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Managing a table of ten players is less like storytelling and more like air traffic control. In the heat of my weekly library sessions... -
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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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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...
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Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...
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SStaffan replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.Right. It's not fool-proof, but it sets up the expectation that (in our case) Wednesdays evenings are for gaming. As an example of the...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.All I can do is reiterate. For me and several others the feel of the game changes when you hit level 3. Of course it's all in my head -...
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DragonLancer reacted to cranberry's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1? with
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Always start at 1st level. Why? Because, the tier 1 is actually challenging, death of PCs are a real possibility, and is the only part... -
Maxperson replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.What? Am I going to Action Surge the herb into being? Or maybe I'm going to Channel Divinity to it. Perhaps I'll find it with a... -
Justice and Rule reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Paizo Price of Paizo PDFs goes up in 10 days with Like.
Emphasis mine. The only way to know which is more profitable is to know how much (if at all) the publisher increases the print product... -
DragonLancer reacted to Frozen_Heart's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1? with Like.
I prefer starting at level 1 when possible, though our group will often start at level 3 or level 5. Honestly I'd prefer to start at...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Paizo Price of Paizo PDFs goes up in 10 days with Like.
Appeal to authority? No. Appeal to expertise? Yes. You have no idea what you are talking about. You have no expertise, and don't listen...
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DragonLancer reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1? with Like.
Broaden your scope of focus. Instead of looking at your character as a collection of push button abilities try thinking about them as...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.I've played games where we leveled very, very slowly for the first few levels. In one recent campaign I started where they were going...
