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    D&D General Oh Please give me some Happy Backgrounds!!

    It's true- one might ask "well they might want to travel, but do they want to constantly risk their lives like adventurers do?" Well at times in our own past, war was seen as a grand adventure. So one could certainly grow up happy, devouring tales of adventure and exploration and righting...
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    What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign?

    I'd like to say Dungeon Crawl Classics, but not sure on that right now. I gotta say, I am so tired of running high-level 5e, so unless I started using my E9 rules I can't say I'd want to do it with 5e again; I've already run so many 5e games of 50+ sessions. The only one that I wasn't tired of...
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    D&D General What version of D&D are you playing?

    It's funny, we moved to 3.5 from 3e almost immediately, it was just seen as a flat-out improvement by our gaming groups. Not the same with 5e24! BUT it's also, what, 20 years later? So we're definitely different players/consumers/DMs as well- hard to tell.
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    D&D General What version of D&D are you playing?

    I was wondering about this- what're the primary differences between 14 and 24, if you discount character options like classes, feats, and origins, as well as spells? What states "I'm playing 5e14" vs "I'm playing 5e24" if not those character options and spells? 5e24 has different stealth...
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    D&D General What version of D&D are you playing?

    I read OP's question "what version 'or its equivalent'" as offshoots like ToV/A5E etc. Or, more likely, your post has gone entirely over my head 😅
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    D&D General What version of D&D are you playing?

    Primarily A5E, so I voted 5e14. Also some occasional OSE.
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    Brian Colin Helps Vast Grimm Escape Stasis

    I never heard of Vast Grimm, though I've heard of or played a few other Borg offshoots. What's Vast Grimm's deal?
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    D&D General Beadle & Grimms Forgotten Realms Premium Map Collection

    I knew dragonborn weren't "native" because I was around when they first became a thing in 3e, but I didn't know orcs were from another world in FR.
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    D&D General Beadle & Grimms Forgotten Realms Premium Map Collection

    I adore those first two maps, but I'm a sucker for isometric maps re: the second map. Are those in the FR books or are they B&G exclusives?
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    D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate

    It's a fun thought experiment OP. Has someone suggested HP per level, instead of per "lifetime?" It all gives new meaning to "I was only one week from retirement..." :'D
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    We really need a AI tag

    Would it be for any topic that concerns/includes AI? What do you have in mind?
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    ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript

    I'm reminded of a video some librarians made, a comedic skit about going to a library in the future and being asked if you wanted a standard book (written by AI), or an organic book (written by a human). The waiting time for an organic book was year(s). Wish I could find it, my wife shared it...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best D&D 5e alternate ruleset?

    They can't add content that isn't in the SRD, and only the first few gpgs are in it.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best D&D 5e alternate ruleset?

    I should see if there's anything new with that, it's been a month or two since I checked the patreon. ?Unforunately? FoundryVTT implementation is always gonna be a big factor for me, so the best I could realistically hope for is hacking out what bits I like for my A5E games (or I can just port...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best D&D 5e alternate ruleset?

    I think 5.5 and TotV check off different boxes- or at least, they check off the boxes in different ways.. I think TotV does it better (see: TotV's Weapon Options vs. 5.5e's Weapon Masteries, or TotV's spell changes vs. 5.5e's). So if someone liked 5.5's way of doing things, they might not...
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    Level Up (A5E) How does Combat Directives (marshal) work, actually?

    I can't wait until one of my players picks up Marshal so I too can wonder how exactly this works! This has come up in the discord a number of times, so it's not just OP being confused. (if youre in this server you can follow this to one convo, I screencapped a bunch below)
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