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    Other D&D Variant What is your favorite version of D&D offshoot/D20 fantasy today? Tell us why it is the best!

    Yeah, the No Art edition is what sold me on it. Immediately after reading, I tracked down a print copy right from the source and gave them all my money.* *Not all my money, but you know what I mean. Buying from the source is nice for the creators.
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    I made a terrible life decision…

    It becomes a lot easier if you move into a coffin-sized apartment in LA. I had to dump 95% of my collection. That said, I'd still organize it the same way whether it's the 30-40 books I have now or the many hundreds I used to own: By game Core rules on the right (as I'm right-handed) Rules...
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    D&D 4E Nimble RPG interesting for DnD4e

    It seems to very much want to exist in the space of making 5E even more of a tactical combat game while also making it way, way simpler. For my money, that's exactly what I'd want out of a game revisiting the "vibes" of 4E, because I just don't have the willpower to slog through even more...
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    Other D&D Variant What is your favorite version of D&D offshoot/D20 fantasy today? Tell us why it is the best!

    Shadowdark. Admittedly, I "house-rule" it with Errant, replacing the torch-timer with event dice, and handling a lot of out-of-the-dungeon stuff with Errant. It's my favorite because... It's laser-focused on making dungeon crawling fast and fun, and that's what I want out of a D&D-like game...
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    OSR New edition of OSE in 2026

    I would think the below statement from the press release suggests they won't keep the other books in print, but I don't know what that would mean for the SRD. Maybe it'd be fine, but they could also change it to be the SRD for the version of the game they keep in print, since doing otherwise...
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    Castles&Crusades: Is this "The One"?

    I hear you on a lot of this. I have a group that's willing to try stuff, but generally they would much prefer 5E, and in large part because of the power-fantasy aspect. They want to feel powerful. They don't want to start at 0, they want to start at about level 3-5, and then get up as high as we...
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    D&D General Favorite Forgotten Realms products of all time?

    FRCS 3e remains the gold standard for an encyclopedic tome. My only complaint is that there weren't more instances of site adventure maps with an ultra-simplified key, so you didn't feel compelled to hunt down a billion sourcebooks to run adventures in some of these locales. That and leaving the...
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    I haven't really followed much of this conversation, and I don't own any of the 5E DL stuff, but I just want to say this artwork is awesome and inspiring.
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Also worth noting Secret Level had a D&D episode that was pretty neat. D&D licensing out for animation makes even more sense in light of that series, which was overall extremely well received.
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Maybe Netflix still has those Skeksis costumes from The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance laying around. They could make good draconians. (In all seriousness, I agree that animated is by far the more likely format.)
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    Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5th Edition Is Coming in 2026

    Wow, those combat explanations definitely helped me understand some things. Pretty wild differences.
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    Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang

    Thanks! Sounds like I need to pull the trigger on that Dragonbane boxed set that's so highly regarded!
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    Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5th Edition Is Coming in 2026

    Can someone give a cursory overview of the differences between 2e and (current) 4e? I know there's a lot, but I'm just looking for a summary written by knowledgeable folks such as yourselves.
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    Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang

    Am I reading correctly that this will not be its own, completely standalone game? Like you'll need Dragonbane, and Book of Heroes will simply guide you on creating a Trudvang setting-specific character?
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    Tell me about your experiences running games at a FLGS

    In that case, just don't do what Emerald Knights in Burbank does/did. They charged a high enough fee to be questionable, and it was foisted on the shoulders of the GM to handle (purposely or not, I don't know). I ran two games there and never went back.
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    Tell me about your experiences running games at a FLGS

    Prep more than you need, but keep it modular because you will absolutely throw a bunch of it out. Watch the clock and run more for dramatic timing and putting a lid on the scenario by the end of the session, unless you are running a dedicated, consistent group/campaign, which I've never been...
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    Where’s The Death Race 2000 Roleplaying Game? Part One

    SlavBorg pretty much does exactly this, only with lots of goblinoids.
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    D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-]

    I don't run Eberron because for some reason the magitech element of it just doesn't match my expectations and interests regarding what magitech should be. Mind you, I couldn't even tell you what it is I'm looking for, but Eberron just isn't it. Warforged are the only element I'm interested in. I...
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    Invincible RPG Kickstarter to Launch on September 23rd

    At this point I still think my favorite iteration of this story ("Superman but as a bad guy") is in the Irredeemable comic series. But as far as on film, I think Invincible's show is more nuanced than The Boys or any other variation on the theme. I like The Boys quite a bit but it is pretty...
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    Invincible RPG Kickstarter to Launch on September 23rd

    Do we know yet if Invincible is going to use d6s or the multi-dice version of Year Zero like Twilight 2k uses?
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