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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive... -
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Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...
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TSR Inc. published Dragon #101 in September 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features the third... -
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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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Fenris-77 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with
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Oh that’s another great point: games with more enumerated social mechanics often take pains to present ways in which varied characters... -
TheHand reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
For a real life example of a fighting man that had many other skills, consider the Roman Legionnaire. Pretty much defines the basic D&D... -
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Yeah, the suggestion that the damage/hit point systems is just an afterthought - that beating a Pit Fiend in combat is just a modest...
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Mecheon replied to the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media.If they wanted them to be unique stand-alone gods, they should have given them unique stand-alone designs and not gone "oh this... -
PPeter BOSCO'S replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Tier 1 Encounters RAW Getting Hit With Cone of Cold 4th Level?.Per RAW, a CR 6 Mage would be a Hard Encounter for a party of 6 L3 characters or 5 L4 characters. They can cast 'Cone of Cold' once per...
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Zardnaar replied to the thread Spoilers A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.Fun episode. Good show so far. -
TheHand reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Okay, so this may be a bit of a "hot take," but I've realized that part of the problem in fantasy RPGs in general, and D&D-adjacent...
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Zardnaar replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book.Have them dress in alien clothing. Hence bioshaped clothing. They don't know how it works but they can grow it.
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The portrayal of Holmes's that does most justice to the full mix of traits, I think, is Jeremy Brett’s. His Holmes is aristocratic and... -
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