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    D&D 5E (2024) Why doesn't D&D have fire arrows?

    incredibly effective against Dread Gazibos! Mimics that turned into wooden objects, wood golems, mummies and anything that is highly flamable (vulnerability to fire)... As the video indicated that it required gunpowder and certain (al)chemical processes, it would be kinda rare, similarly rare...
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    D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment.

    Isn't Waterdeep (or any big city) not another maze? And if they kicked the hornets nest, wouldn't getting to other locations not also provide hurdles when the enemy also knows the city well or better then the party? Facing another group of thugs suddenly becomes a LOT more dangerous when they...
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    D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment.

    Honestly, I think your premise of "It's a mechanical issue we can fix!" is a flawed one. It's a people issue, not a mechanical issue, and the 3e/5e design is a choice in the same vein as 0e/1e/2e. I also thought that 4e was mechanically superior to 3e/3.5e and even Pathfinder, but mechanical...
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    D&D General Has 5e become noise?

    What you're feeling is the same thing D&D players feel about other RPGs, sometimes a lot of hype about nothing, everyone trying to reinvent the wheel, looks interesting but isn't D&D, etc... ;) The problem for most people is that they have a limited amount of 'room' in their head for...
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    What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign?

    shrugs Even without 'good' (Foundry) VTT support, I could make most systems work, so that's just a consideration of time/effort, not of possibility. No the unrealistic part comes from me running it with my group. While I love a TON of fantasy/sci-fi stuff, that is not universally shared in my...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Views on 24 MM/SRD monster mechanics now

    I really like the changes to the D&D 5e 2024 MM monsters. Why? That goes into some specifics: I run Foundry VTT, with the official D&D 5e 2024 MM module*, so I don't have the issues that some people have with the physical/DDB versions. The more compact, clearly defined abilities are GREAT! It's...
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    Free League’s cloth Middle Earth maps

    They look beautiful! I'm still considering what I'm going to put on the walls in my new home... But as this is not available outside of KS backing and/or cons on the other side of the world, this might not be an actual option.
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    What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign?

    D&D 5e 2024 or possibly Pathfinder 2e. I know, boring! But I suspect that these are the games the rest of the group would be able to stomach for 2.5 years... Support in Foundry VTT is also excellent for both. Setting: Forgotten Realms (Sword Coast) or Golarion (Kingmaker). Although I might opt...
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    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Fabula Ultima, VOIDSEA, Vast Grimm, and more

    It would be nuts if someone would trademark 'Dawn' and someone couldn't use a long existing word for a product named 'Dawn of a New World'...
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    ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript

    While we could blame AI/LLM for that, but that's par for the course for Deloitte, even before LLM became generally available: Deloitte - Wikipedia I also wonder why the Australian government would go into business with a company with such... Shady history, in the first place? I have serious...
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    ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript

    Let me ask you the question: Did we really need to sue Red Bull to realize that Red Bull doesn't give you real physical wings? I hope the answer is "Of course not!", because people aren't stupid (only happened in the US btw). So why are so many people suddenly acting, like "But we didn't know!"...
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    ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript

    The issue is that the word 'slop' is generic. And examples like these are the equivalent of shining a spotlight on a bricklayer because they performed piss poor and killed the patient as a neurosurgeon. It's about the wrong people using the wrong tool for a job. Not that we're all acting...
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    D&D 5E (2024) The Great Wizard Extinction.

    n=1 Keep in mind that during the LONG AD&D2e era the core option was Wizard. And a LOT of us came into that from Basic D&D and/or HeroQuest (with also Wizard). Then came D&D 3e, with the Sorcerer added as a core class, book mage vs. natural mage. Suddenly a lot of folks started playing...
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    D&D 5E (2024) What should the 15th Class be?

    If a recent discussion is to be believed: Cannibal.
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    D&D General Oh Please give me some Happy Backgrounds!!

    Happy childhood, endless curiosity, wanderlust... Result: Murderhoboing through Europe... ;)
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    XKCD: Could we survive eating only humans?

    Somehow, I suddenly see 'The Highlander' in a whole different light... "There can be only one!" Did we ever see what they did with the bodies?
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    Brian Colin Helps Vast Grimm Escape Stasis

    It looks very striking, the color choice and combinations, but it suffers the same issues CY-BORG has. No matter how pretty, readability does go out the window. It still looks awesome though! I do like the digital printer tech (photo on the KS page), it's huge though! But if you have the skills...
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    Starbreeze Cancels Co-Op D&D Video Game

    Larian did pretty well with Original Sin 1 & 2, and with BG3 went well beyond the original franchise with regards to sales and mainstream acceptance.
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    ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript

    Yeah, but this is how you sold the thread to us... ;)
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    ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript

    Euh... Euh... Euh... Technology is tools, LLM is a tool. You don't throw a hammer on the ground, shout "Do the dishes!" and expect to be obeyed. Now, that certain people are shouting that AI/LLMs can do xyz does muddy the waters. But you also wouldn't believe the same people if they said your...
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