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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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soviet replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Critical and important or useful are different words. -
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits.I say Legend of the Five Rings 4e was the best 4e. -
SlyFlourish replied to the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later.That's a totally fair take. I'd argue that if one doesn't trust the old OGL, I can't imagine being willing to trust a new one. If...
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soviet reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I don't understand why you describe using randomness as "setting logic" rather than "game rules". There isn't a miniature stochastic...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I want players to find secrets too, but I want them to do so through exploring the setting with their PCs. If they turn out not to find... -
soviet reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Does having the knowledge make the game more fun and interesting? Does it offer the players a chance to learn more of the lore of the...
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The Firebird replied to the thread AI/LLMs AI Models Tested on D&D to Assess Long-term Decision Making.Many of these challenges are the same ones faced in integrating AI with software development, and there has been massive progress in... -
SlyFlourish reacted to Morrus's post in the thread We All Won – The OGL Three Years Later with Like.
For me it’s not a question of trust. A contract (a license is a contract) means I don’t need to worry about that. I’ve read the OGL a...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You don't just let them have it because that doesn't meet setting logic. Why would they know about it if they didn't see it? And your...
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CCorinnguard reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
The bolded is a false premise. Something that the PCs may or may not find or know - i.e., it's optional - can be critical to the story...
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none of this is whataboutism… not sure how that relates to whataboutism. As to explaining it, I would not say ‘explain the success’ but...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.The bolded is a false premise. Something that the PCs may or may not find or know - i.e., it's optional - can be critical to the story...
