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    D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards?

    Sorcerer, for if you won the birthright lottery. Warlock, if you want the easy path to power, future self be damned. Wizard, if you weren't lucky enough for the former and refuse to bend the knee to the latter.
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    Purple Dragon Knight Retooled as Banneret in D&D's Heroes of Faerun Book

    A dragon knight subclass would've been fine on its own, but hard-linking it to a very specific nation with built-in political loyalties is/was a poor choice for a subclass.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Simplifying Dual Wielding in 5e-2024

    As a 20+ (sigh) 30+ year DM, not very happy with the complicated interaction of Dual Wielder, Light weapon property, and Nick weapon mastery. Particularly the fact that there's no way to use two one-handed non-light weapons without having to use Extra Attack. I want people to be able to pair or...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Psionics: What Do You Want?

    I always liked that bit of unpredictability when it came to rolling your power checks in 2e, but I imagine that wouldn't fly in 5e. I seem to remember getting a powerful ability like disintegrate at level 3 was even a possibility in dark sun, though it was difficult and risky to use. I do want...
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    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    Problem is they should have known this would be a big opportunity to introduce a whole bunch of new folks to the miniatures hobby who aren't used to the marketing, and they fumbled that. They definitely can do better. A couple of random figures I grabbed, one common and one uncommon, from recent...
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    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    There definitely seems to be quality levels budgeted for each set. Some figures get very detailed, multicolor paint jobs with face stamping, while others get maybe two colors and a wash. Some are quite good, some muddy and dreary. These premium sets should be showpiece levels though, especially...
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    New R.A. Salvatore Novel, Starring Drizzt's Daughter, Title and Synopsis Revealed

    Salvatore fan but I just can't with his goofy character names beyond the companions of the hall.
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    Project Sigil 90% Of D&D’s Project Sigil Team Laid Off

    Had zero interest in Sigil, want them to focus on getting features added to DDB that are still absent
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    Tv in gaming table and general gaming table advice

    I built my 60" table tv frame out of 20x20mm t-slot aluminum tubing, anodized black, lifting the tv about 4" above the tabletop. This lets people slide books and tablets under the edge, increasing the amount of usable table space. LED strip lighting around the bottom outside edge gives people...
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    D&D General Dual Wielder, Two-weapon Fighting, Nick

    I believe the RAW has been covered. I hate that 2024 doesn't have an option to wield two non-light weapons now though, so we're playtesting a houserule for the 2nd bullet of Dual Wielder: Enhanced Dual Wielding. You treat all melee weapons lacking the Two-Handed property as if they had the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Question for folks who use D&D Beyond: How well does it work with the new rules?

    Some issues we've noted, some are just general to D&DB and not specific to 2024. The character sheet does not let you spend hit dice arbitrarily on things outside of a short rest. See the 2024 Healer feat for an example of why this is necessary. 2024 warlocks only have access to the 2024 PHB...
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    Wizards of the Coast Releases Day 1 Errata for Monster Manual

    Wish they would include both the original and revised text.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Monster Manual Organisation

    WotC and those unforced errors once again.
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    D&D 5E (2024) I have a Monster Manual. AMA!

    Are the NPC stat blocks really just sorted into the general monster list and not in a separate appendix? That's going to make a lot of needless searching.
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    How many were abused due to their love of D&D, RPGs, and related items when they were young?

    Despite growing up in a conservative evangelical family in the 80s, they never had a problem with D&D stuff. In fact my first product was a used basic set my mom picked up at a rummage sale for me.
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    Evil Genius Games Attempts To Remove Bad Press [Update--And Then Adds Legal Threats!]

    ChatGPT, write me a cease and desist letter.
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    Monster Manual Suggests Changes Are Coming to Some Playable Species

    First errata of 2025: Aasimar are now creature type: Celestial Dragonborn are now creature type: Dragon Dwarves are now creature type: Elemental Elves are now creature type: Fey Goliaths are now creature type: Giant Tieflings are now creature type: Fiend Gnomes are now creature type...
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    Monster Manual Suggests Changes Are Coming to Some Playable Species

    This seems like a solution in search of a problem. While I like most of the 2024 changes, there are still plenty that leave me scratching my head, like at-will arcane eye for 9th-level warlocks.
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