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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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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Not relevant to my mind. Why should that matter? How does that justify ignoring the situation your PC is in because the Player doesn't... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
And I would accept that, if the response by the PC didn't so very often end up avoiding anything detrimental to the PC's situation...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I've definitely run surprise 5e14 RAW, and I've house-ruled it on the fly, and I've basically said "ok you, the fighter, get advantage... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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There is no "apparently honest." Just "You can't tell if he's lying or not." If the DM is saying that they seem trustworthy, the DM is... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
See, the problem I have with that is that I don't believe PCs and NPCs are significantly different, and thus they shouldn't IMO be...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Waller's post in the thread Legends of Avantris Announces Neon Odyssey, a 5E Space Opera Project with Like.
This is the third 5E space opera game recently. Seems the genre is having a resurgence! We had Voidrunner's Codex (EN Publishing), Dark... -
Flying Toaster reacted to LuisCarlos17f's post in the thread Legends of Avantris Announces Neon Odyssey, a 5E Space Opera Project with Like.
Sorry, you have to forgive me but when I have watched that picture with that sinthwave/vaporware feeling I remember this song. (I hope...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Christian Hoffer's post in the thread Legends of Avantris Announces Neon Odyssey, a 5E Space Opera Project with Like.
Avantris Entertainment, the publishing arm of Legends of Avantris and the makers of The Crooked Moon, has announced a new space...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
While I think disregarding the tendencies in that direction is overly blithe, I'd argue its more that this also factors in elements that...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, at least in part that's because even the social bandwidth that goes between the two characters is not full; there are a lot of...
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Distracted DM reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Back to the OP (original premise in this case): I find the narrative dissonance of, say, getting shot, and then standing around while...
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Distracted DM reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
The whole point of surprising your opponent is to, as far as possible, trivialize the combat. Why is this a problem? And yes, it...
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Distracted DM reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
@mearls has a neat approach in his Moldvay project, where he's given the ranger the ability to grant their Stealth result to allies. I...
