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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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SScott Christian reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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This is the way I look at it. 5e has a skill that can be used to read someone, and ideally identify if they're telling the truth. If... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Being able to decide what the character thinks and attempts to do are at the core of the player agency as is the ability to set... -
SScott Christian reacted to Gorgon Zee's post in the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics with Like.
Actually, my original point was that LINEAR dice-rolling systems are easier for players intuition. D100 vs d20 is not an issue, it’s...
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MoonSong replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.The player to GM ratio is heavily skewed towards GMs. Unless they live in a very small and isolated town and refuse to get online -or if... -
SScott Christian reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics with Like.
No. I meant "who will this mechanic serve the needs of?" Some mechanics really work for some people with some aims and some really...
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Plaguescarred reacted to Ancoulainn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Breaking The Eldritch Knight (Eberron) with Like.
The underlying premise of the rules is that they tell you what you can do, not what you can't do. So, if they don't say that you can do... -
SScott Christian reacted to Barner Cobblewood's post in the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics with Like.
Not sure if this is what you mean by core mechanic, but I like games where the players (everyone at the table) roll dice only when the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Player agency is vital to the game but also delicate in times of interpretation. To preserve that agency, features that compel any kind...
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Dragonhelm reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread D&D General Characters With Unfinished Business with Like.
Someday, we're going to go back and recover the bag of holding in which we stashed the body of one of the party members who was killed... -
Plaguescarred replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.5.5 Surprise is all about maximizing the chances of ambushers acting before surprised foes. As DM i give Advantage to ambusher's...
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Generally, I think this is more a player approach situation. There’s a large contingent of TTRPG tables that think of every game as... -
bsss replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Player agency is vital to the game but also delicate in times of interpretation. To preserve that agency, features that compel any kind...
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aco175 replied to the thread D&D General Summoner Thoughts (w/Rum).My group currently has a necromancer with 5 skeletons and a henchman, a cleric who leaves his henchman at home a lot, a fighter with a...
