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I am planning on getting a TTRPG set for my highschool nephew for Christmas and was thinking a great deal about whether the new D&D set or Daggerheart makes more sense. After some contemplating I am really leaning towards Daggerheart. I know D&D is more and visible but I think for a teen that...

This might alr day have been brought up and I missed it, but comparing live play, I weirdly think Daggerheart would be a better fit for Dimension 20 over CR. I enjoy both at times for different reasons and it always felt like CR was spiritually closer to D&D versus Dimension 20 being more...

The problems I have with Meals post are two fold. 1. Complaining about "participation trophies" in a cooperative story-telling game feels really out of whack. Isn't the only WIN in D&D the participation itself. If we wanted competitive games we would be playing board games like Settlers or...

I get people are comparing to Daggerheart since it releasing soon, but I feel it is far more similar to Gloomhaven, or more closely their "starter" set... Jaws of the Lion. Cards for characters and items that likely can be "upgraded" during advancement. It would be easy to do a level or four...

I have run a few high-level campaigns, and first I would not start at level 1. I get the idea behind it but they really feel like to different circles that are "nearly" impossible to square. First a single high-level PC, mainly casters, could destroy entire kingdoms. The threats just feel "off"...

I think the underlying premise of the OP is wrong. Considering incomes, generally they increase with age. Using google (yeah I know that isn't always reliable) the average 16 year old makes $32,500 vs at 60 it's $62,000. However, teens have near zero in bills while older adults save at much...

The numbers came from Teos's calculations in his video. While I realize they are not fully equivalent, Moderate and Medium are synonymous. Most DMs will look at building encounters and think "this should be a decent challenge" and just choose Moderate. I wanted a mathematical comparison. After...

The modules very rarely followed the encounter building guidelines, as has been noted by a number of people over the years. Either people run them strictly by the book and won't much care, or people like myself rip them apart and rebuild them and will use the new guidelines.

I did the same for Level 20. 2014 Level 20 encounter 4 Characters: Medium Challenge is 4 CR 8 Monsters Total HP: 480; Total Damage/Round: 160 2024 Level 20 encounter 4 Characters: Medium Challenge is 4 CR 16 Monsters Total HP: 960; Total Damage/Round: 484 This should help make high level...

I got curious about 2014 vs 2024 encounters, so now that we have the new monster math and encounter guidelines I matched out 2 examples. Thought some people would enjoy it. 2014 Level 10 encounter 4 characters: Medium Challenge is 4 CR 3 Monsters Total HP: 240; Total Damage/Round: 80 2024...

Realized I dropped the feminine part, added back got these. Not terrible they look badass and dwarf-like but not sure what's going on with the first weapon but I kind of want that in game.

Switched the prompt replacing Warhammer with axe and it did okay: short strong squat plump grizzled women warrior with axe and plate armor standing on broken boulders looking at camera with a hard stare high quality digital art I don't hate the short scruff on the second still feels dwarven...

Used this prompt: short strong squat plump grizzled hard feminine women warrior with Warhammer and plate armor standing on broken boulders looking at camera with a hard stare high quality digital art I got a dwarf I really like, the others were close but not quite attached for examples.

Thanks for the better math dave2008, I rushed my calculations and screwed up a few things but it does seem to be at CR 24. Pretty sure that was still the intent to make dragons feel me powerful than their CR suggests.

I also calculated a CR 24 for the Ancient Green Dragon (without Lair Actions) so I am curious where your lower 22 comes from. Hp 475 (90) from Legendary Resistance - 22 AC 21 +1 Defensive CR - 23 DPR - 132 (20) Attack Bonus +15 - (30) +5 Offensive CR - 25 Average CR - 24 In an early video...

I may be misremembering but wasn't there a really early video of Sven going to WoTC headquarters to meet with the team. It was Mearls I think and they were really pushing mindflayers for the game, specifically how they reproduced by changing people, there is some weird name for the process. It...

My group did a bunch of high level one-shots linked to form mini campaign. It was fun, you usually are just using the same basic things but dealing higher damage. I get that is a turn off for some, but it was the most enjoyable high level game I've played. I also ran a short campaign starting...

I can't speak for other companies or fields, but I know there has been a perceptible shift at my Fortune 500 company and our field in general moving away from shareholder concerns toward stakeholders. Balancing long term interests of the consumer, employee, and stability over short or medium...

That prestige class requires levels in Monk, Bard, and Barbarian. It's so MAD you can't really take it until like Level 12. Does anyone even play test these things... Back to Giants in the Playground for a new build. There goes like 2 hours and 10 books of rules time wasted.

While I agree that BIFTs could help players as short hand for a roleplaying aid I feel like they missed their mark. I think it should be mentioned as an option in the PHB at the end of character creation. They should reframe them to fit some the more the format fiction writers use. Yes, I am...