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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    So funny enough, I just ran another couple of gladiators in a different game (this game was 13th level, so they were just meant to be a bit of buffer). And as soon as I did my attack, the party went "whoa that guy gets 3 attacks!!!!????" hehe I guess when its so hard to get a 3rd attack as a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    funny enough it actually doesn't. Its damage is 33....right on the bottom edge of CR 5 damage. I was surprised myself, when I saw it in a fight I thought it looked pretty rock solid...but its stats are actually on the low end of a CR 5....and that's for the 2014 in 2024 its likely even lower.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    I think that comes back to the world building issue from some people. If you accept this is a 15th level "fighter lite"...ok that explains the stats. But it doesn't explain why my 7th level party just faced two 15th level characters. I mean....isn't 15th level extremely extremely rare?
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    Why do the Actors Matter?

    yeah I see that one as more of "we don't need Hank Pym anymore" than because Michael Douglas is leaving. That said....its the same reason I can't stand remixes in my songs. Once I got the song in my head, THATs the correct version, everything else sounds wrong. People see a character on screen...
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    yep so he doesn't die right away....he just starves to death. so much better:)
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    Gunn is on record in an interview that Smallville was one of his favorite superman renditions, and he took the LuthorCorp name from that show.
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    I do respect the issue on this one, and while I agree that Superman never felt weak to me, and a lot of his fights was more about saving people than winning (because winning was a given)....but that said I do agree we never got the raw epicness of Superman Returns or Man of Steel. We could have...
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    D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?

    I like a number of them. Graze that gives a little bonus damage....great. Nick that adds some oomph to TWF...fine. The tripping one that you have to make a save for after each and every attack....no thank you!
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes With a touch of research I will agree with Morrus, it has had a long tradition.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    I had an encounter last night against level 7 PCs using the dnd 2024 Gladiator. The gladiators did their job well, but I was surprised at party's reaction to them. My group understands that NPCs and PCs don't play by the same rules, but for some reason this one struck a chord with them. Though...
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    It was funny as I watched that scene...I kept thinking I had missed something. I was like "ok is that some special building that has important DC reference, or is there something written that I'm just not seeing". And then it turns out it was just a little joke with no real context and it felt...
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    I will firmly agree with this. Since this movie sets the tone of the new DCU, I would have rather they either forego end credit scenes or have made it important. Go one or the other. This was the worst of both worlds.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Skill Mastery as an idea

    If your DM doesn’t run the game in a way you like, more rules won’t help you. It was the big revelation in 5e. 3e and 4e tried to fix the “bad dm problem” with lots of very codified rule sets covering as many situations as possible. But with 5e they realized that it just doesn’t work. DMs are...
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    If I were to pick one "science" fact that needed to be explained more in the movie, that was the anti-proton stream. In terms of durability feats....Superman literally bathe in a stream of basically one of the deadliest weapons you could have. A stream of anti-protons would make nuclear weapons...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dispel Evil and Good cleric spell 5th level in use

    To be clear, I think the OP made a perfectly fine on the spot ruling for all the activities noted. If I did my own self review after a session, I wouldn't have any concerns. I just think the conversation is now shifting more towards dispel good and evil for a future perspective. Ok now having...
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    D&D General Feeding/hunger rules for vampires - all input appreciated

    I think this version is perfectly fine. If you want to simplify it a bit more and use some more core 5e rules, you could go with the 2024 exhaustion system. Every X time frame that a vampire goes without feeding, it gains 1 exhaustion. This exhaustion is fully restored when the vampire feeds...
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    Spoilers Superman Spoiler Thread

    Saw it today, absolutely loved it. To me this was Superman. Hopeful, earnest, and even naively believing the best in people. I liked that most of his fights focused on him saving people and trying to limit damage rather than the raw battle. That to me is Superman in a way that Man of Steel...
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    D&D General DMs, how do you handle 'split party' situations?

    Completely possible, yet I still find it preferable to them just having to walk away from the table. I can work with them knowing things they shouldn’t, but if your entertainment isn’t entertaining that’s a much bigger issue
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    D&D 5E (2014) Narzugon on Nightmare versus Magic Circle

    damn that is brilliant, never would have occurred to me to do that.
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    D&D General Magic Effects (Help with a House Rule)

    like you said, as a 90% solution that gets you most of the way there, I think this is a fine baseline. And then of course you still might have to tweak for a few specific situations but it gets you most of the way to where you wan to go without creating a large onerous list. So looks solid to me.
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