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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 Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with
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There's a surprisingly short distance between the two bolded bits here, at least in my eyes. The very term"cinematic combat" brings to... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Like it or not, though, the rules to a large extent determine the types of decisions the PCs (and by extension, their players) are...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.1) the PCs and NPCs are not the same. 2) The GM can ignore such effect if they want. -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Sure, you allow the character to try whatever they want and think whatever they want and then if they run into a situation where...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.But GM can ignore such effect when it suits them too. The GM can just decide, that Lord Dreadskull of the Death Knights of Inconvenient...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.And what I'm saying is that if NPCs cannot use social skills to hyperbolically "mind control" PCs, then I think the reverse should also... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Honestly, they are not. The player's sole focus is on their character, they probably have a elaborate backstory, they have been played...
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Micah Sweet reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
i very much disagree with this playstyle of 'my character will always think exactly and only what i want them to think, that i have...
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Micah Sweet reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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As opposed to Charm, Fear, Suggestion and Dominate etc. Look Todd, I'm going to ignore this Dragon trying to intimidate me, because I... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.The PC is in the world. Everything they know and everything that can affect them and drives their responses IMO should come from the...
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Charles Dunwoody reacted to Egg Embry's post in the thread RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Dragonbane Trudvang, Nimble, Numenera, and more with Like.
This week’s crowdfunding sampler looks at campaigns that close between March 12 to 25, coming out at the end of Zine Month/ZineQuest on... -
Zzakael19 reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I enjoy Deception, Insight, Persuasion and Intimidation. The loose system invites GM and players to establish goals, negotiate, create...
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NNot a Decepticon replied to the thread D&D General Alright, Forgotten Realms junkies! a Q or two..It did, most of 5e was from 1489 DR (Rime of the Frostmaiden) to 1497 DR (Aquisitions Incorproated) with majority of books and Baldur's...
