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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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TSR Inc. published Dragon #102 in October 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features gully dwarves... -
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Campbell reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with
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I work with or work for, many of the people who created some of these games, and Vampire is a great example. Design language has... -
Voadam reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
When a combat is designed to last 3-5 rounds, having two rounds of attacks before the surprised side gets to go (as could happen in... -
Silam replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Breaking The Eldritch Knight (Eberron).I must have missed something, but how does the EK get to cast CME at level 7? They should only be getting 2nd level spells at EK 7, and... -
Aurel Guthrie replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.The new rules allow for this sort of scenario: DM: As you guys are walking down the path, the sound of a bow's string can be heard... -
Voadam replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I am guessing the issue was the powerfully impactful nature of getting two full rounds of actions when someone gets surprise and wins...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General Alright, Forgotten Realms junkies! a Q or two. with Like.
Yes. Seriously, settings are pretty edition neutral. The rules in the places that they show up at all are likely 5.5e, but the setting... -
Reynard reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I could be wrong, but I think Viva La Dirt League did do a sketch about initiating combat but rolling lower for initiative than the... -
Paul Hughes from Blog of Holding has joined MCDM full time. No stranger to working with MCDM and on MCDM projects he introduces himself... -
Reynard replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I am not sure how you got there. I said the rule was bad, not that I was going to force myself to use it.
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FitzTheRuke replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Surprise doesn't even need to be a factor for that strangeness to occur, if you let it! (Again, I feel like it's easily mitigated by...
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I want to build the next adventure site around a unique, bespoke enemy, so I am going to roll one up! (see page 190 of the SD rules)... -
Cadence reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Turns in combat are an abstraction for ease of resolution, but within the fiction, all participants’ actions within a round are... -
FitzTheRuke reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I could be wrong, but I think Viva La Dirt League did do a sketch about initiating combat but rolling lower for initiative than the...
