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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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Tthefutilist reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with
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Note: This response is going to be a lot of freeform rambling, as I have a lot of thoughts on the subject, but not enough time to edit... -
Charlaquin reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
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... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That gets back to the "you can only get on the ride if you're this tall" approach, which is, if you can't properly do intimidating... -
Ssaviirkad replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Yeah, and that's fine when you've all settled in a preferred way to handle that relationship between mechanics and the fiction. It's...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
On the other hand the GM is expected to do a lot of firewalling of NPC intentions and his awareness anyway, and if he can't do that this...
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touc replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.D&D 2024 tried to correct an "unfun" rule wherein one side could be severely damaged or wiped out without having touched a die. While... -
FitzTheRuke reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I am not sure i have ever followed the exact rules in any edition. It is just one of those things I think the fiction itself determines... -
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, there are simply game systems and GMs that don't use social rolls at all. Not what I want, but they do have the virtue of...
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prabe replied to the thread IN REMEMBRANCE--2026.On the one hand, well, crap. On the other hand, he had a really good run. -
Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, that's all I'm recommending for. That seems to be a critique directed at Intimidate as a skill in general, which I'll flat out...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.The whole point of surprising your opponent is to, as far as possible, trivialize the combat. Why is this a problem? And yes, it... -
At least all the ones started by Zardnaar!
