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Today, 04:05 AMNah, it's still impossible, because "pull the dragon down" isn't a matter of opposed strength in the first place, it's a matter of your weight vs....33 replies | 1407 view(s)
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Today, 03:44 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextWho was talking about character optimisation? Not me, that's for sure. I was talking about how the hard and fast rules written in the book allow...111 replies | 6122 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:58 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextYou're so close to getting it! The point is that if the Fighter player does spend character build resources (attribute distribution and ASIs) on...111 replies | 6122 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:23 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextTrouble is, sometimes playing the same kind of narrative is inevitable due to what the other rules say. Doesn't matter what kind of theme you're...111 replies | 6122 view(s)
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Yesterday, 09:45 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextThat seems more like a sign that D&D doesn't actually support a huge range of themes terribly well, if it leads to players simply having no...111 replies | 6122 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 06:19 AMI'm not so sure about this. I have a pretty serious home entertainment setup and even putting a movie through a good £5000 of kit isn't the same...12 replies | 1024 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 04:51 PMGloatingSwine replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsIt's worth pointing out that the main "power" of the One Ring is to twist people's wills to that of its master. Sauron isn't a danger because he's...65 replies | 3302 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 12:39 PMGloatingSwine replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsThe Uruk-hai are a distraction in this. Saruman is only intending to fight Sauron at all if he gets the One Ring. If he doesn't he's angling for a...65 replies | 3302 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 06:34 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Players want to overthrow a king and install democracy. What can go wrong? ;) in D&D 5e/NextAnyone who thinks an elective monarchy would be *less* murdery hasn't played enough Crusader Kings. Can't lose a vote if your rivals have an accident...40 replies | 4018 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 11:32 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThe whiskers are evoking those on Koi. Which can turn into dragons if they try real hard.108 replies | 3404 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 12:33 PMThe success of Baldur's Gate 3 is a reason to sell Forgotten Realms in a separate book. Never ask for money once when you can ask for it twice....46 replies | 4506 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 10:51 AMThe Infinite and the Divine is about Statler and Waldorf incarnated as immortal robot skeletons perpetually bickering with and pranking each other.9 replies | 755 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 10:56 AMI dunno, I was channeling Private Frazer.20 replies | 1272 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 10:44 AMThis sounds like trying to solve out of character problems in character. Which is doomed. Dooooomed.20 replies | 1272 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 09:38 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThough medieval depictions of things that actually existed also got pretty wild. Possibly because they were being drawn by a monk who had never seen...108 replies | 3404 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 08:12 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsNo but he did helpfully ignore everything that had been written since the 11th century as being modern rubbish.108 replies | 3404 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 06:14 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Introducing a Fantastic Religion to the Players in Roleplaying GamesThe important point is that in a polytheistic religion everyone has a relationship to all of the gods all of the time, because they're real and they...32 replies | 2879 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 05:36 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Players want to overthrow a king and install democracy. What can go wrong? ;) in D&D 5e/NextThe main thing that will go wrong is that if there isn't a firm desire from within the populace* for democracy, it will fail to take root and will...40 replies | 4018 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 12:51 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Introducing a Fantastic Religion to the Players in Roleplaying GamesEvil gods is another D&Dism that’s worth doing away with. Polytheistic belief systems don’t tend to have evil gods, they might have ones...32 replies | 2879 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 11:51 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Introducing a Fantastic Religion to the Players in Roleplaying GamesTBH unless you're all scholars of Greek history and mythology they're basically using whatever fictionalised version they've picked up from pop...32 replies | 2879 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 04:46 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextFinding berries is also a matter of knowing which ones are nutritious and which ones are poisonous. Same with other foodstuffs, you have to know...111 replies | 6122 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 04:34 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI think this is a perfect encapsulation of what I was talking about when I said people brought expectations to Hancock that stopped them seeing what...131 replies | 7743 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 06:00 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextMan, sure sounds like this is the sort of place where a set of abstractions would be helpful to let players know how they might be able to interact...111 replies | 6122 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 04:57 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI think Hancock is one of those movies that's been reassessed over time now that people have figured out what it actually is as a movie and are...131 replies | 7743 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 11:00 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Arguments IN FAVOR of keeping hide/move silently and spot/listen/search separate? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Are their options constrained by being seen vs being heard though?79 replies | 4441 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:38 AMThey should probably kick themselves for not hashing out at least the broad strokes of who's playing what in session 0, at least. "We're playing...92 replies | 6415 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:29 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Arguments IN FAVOR of keeping hide/move silently and spot/listen/search separate? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Another thing is that splitting the rolls only produces a uniquely interesting outcome vs. combining them if the nature of failure meaningfully...79 replies | 4441 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 05:38 AMTBH I think based on an exchange earlier part of the problem is that he's putting the information into the mouths of NPCs, rather than filling the...516 replies | 30826 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 04:35 AMMost of the "Talk to your players" advice in this and other similar threads are about situations where the DM is authoritative and it's better for...516 replies | 30826 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 10:33 AMContext and location and history are the fundamentals of this whole shebanc. And the dirty little secret is that most people are not sufficiently...92 replies | 6415 view(s)
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