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  1. Arilyn

    It's Time To Vote For 2025's Most Anticipated TTRPGs!

    Another vote for Stonetop here. I've been waiting for this game to come out for a really long time! Hope 2025 is the year.
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    RPG Books with the Best Art

    A lot of my favourites have been listed, so I'll give a shout out to the art in Brindlewood Bay. The charming illustrations mixing Cozy and Eldritch horror are perfect.
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    OSR OSR game with more dangerous magic

    Black Sword Hack. Magic is dangerous and even rolling a critical success might be more than you bargained for, like sleep being permanent.
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    Daggerheart Core Set Covers Revealed

    4e sold "power up" cards briefly. They were random and gave you a small hand of cards you'd play to give yourself perks during play. If you were willing to throw money at it, you could build yourself a cooler deck than those who didn't. WotC swore non-card users would not be at a disadvantage...
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    D&D General Elon Musk Wants To Know 'How Much Is Hasbro?'

    Oh God, he'll rename it Xbro...
  6. Arilyn

    Arcane Season 2 Starts on Saturday, 9 Nov 24 on Netflix

    I just read in a few different places that the makers of Arcane always planned it for 2 seasons, but have plans for a show focussed on other characters from same world. Here's hoping!
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    D&D General What is your most prized Dungeons and Dragons Product?

    My grey box Forgotten Realms. My half melted dice from my old red box set that my best friend gave me for Christmas. Actually, I guess the whole red box!
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    Elon Musk Calls for Wizards of the Coast to "Burn in Hell" Over Making of Original D&D Passages

    The book is a celebration of the history. The foreword clarifies the attitudes that were wrong then, as now, and reminds the readers of the game's current, more inclusive environment. As a society, we can get better. A nice reminder these days when the world can seem bleak. History always...
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    D&D General A glimpse at WoTC's current view of Rule 0

    I find that the rare times I've had players push, the rest of the players will shut it down with a simple, yeah, dream on.
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    D&D General A glimpse at WoTC's current view of Rule 0

    I run and play a variety of rpgs. If I'm in a game where players do not have input into the setting during play, I'll be happy. If the GM encourages player input, I'll be happy. If the game is interesting and engaging I can go either way. As a GM, I'm realizing I really enjoy encouraging...
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    D&D General A glimpse at WoTC's current view of Rule 0

    I have to admit that the first time I ran Brindlewood Bay, I was nervous. I had a victim, a list of suspects, clues and locations. How is this going to come together? What if it takes only an hour to play? Will the players feel like they actually solved a mystery? Will the players be able to...
  12. Arilyn

    What games, currently, have your interest?

    Dolmenwood: waiting excitedly for the physical copies Wildsea: been meaning to run this for a while. It looks really good Brindlewood Bay: I recently started running a campaign. We are all having fun. Might mix it up with Wildsea, as not sure the group wants to do BB every week. Fabula...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Bastion - Missing Facilities (ie theres no diplomacy!)

    I'd love the facilities to be examples. It'd be great if players could start a bastion at any level, as long as they can afford to start one. Unusual abilities could be added, but not necessarily from a predetermined list. I'd maybe want a particular facility not listed or have my garden do...
  14. Arilyn

    Which game does monster hunting well?

    We made characters for Supernatural but weren't too sure about the system. We translated our characters into Fate and had a great time. The Supernatural book worked great as a resource, however.
  15. Arilyn

    EN World Columnist & Podcast Editor Darryl In Hospital

    Rest and get well soon, Darryl!
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    D&D 5E (2024) Why aren't you using 5e 2024?

    A feat would work. I'm also imagining a rewrite of the dragonborn as a more whimsical dragony species, not the traditional more earthy dragonborn. The ability to create magical energy as breath and wings, (with the wing slap built in) now makes more sense, as they are more fae like. They'd...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Why aren't you using 5e 2024?

    When we play F20 games, we vastly prefer Level Up or OSE and can't wait for Dolmenwood to be released physically. I find reading 2024 grating. In my mind I'm reaching for a red editing pen, not to fix the grammar, but to untangle some of the sentences and vastly reduce the jargon. The...
  18. Arilyn

    Best Horror Role Playing Game

    My favourites are: Trail of Cthulhu: I really like the investigative system in Gumshoe games Old Gods of Appalachia: I have some qualms with the Cypher system but this game is packed with awesome lore and game hooks Vaesen: I love the folklore horror in this one and the art is fantastic The...
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    D&D General Introduction in the 1978 1st Edition AD&D Player's Handbook

    I think at one point Gary said AD&D was for tournaments and Basic for your home games. The term, advanced, however, made fans feel more special. A lot of the ideas in the 1e DMG were never playtested and Gary admitted he never used them himself, so I always wondered how he expected them to be...
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