we move “outside” onto my foam terrain and grass mat, its my bendable ruler or similar. 1” per 5” has never been an Issue that way. And if it’s close the dice can decide a few millimeters if anyone would actually question.

A long sword does or did 1-8 dmg. A player could eviscerate innocents at will if they were so inclined. Maybe not without world consequences. I don’t think the rules mechanics are the only tool to stop undesirable game behavior. Someone using command to make someone self gratify falls under...

I am 100% withholding judgment until I can look at a book. I keep going back and forth about it… So far I am likely to get DMG. Will know more about PHB and MM later. I don’t know how telling this spell really is…just one little data point.

This 100% what I want. Clear examples of how/when rhe dm can use the skill. For example a DM might call for a stealth roll if… Then follow hints for how to set the DC. I would not even mind a few options—-meaning the group’s DM might choose to use it in A, B or C way with some codification...

This whole discussion is not easy for me. I really had so much fun in the freewheeling AD&D days. When the DM made a call it seemed legit and reasonable because I play games with people I like and trust. And yet, I really do like some guidelines and parameters. I have a history of enjoying...

The problem is people worry that other people are powerless to say “no.” Is that true? It is hard to feel left behind. Companies spend a lot of money to convince you that you need “it.” And yet…some of us think it’s on us to say no. Even some of us that sometimes fall prey to the game. I...

I realize I am a dinosaur. Its ok. My kids laugh at me daily! That out of the way… Part of the depth of D&D for me is its historical and mythological correlates. I like clerics to devote themselves to a divine power. Generally gods but I am ok with powerful entities of other sorts at...

100% Which is why I suck as a parent… “Dad, can I have this expansion for video game x?” Uh, do you have any allowance left? “no…” Ok. Just this time (said 4 times a month or more) That is not an XBox/roblox/microsoft problem! That a me problem!!!

I think you are absolutely right. There will be online exclusives and they will try to influence expectations such that people will feel the pull to buy online avatars, rule packs or whatever. Folks have to reject the self imposed pressure for cult of the new/complete. We will see what the...

Love 5e. Right out to Mordy’s guide… Excision of classic half orcs and the tone so far of some art leaves me a bit cold. I do not like most of the changes I have seen so far. However….i might buy and use Part of the game! And SRD…re: skills. I will like treasure tables…just don’t have an...

For those about to rock?

If we have the rules in hand, they cannot move us anywhere. I might play some online D&D…in the most primitive way possible. I have face times when I could not be in person! Of course corporate times will move to some things being name brand only. Of course some people will pay for digital...

I deeply love the d12 to the extent I might use a pike…and… A fellow player uses d12s that have two sides with 1-6 pips each. I probably should buy some…

I must use dice and for a year now, the clear pink ones I got from Gen Con. So many 20s…uncanny. And pink.