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No single thing was particularly egregious. It was the sum of all the little mistakes that made it garbage. The situation that I'm referring to played out over two sessions and it was something that the campaign had been building up to for over a year, but when it happened, I choked. In the...

For those of you that DM, have you ever had a session (or two) that made you wonder if you're actually cut out for the role? I've been a forever-DM for 30+ years and generally confident in my ability to run a game, but my performance in our last 2 sessions has been objectively terrible and it...

4 hours, every week. 10-20 min break at the mid-point.

I don't remember the RAW, but I think it's a minute and that makes sense because it keeps players from hot-swapping magic items in combat.

I haven't played it since the month of its release, but when it came out I played it religiously for about a month and a half until I got bored. Obviously, I don't know anything about any DLC or patch content, but I'd absolutely recommend checking it out. Especially with it being so heavily...

You're absolutely correct. Because D&D completely depends on social interaction, everyone at the table will make (or break) the game and the difference between a 'good' group and a bad group is night and day. However, in my experience, I've found that 'bad' groups are usually poisoned by one or...

That really doesn't mean much. You, I, everyone have a lot of thoughts about a lot of things that don't come up in conversation because situations where it makes sense/worth the time to talk about them are rare. Despite how much I've enjoyed BG III I've only had one conversation about it in...

It was likely a Fighter, but a bit hard to pin down without more info. Do you remember if it was from a sub-class? Also, was it an extra damage die on any hit or on a crit? It would also be a great help if you knew roughly what level the ability was granted. Hell, even if you were only able...

The last time I logged into WoW was in 2016, but today I re-subbed because the game has been getting a lot of positive hype. I looked around for about an hour and logged back out. I wish it could, but WoW just can't capture my attention anymore. P.S. Fuck Blizzard for making me rename a...

Soda is a fucking tool with a personality that's more abrasive than being ass-fucked by a cactus and 99% of his 'crew' are just as annoying/cringe.

I haven't played since a week after launch and I'm not reading this thread....... So, does this game still suck?

I genuinely hope the first ones shown the door in the recent layoffs were members of the pronoun mafia. Hate is not a strong enough word for how I feel about 'people' that buy in to that worldview. In my opinion, the world is better off without them because they've conspicuously shown that...

I know very little about 40k lore, but Iso-RPGs are my favorite type of game and Owlcat has made some magnificent additions to genre. So, I'm extremely excited for this game. However, the massive number of post-launch patches that both the Pathfinder games required is going to keep me from...

Fence pole-in-anus has been the M.O. for as long as I can recall.

I only saw Thott a handful of times so I really don't have any idea. My time in AL was when EQs popularity had started to take a hit and the oldest heads were showing up less and less often.

Reading this thread makes me realize that my experience playing EQ was wildly different than a lot of people here. I spent time in several top-end guilds: Afterlife, Township Rebellion, and Hoss but I never used ShowEQ (or anything similar), never got banned (or even a warning), and never had...

I never played this game hardcore, but I really enjoyed it when I'd go back to it for a couple weeks every few years. I was genuinely surprised and sad to see it fade away and if a reasonable clone can get off the ground I'd definitely play it.

I have zero doubt the gameplay is fun, but I'm not paying for it. I know pirating doesn't move the development needle much, but fuck 'em.

If you didn't like DoS II and highly skeptical of BG III (arguably two of the best RPGs ever made) then the genre just isn't for you. I didn't like some of the slapstick comedy in DoS II. In fact, it grated on me pretty hard, but the game is so good I couldn't help but look past it. BG III is...

Ya. I've bagged a few of them to protect them.

All but one item: Psionic Artifacts of Athas. I reorganized my shelves, but I need to build another for the rest of my stuff. You can see a lot of the Dark Sun stuff on the bottom shelf on the right.

Ya, that's a stock track.

I made two major collecting scores today and they complete my Planescape collection. I have a great condition copy of everything ever printed for the setting. feelsgoodman.jpeg

My group survived the Beholder encounter, but just barely. They had a couple key saves at moments a failure would have snowballed into a TPK. I didn't want them to die, but I definitely wanted to challenge them by providing an encounter that was memorable and I'm pretty sure I did that because...

Ya, there was definitely a window where it would have been worth it, but I don't think that's true anymore. However, I could be wrong. I don't have my finger on the pulse of the economy of it, but it's already tempting enough as is so I don't want to know....lol

I've resisted the siren's call for 3-D minis. I have to or I'd probably have spent $20k on those alone because I wouldn't want unpainted minis and I can't paint for shit. So I'd be forced to have them professionally painted. My wife tolerates me buying books, but a lot of it has to do with the...

Tonight's session was a fuck ton of fun, but it ended right as initiative was rolled. The group is facing a named Beholder (significantly more powerful than a standard one), a Brass Golem, and an 11th level Duergar Cleric. The Cleric is off-screen because the file with him in it was too large...

I apologize for the slow response, but it's not because I was ignoring you. I just haven't visited the forum in a bit. I'm not much help anyway because 'special' or premium dice have never had any appeal to me. I literally have nearly $25k in physical D&D/Pathfinder material, but I've spent...

I just became aware of this show a couple days ago and only watched 2 episodes of S1, but I'm already over the 'strong, talented black women' characters. Why are they all so unlikeable?

Can confirm that those are three of the best APs. I have every 1e AP softcover, but I have those three in hardback.

Kinda. I have an excel spreadsheet that I've been running numbers on. The problem I've found isn't that I can't find a solution, it's that I am having trouble finding a simple solution. For now, every way that I've managed to make it work is just too complicated and the bookkeeping would get...

I've decided to avoid this game for a year or so until it's had time to ripen, but you guys aren't making it easy.

Some of the major systems/mechanics that I have introduced/tweaked are: 1. Creature harvesting for mundane/magic item creation. 2. A detailed system for the creation of magic items and high-quality non-magic items. 3. Combat Maneuvers for all martial (Fighter, Rogue, Ranger, Paladin, Barbarian...

In 5e, poisons, disease, curses, etc. ALL fucking suck because they're incredibly easy to remove. That sucks because it deprives the DM of some powerful and interesting narrative tools. As is, there's almost no point in using those kind of conditions because players literally remove them almost...

I have a detailed houserules file in my Googledrive that every player in my campaign has access to. It's nearly 100 pages, but I'm constantly adding to it and iterating on existing mechanics when play shows it needs tweaking. I haven't really removed anything from stock 5e, but I have layered a...

My players love it and they're completely on board, but when I first introduced it, it did slow things down a bit until they got the hang of it. However, a group isn't likely to take more than one long rest during a session so even with people new to it it's not going to slow things down...

It clearly states that those modifiers are for individuals. If a mod doesn't a apply to a character it doesn't get applied. However, for people that sleep normally, there's no disputing that getting woken up to stand a 2 hour watch is going to be less beneficial than resting uninterrupted...

There are some redundancies, but some of them are there to make the 'math' work. Also, the camp check roll doesn't always happen. Its primary use is for characters that are traveling and looking for a place to set up camp. The result of the camp check helps me decide how successful they were in...

I'm curious why you're choosing 1e over 2e. 2e is a fabulous system that is well-balanced all the way to 20 and everything is still in print. I haven't played PF 1e, but I know it suffers from the same problems that D&D 3.x does. 3.x is painfully bloated due to the fact it has a bajillion...

I posted this in the BG III, but it's a bit more relevant here. Anyway, the way Long Rests are handled in 5e is pretty lame and DMs basically have to force players into combat to interrupt one or tell them "No, you can't rest here." Neither of those solutions is great so I got inspired from...