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TSR Inc. published Dragon #103 in November 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features errata... -
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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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occam reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D General Edition Design Philosophies as Seen Through Magic Items with
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I notice that the old items had/needed a lot of DM input or judgement. The new items are more player facing in that they are not left... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.Keep in mind also that those definitions are trying to portray evil in the most negative light possible, in order to make evil... -
occam reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General Edition Design Philosophies as Seen Through Magic Items with Like.
I have a theory that you can learn a lot about a fantasy TTRPG’s design philosophy by looking at its magic items. Further, you can...
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174.6 this morning. I'm not really doing the 'lean' days anymore. Keeping around 2K calories. Upper was good, a bit tight still from... -
174.4 seems I'm in some range of maintenance. Slept in, Nyquil assisted, breakfast and have since put another layer on in terms of...
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AAlViking reacted to nevin's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
Well first of all you have to understand Alignment isn't personality. It also isn't Intelligence. A CE can be smart enough to avoid...
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AAlViking reacted to TorgoTheWhite's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
This is true... one could say, if arguing personality and "smart" in absolutes, that LE are incapable of being "smart" as well...
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Micah Sweet reacted to bloodtide's post in the thread Friday Fun: Your Formative Geek Media with Like.
*All the 'pocket' books reprinting lots of old sci-fi/fantasy like Burrows, Asimov, and all the famous names that wrote 'pulp fiction'... -
RRichards replied to the thread Yet another "How old are you?" thread.I was born in 1964, a month after the Beatles invasion. Johnathan
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tetrasodium reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) High Level 5.5E: Building Encounter Chains with Like.
I'm not close to level 15, but my game has definitely improved with generally lowered hp and increased damage to most non-boss/miniboss... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Why I Hate Skills.I wanted to enlarge a bit on what I mean above. The two typical 3D6 systems I'm familiar are GURPS and Hero. In principal you have a... -
Lanefan reacted to TorgoTheWhite's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
Whims versus long-term planning is a big one IMO. You can be cunningly unpredictable and not stupidly unpredictable.
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Lanefan reacted to RuinousPowers's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
Plenty of earlier edition modules consist of an adventure location with no explanation about why you are there, or assume you are...
