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    D&D 5E (2014) What is this villain's next step?

    How true are you going to stay to Zalkore's history that is written on wiki? Xandala may very well simply lie, sweetly of course, to Zalkore. A lie that would engender sympathy and offers of support for Xandala from Zalkore. The better information on Zalkore that Xandala has, the more...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is this villain's next step?

    Quickleaf I see. I do not run published adventures, I prefer to create my own. The politics of which have been compared to Dune, "Plans within plans". I see the ranger and gladiator as allies who agree to disagree as both their end desires are related. Perhaps Xandala could find the gladiator...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is this villain's next step?

    Most of my players would go to extreme lengths to save a NPC especially if it were a spouse. No one made an effort to bring the sister/wife back from the dead? Perhaps Xandala could use the offer of magical scrying and find a way to bring back the sister from the dead while playing like a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is this villain's next step?

    The beautiful Xandala might have suitors that wish to win her heart. She could pit one or more against the party in conjunction with the other plans. This gives her a back up plan and if the party overcomes the suitors it removes a problem from her life.
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    Point-based Feat System

    We set up a chart and separated role playing effects from mechanical effects, and then split those into how often they come into play. Many work in conjunction with the attributes.
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    Point-based Feat System

    For my game I use improvement points. Improvement points are earned at a rate of 1 per 1000 experience points. Improvement points are used to increase attributes, skills or purchase a quality (feat). Attributes 5x the new rating Skills 2x the new level Qualities variable 5-30 There are four...
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    What Are Your DM New Year's Resolutions?

    I would like to put all of my house rules and home brew content into a pdf format.
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    preparing for an ancient black dragon

    Address the dragon as lord and bend the knee.
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    Excamples of a City for cross-planar travel

    Perhaps a description of a ruined Welthauptstadt Germania. The size, dimension and scale should match the ego of those who would have built a planar city.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Spell Creation System

    I incorporated a tweaked version of Shadowrun's spell creation system from their Grimoire. Each type of spell has it's own set of rules. The spell level is determined by the number of effects. For example illusion spells start with one level per sense affected. Then modified by conditions and...
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    What is your campaign balance? Combat vs Social?

    My group can and will often play through an entire session without combat. In part due to combat being extremely deadly and my use of very slow healing unless magic is applied. My players try to negotiate prior to a combat. Half of their primary characters are arcane casters and prefer bluffing...
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    Am I alone in hating Christmas-themed adventures?

    I once ran a Christmas theme for Shadowrun. The big bad runners shot up a mall and stole gifts for the poor people in the barrens. A way of saying (insert colourful metaphor) to the aggressive sales people that accost you and apply soaps, lotions etc to your hands.
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    D&D 5E (2014) How would changing bows to Str-only change the game?

    Strength could be used to determine the maximum range an individual can draw a bow and loose an arrow. For example: 100 yards + strength x 10 yards. Different bows could have different base ranges and bow range could also be greater or lesser depending on the race of the archer. Halfling bows...
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    DMs! Have you ever had a “boss encounter” turn into a cakewalk? What happened?

    Fighting a legendary ancient two-headed purple dragon with custom attacks and features. Use line of sight teleportation to close the distance between my character and dragon, gain both surprise and initiative, make two critical hits both decapitating blows. Fight over. Then slip and slide on...
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    D&D 5E (2014) You find a magical _____, it does _____

    This infamous tie belonged to the bard Biafra, when wearing it one can conjure a group of dead troubadours known as the Kennedys to sing and play alongside you. Though at a cost, any fresh fruit within the area is transformed into rotting vegetables. Next: A shadowy lined dress.
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    Character Death Variant

    I run my game as follows: at zero hit points you have your constitution score as negative HP, you cannot fight or engage in strenuous actions. The only thing you can do is seek medical attention. The exception to this is if you have special training to resist the pain or are in an aggressive...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Spells for a dancing girl? Or, spells with concealable components

    Illusion without being an illusion. She could easily have a small spell component bag, one that is strategically placed and decorative while appearing to be nothing more than a little something for her to place the coins tossed her way as tips. I found this list of spell components. You might...
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    D&D Movie/TV (Yet another) D&D Movie Speculation thread.

    There are memes depicting black persons as orcs from the LotR films. I feel that any "dark" race would be problematic. The main problem a producer would have in my opinion is not being labeled being another LotR, GoT, or HP style film.
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    What would a slaad say?

    "Chasme tastes like chicken."
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    Suggest to me a cool monster for this encounter

    Slavers who sell off the surviving adventures for profit. However in this case if the players escape, the remaining slavers can have the paladin as a special slave offering that the group will have to rescue. This will set up a second adventure if needed.
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