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    What are you reading in 2025?

    I tried these 10 page rules before and I always failed, what helped me were two things: a) I have completely dummified my phone because I realized it destroyed my attention span. I have blocked all social media DNS, deleted a lot of distracting apps and have no colorful symbols anymore on my...
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    Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode 4 is a High-Octane Rollercoaster

    Completely forgot about that. Jeah, Brennan is fine. That would be quite a weird phrasing to thank the camera people. Brennan said multiple times that he has a creative team and CR also has staff like Dani Karr who is officialy a lore keeper. And like stated above they have frigging Perkins and...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    Thanks for the recommendation, I also backed it! Its nice to have a KS in the lower pricing range for once. Just a module print, love that. It feels like all the campaigns I backed in the last years were game systems, or big setting books, game expansions etc.
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    Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode 4 is a High-Octane Rollercoaster

    No it was meant as being special in the sense of not wanting to use the default character classes or species. The player is definitely not a spotlight hog in the sense of wanting to be in the centre of the scene often, he often is more of the opposite IMO. He just likes high-concept characters...
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    OSR OSR-inspired video game, The Secret of Weepstone, has a trailer

    The PC specifications are listed on steam and there is a free demo available, you can try it our for yourself if you're not sure.
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    Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode 4 is a High-Octane Rollercoaster

    Interpreting where your judgemental statements origin. Never claimed its telepathy, just wanting to inform how you come across. But I apologize, I interpreted something wrong: I assumed it meant OC as in Original Crew to reference the OG critical role players. Now your comments seem to make...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    I'll ignore everything else you said because you seem to be focussed in asserting my playstyle and personality or being rude in general and I am getting annoyed by that. I just want to add to the quote: Hand waving away whiteboard assessment might be flawed in your world, but I am having great...
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    OSR OSR-inspired video game, The Secret of Weepstone, has a trailer

    I found the creator saying on this reddit post that he wants to publish it as a module too:
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    OSR OSR-inspired video game, The Secret of Weepstone, has a trailer

    Yeah I think this could be easily implemented. Reaction rolls would ofc be more difficult because you can't really do dynamic roleplay that easily, but maybe some simple stuff that monsters block the way, but are not immediately attacking or you can try go persuade them or offer money so they...
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    Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode 4 is a High-Octane Rollercoaster

    why? does D&D requires characters to be a species that is part of the general population? Whats with that weird jab? Feels like you hold a grudge against him. Another unfair jab. IMO only Taliesin and Sam seem to have "special" characters with quite the unique backstory, the rest of the OC...
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    OSR OSR-inspired video game, The Secret of Weepstone, has a trailer

    I played the demo and I honestly think it could be really easy to transfer to a module. They even already have the module style map. (and the cover art lol). The demo was cool! Felt like a Solo play of some old school dungeon crawl. But I am interested how many new characters they are, because...
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    Critical Role Critical Role Campaign 4 Episode 4 is a High-Octane Rollercoaster

    We both had that discussion about the exposition and I agree completely with you! This episode was great in terms of action. I am really hyped for the real start of the campaign! I also wonder if we get a long intro for episode 5, because the current one feels only like a short teaser for the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Monk's Unarmoured Movement Improvement & Climbing Speed

    If I remember correctly only when the climb is especially difficult as for example a slippery surface or a steep angle or even overhang.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions?

    I think drinking a potion using an action was like that because potions were never really intented to drink in battle. In general I feel mid-battle healing is not really an efficient use and in most situations its better to finish the encounter early and only heal if necessary (when rolling...
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    Do you use "voice acting" when you play?

    For PCs yes, for NPCs only in a much more restrained way because if I can't remember and distinguish all the different NPCs voices. But I approach it really more from a emotional character perspective and less from a mechanical perspective. So I am not thinking "I give this character a higher...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    I didn't generalized anything or took one. You were talking about "fun mechanics" and I said that the fighter has not much more fun mechanics. As a answer you now compare their mechanical power. Thats math, not fun, at least for me. I guess we have a different understanding of fun. I said the...
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    I don't think the fighter is much more interesting mechanically speaking though? In general SD classes have not that deep, intriguing mechanics. The game is not about character builds. Warlock feels fine compared to fighter for me. Sure, why not give some additional bonuses based on the patron...
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    D&D General Settings of Hope vs Settings of Despair

    Only us rich and privileged people think that it is that way. In reality its more vice-versa, the richer humans are the better they fare, the less they help others. In general the more dire a situation is the more supporting each other is happening in communities. You can see it when hurricane...
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    D&D General Settings of Hope vs Settings of Despair

    Why do you think it could be beneficial to study history if not learning something that we can use today.
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    Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

    I think that sounds like a fun incentive for the next adventure, pay the bills for the party that went out of control.
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