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  1. DM Howard

    D&D General Gameplay Trailer of 5E-Powered Solasta: Crown of the Magister Video Game

    Of course something awesome like this is coming about after I give up video games. Bah! Good luck with the kickstarter!
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    D&D 5E New Eberron Book Details From WotC

    I don't think I'll be doing Eberron for a while, it's one of those settings that I like so much I don't think I could do it justice. I'll be buying this day one at my LGS to show WotC that there is a market for setting books.
  3. DM Howard

    Dark mode?

    I can't wait to have dark mode back. All the white is absolutely painful.
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    D&D 5E What's Your Table Look Like?

    I'm a Help Desk Technician, so I can totally understand where your players are coming from. I still prefer physical books for RPGs and for reading, and I am not a personal fan of virtual tabletops because I spend at least eight hours every day staring at a screen and my eyes need a rest. Ha...
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    D&D 5E What's Your Table Look Like?

    I don't mean your actual table, but rather whether you use a mat or not? Do you use miniatures, tokens, or even spare change? Do you go full on theater of the mind or some combination? Do you use some method I'm not even thinking of? I tend to use a mixture of theater of the mind and the D&D...
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    Is Pathfinder meant to be "boutique D&D?"

    Although I stated in another thread that my group will be leaving 5E for PF2, I think that we will end up taking thing we like and bringing them back to 5E. Who knows though, we might end of totally loving PF2, but I would not have been upset if Paizo has chosen to create more advanced and in...
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    Pathfinder 2E Are you moving from 5E to PF2?

    I’ll be moving. A friend is bringing me back a copy from Gen Con for my birthday. I have pledged to run a campaign as I used to be the 5E champion in my group of friends (they mainly played PF1) and PF2 seems the best option as support for PF1 will inevitably fall away. 5E does not provide...
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    Is Pathfinder 2 Paizo's 4E?

    I, personally, included most behind the screen material ad hoc, but I will also say that I tended to bring character side content under much greater scrutiny.
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    Is Pathfinder 2 Paizo's 4E?

    I’m not sure, to be honest, but I feel that there is always something new that can come out for PF1. New adventures, monsters, archetypes, settings, etc. What I would say is that I would hope for a new torchbearer as once a game disappears from active publishing it becomes exponentially harder...
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    Is Pathfinder 2 Paizo's 4E?

    Pathfinder 2E might as well be Paizo’s 4E as far as I am concerned. They went overboard (IMO) whilst opening up the patient for surgery and abandoned backwards compatibility at the same time. I am not willing to buy a whole new set of books when my friends and I have already spent loads on...
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    WotC Baldur's Gate III Announced; Powered by D&D 5E

    I'm optimistic, but I think they should have just called it something else.
  12. DM Howard

    Another Look at the D&D Essentials Kit

    This looks great! A little bummed about it releasing to Target early, but I can wait.
  13. DM Howard

    DMs Guild The Jilted Quill - DMs Guild Reviews - Updated on Mondays

    Thanks for the vote of confidence, dave!
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    DMs Guild The Jilted Quill - DMs Guild Reviews - Updated on Mondays

    Hello all, It has been quite a while since I had to put the fledgling Jilted Quill on hiatus, but I have a little more free time in my life (despite a baby girl coming in April) and I'd like to see if there is any interest in reviving my Jilted Quill reviews. The format will remain largely...
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    Preferences regarding "save to resist" vs. "roll to hit" mechanics?

    That's true, although I think that it creates a shorter divide between skilled vs non-skilled while still alowing the uber-skilled to shine through. I like the idea that DM Howard, the level 1 Commoner, still has a decent chance of landing a blow on MechaPilot, the level 19 Assassin either...
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    D&D 4E In Defense of 4E - a New Campaign Perspective

    Thanks for the links. :) I'll definitely need to give it a go with those tables if I can wrangle some friends into it, but I've been thinking about resurrecting the Jilted Quill so I'm not sure I'll have the time.
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    What Game Did You Leave D&D For?

    I did a short combat to test it out with my group, but most of them felt that the system required too much effort for little reward What they really meant was that they couldn't be bothered and just wanted to show up and be entertained.
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    D&D 4E In Defense of 4E - a New Campaign Perspective

    Hmm, interesting! I wish I had known about that revised table at the time. Color me intrigued. I still like to use Skill Challenges in 5E, so I'm interested to hear what alterations you are thinking about.
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    D&D 5E 3rd party publishers and 5E

    I think his success also shows the demand out there for high quality 3PP 5E content.
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    Preferences regarding "save to resist" vs. "roll to hit" mechanics?

    I actually prefer how Hackmaster 5E does it, where you compare your attack roll versus the target's defence roll. This can slow down combat slightly, but I like the way it jives and can make you feel like less of a passive particpant when it isn't your turn* in combat. *Hackmaster uses a...
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