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OK, making my next Mothership xeno scenario take place on Christmas.

pregen characters or no? holds dice bag

 

[Whisper-Kitten]

I had a teenage player in an earlier campaign who bought his own Monster Manual so he could look up whatever it was the PCs were fighting and tell everyone any weaknesses it had. My solution was to stop referring to the monsters by their true names, and show the players pictures from earlier editions of what their foes looked like. So when they were up against a bunch of skum, I showed them the Tony DiTerlizzi illustration from the AD&D 2E Monstrous Manual and referred to them as "fish-men." He had no idea what these monsters were and couldn't look them up.

And then, when I got tired of doing that, I just told him "no referencing the Monster Manual during game play unless you're the DM."

Johnathan

This is why I ban the books during gameplay.

 

[Richards]

Yeah, I eventually did so, but we were playing at his parents' house (they're both players as well), and I didn't want to immediately forbid him from using the book he'd just spent his Christmas money on, so I let it go for awhile. But his parents backed me up when I finally said no.

Johnathan

 

[overgeeked]

Dark Horse Comics doing it right.

Statement Regarding Dark Horse Workers United :: Dark Horse Comics

To the members of Dark Horse Workers United and everyone at Dark Horse: I am pleased to announce that Dark Horse Comics is willing to voluntarily recognize Dark Horse Workers United as a recognize...

www.darkhorse.com

 

[Staffan]

Dark Horse Comics doing it right.

Statement Regarding Dark Horse Workers United :: Dark Horse Comics

To the members of Dark Horse Workers United and everyone at Dark Horse: I am pleased to announce that Dark Horse Comics is willing to voluntarily recognize Dark Horse Workers United as a recognize...

www.darkhorse.com

Meanwhile at Wizards:

https://bsky.app/profile/valentineirl.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mnd7jzawn22o

 

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Meanwhile at Wizards:

https://bsky.app/profile/valentineirl.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mnd7jzawn22o

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meanwhile there's a thread for gathering the naughty word behavior of WotC D&D General - OGL, Pinkertons and WOTC Oh My!

 

[VashVet]

Can we not draw this thread into the fray?

 

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[el-remmen]

This talk of players knowing what monsters do and DMs changing abilities, reminds me that i think I now have enough stat blocks for customized versions of monsters (and many more unique NPCs) to publish el-remmen’s Manhandling Monsters Manual.

The ad line could be “For when Flee Mortals! is too complex but the Monster Manual is boring AF.”

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The ad line could be “For when Flee Mortals! is too complex but the Monster Manual is boring AF.”

Honestly, I'd say collect them all together and sell it on DriveThruRPG. I think there's always an audience for new monsters.