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Yesterday, 05:27 PMTelok replied to a thread DM Help Any experience with measuring instead of using a grid? in Roleplaying GamesDone it, works fine. Typical tailoring/sewing measuring tape is all we needed. We go center to center for ranges and however the heck you want to...9 replies | 291 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:45 AMTelok replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesThere's a number of options. Will work off the "cap at 6", spec = +3, and 1+2+3+4+5xp cost model. You can have lesser specializations add a...16 replies | 517 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 03:51 PMIf the only thing you ever hear about air travel is the horrible crashes shouldn't you never fly anywhere? If the only thing you read about one...207 replies | 7964 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 12:04 AMWell if you're intentionally being insulting then there's no point reading your posts is there? Back on topic: I think maybe some of it could be...207 replies | 7964 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 11:32 PMIf you that route you should go all in on the programmer tropes and have wizards trust magic and magic items as much as programmers trust their own...21 replies | 1694 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 12:02 AMDanger! Will Robinson! DANGER! Red alert! Warning warning warning! So um... I think this is a big one. The players are doing stuff to NPCs and are...207 replies | 7964 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 07:56 PMYes that's really massive supposition on your part. People in my part of the woods actually talk to each other like normal folk. At times even I,...207 replies | 7964 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 04:22 PMPlayers not sharing info with NPCs, or generally failing to communicate with them, is fairly common in my experience. It crosses groups, systems,...207 replies | 7964 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 11:35 PMI've got something somewhat similar in that several of my players have adverse reactions to npcs with any form of authority and get really abrasive...207 replies | 7964 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 01:23 AMTrue... if and only if the GM wants to tell a story and wants to run an adventure. I'm an odd one out when I GM. The game I play is to set a world,...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 12:11 PMThat raises an interesting question: Did I decide to make it matter that some classes have out of combat magic and others don't? Because I wrote a...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 02:05 AMCasters were on a tighter leash. Harder to cast, fewer spells, more risk, etc. But its interesting to note that practically all of the out of combat...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 03:51 PMFunny thing, I'd disagree with all three statements unless you have a pretty good GM who will intervene in the usual & expected game defaults to...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 02:32 AMFor me its just easier world building to have stuff like the baseline default spells function normally. If that means treating planar tuning forks...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-14, 03:49 PMNo, it assumes that the character with Plane Shift wants to use the spell and likely would have looked into getting tuning forks, thus starting with...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-13, 03:54 PMNot really. A character with Plane Shift run by a player who intends to use the spell is likely to have already have tried sourcing some tuning...218 replies | 11411 view(s)
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2024-04-12, 06:54 PMBandits... racoons named 'Bandit'... trash panda bandits... Two dozen trash pandas rampage through your camp at night taking all your food. ...35 replies | 3027 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 10:22 AMThats been my experience too. Under level 5 anyone rocking 19-21 ac felt pretty good about wading onto a scrum of monsters with +2 to +5 to hit. By...241 replies | 12549 view(s)
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2024-04-03, 11:42 AMTelok replied to a thread Guardrails: avoiding unexpected breakage vs preventing exploits in Roleplaying GamesFrom my dim memories it went something like: pick class & race, take standard stat array & assign the highest score(s) to the class primary stat(s)....76 replies | 9279 view(s)
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2024-03-29, 05:35 PMIts basically "wizard upcast spirit guardians" with the required component of a strength melee character that can grapple. You cast it and dodge a...17 replies | 1841 view(s)
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