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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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Mannahnin reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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I agree with all of that 100%. I think the only difference is the extent to which we rely on random chance to "find stuff". -
Maxperson replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.There are two assumptions you are making in your response that get things wrong. First, the failure in world building wasn't that the... -
FrogReaver replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.How is that a railroad? I think this is a prime example of confusing things one doesn’t like for railroading. -
Mannahnin 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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NI'm thinking about mechanics to unfreeze the narrative in D&D. Ie, some creature's turn comes. The creature tries to do something...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Well, having a penalty is by definition a low score. And so far as where the line is, it's IMO a conversation, not an ironclad rule. The... -
AI remember watching Chris Perkins run Curse of Strahd on YouTube with Dice Camera Action. Such a privilege to get to watch a writer DM...
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Mannahnin 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.
This isn't a Fighter-only problem. While the Fighter does have a rather anemic skill list, Backgrounds exist that allow someone to gain...
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Ssevenbastard reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread AD&D 1E Redesigned and Rebalanced Thief for 1e AD&D with Like.
The percentages on the Thief class really do stack the deck against them. And that's compounded by the fact that frequently failure has...
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Mannahnin 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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KKoloth replied to the thread The Fifth Element Returning to Theaters.Movie owners taking a lesson from Disney. Disney has a long pattern of re-releasing classic movies and pocketing the profits. The...
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Mannahnin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I'm not quite as hard-line as that. If it makes sense that a character's background or upbringing would give knowledge of something...
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the Jester reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) An Optional Counterspell Metagame with Like.
Counter spell: 1st level abjuration cast time: Reaction range 150ft counter one spell that you can see being cast within range. spell...
