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The story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is a tragedy of American history: a cautionary tale of class bias, social anxiety, and... -
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It is with some measure of irony that in this month’s editorial Ian Livingstone asks “when will we see a British RPG on the scene?” It’s... -
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I launched my first session at my local public library, and I’m pleased to report it was a success. But it was not without a few bumps...
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Christian Hoffer posted the thread Wizards Hires Erin Roberts as Game Designer for D&D in *Dungeons & Dragons.Wizards of the Coast has made another D&D game designer - this time tapping Erin Roberts, creator of the Godsbreath setting seen in... -
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JohnSnow replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.For me, "Modern" game design means "streamlined" and not having different fiddly subsystems for everything. Do I have to look something... -
TTHEMNGMNT replied to the thread D&D General Actual Play: Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set.Ha, ha, you're right!
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mamba reacted to Morrus's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with
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Well, these are pre-existing products and WotC does all the work to bring them over to DDB. There's no freelancers involved. -
Hussar reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Maybe with a meta-mechanic like compels in some games I've read about on EN World? You stat with 1 "Wild Flow" point at session start... -
Reynard replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".So what do you give up? How, for example, do those games enforce a 3/5 act structure without limiting agency? -
Hussar reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
I don't think the "fireball yourself" is even an option in '24, and that is likely specifically due to that particular result sometimes...
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Whizbang Dustyboots reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D General Actual Play: Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set with Like.
Sounds a lot like the start to Lost Mine of Phandelver! -
pukunui replied to the thread D&D General Actual Play: Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set.Sounds a lot like the start to Lost Mine of Phandelver! -
Hussar replied to the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule.Sorry, maybe "freelancer" is the wrong word. But, I imagine that there would need to be some degree of conversation about how to...
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pukunui reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Actual Play: Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set with Like.
Yeah, I had my groups start off on the western edge of the map on the road, just south of the keep, having arrived in the Borderlands in...
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pukunui reacted to THEMNGMNT's post in the thread D&D General Actual Play: Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set with Like.
If you want to create some urgency, you could even have the goblins kidnap a couple NPCs who were on the wagon. Maybe one of them is a...
