timgrant

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timgrant,

I ran 2 tables in 4E, but when 5E came out they never wanted to go back.

It all came down to keeping track of all the powers, nobody liked that. They also hoarded their encounter and daily powers, rarely using them (and hoarding encounter powers doesn’t make a lot of sense).

I was a little disappointed because the one table was about to hit their paragon paths, which seemed like fun, and the players seemed excited for. It’s a concept I wouldn’t mind seeing in a new game – it was a little like choosing a subclass at 10th level.

timgrant,

While my players will easily kill 30 minutes collaborating on what to buy, a session like this is definitely more fun if there are NPC’s involved.

We had a memorable session when the PC’s found the Emporium of Evil, where they tried to find the magic items that weren’t TOO cursed, speaking to all manner of morally questionable merchant. (They bought a lot, actually.)

You can also brainstorm the next quest this way. Whether or not the party wants to take a quest from a one of these merchants, they can certainly hear rumors. You can see what they take interest in, and build your next plot arc off of that base.

Some trouble can always pop up when the shopping is winding down, requiring decisive action by the party.

timgrant,

Fair points. I’m a walking rules encyclopedia type, and I’ve been in a number of games where I was like, “What the hell am I supposed to be doing?” And not having any fun.

On the other hand, I’ve brought “D&D only” people along for the ride on other games with good success. The trick is running a good “tutorial level” introductory adventure, where nobody is either bored or frustrated. That’s going to involve introducing the mechanics in digestible bites.

Funny thing about a D&D only mindset is that there are games that are much simpler, where thinking tactically is much less important.

timgrant,

Most folks never did need the books to learn to play. You’ve always been able to learn D&D by somebody (usually their DM) explaining it. But many people end up buying books and things once they’re engaged.

Like any hobby, people spend money on it when they want to. Those solid modules and supplements you mention would be a bit part of that, but also how people feel about the company they’d be supporting matters a lot (this is the so-called “reflective reaction” Don Norman writes about in his book Emotional Design) .

timgrant,

Yes, I play a higher-level wizard who is always running out of spell slots by the end of the dungeon, casting wimpy cantrips and hiding behind the martials. As nature intended.

It’s all about the DM saying no to long-resting whenever and wherever. It may seem like common sense that the players should be able to say when the party should rest. But the game doesn’t work, especially at high levels, unless the DM controls and limits them.

timgrant,

I think most of my correct guesses were based on the artwork.

timgrant,

It’s a great feeling.

But I have to admit, the good booze may have had as much to do with it than anything else.

And be careful not to bask in the feeling too much. Eventually you do want to get the party moving again. Once the weekend is over, folks may notice they “didn’t do anything.”

timgrant,

Rebel shareholders such as Alta Fox have been touting the radical concept of investing in the business, creating good products, and selling them.

You know, instead of screwing up relationships with long-term business partners, sending hired heavies to their fans’ houses, and driving their customers to their competition.

So crazy it just might work.

I lowkey hope these stories are fake or it's all the same guy (ttrpg.network)

I noticed increased frequency of posts in places like r/rpghorrorstories, that describe a situation where the player brings a tiny veiled or just a shameless copy of a popular fictional character - Sokka, Scanlan, John Snow, Walter White - except “more based” or “less of a cuck”. What follows is a story of the player...

timgrant,

My progressive-as-anyone zoomer kids and their friends use “based” all the time, for, as I understand it, any bold statement that’s hard to dispute.

This is actually the first time I’m hearing “based” being associated with alt-righties.

timgrant,

I know the feeling, but it leaves plenty of time to get a drink and snack.

timgrant,

A group of my players brought this up. I let them know that was fine, but the monsters would be able to return the favor.

We decided “the weave” determines the angle of squares (no diagonals).

timgrant,

If your first-level halfling is wearing plate mail, you may be playing Red Box D&D.

timgrant,

I can’t seem to find the reference, but I think an echo of this made it into 5e, where the offspring of orcs and other races were always half-orcs.

timgrant,

Late reply, but original D&D and Holmes-book D&D came before Red Box. Not sure about OD&D, but Holmes had race-class separation. AD&D has roughly contemporaneous with red box, and had the concept of Elf Wizard.

Red box D&D (both its editions) was pretty different in a lot of ways than other editions.

timgrant,

Yep, this is basically the “Evil is the Absence of Good” argument, and you could do way worse.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absence_of_good

timgrant,

Goth girls are drow.

timgrant,

Makes me miss RoleMaster’s Deflection, with it’s +100% DB (+20 AC) instantaneous spell.

Since may spells would take 3 rounds to cast, Instantaneous was pretty clutch.

timgrant,

Late response, but you could only Deflect a missile (arrows, etc.) not spells. It only affected one missile, not a round’s worth like Shield but was a great, bit penalty to the shot.

Attack spells were often pretty pathetic at low levels. Let the Fighters, Rogues, and Thieves do the attacking, spell casters handle battlefield control, healing, etc. It was real different than 5e.

timgrant,

That’s the DM’s wife.

timgrant,

Trick as old as the game Wizardry.

It’s often better than making them fight their way back up.

timgrant,

Why not just you Elvish for Elvish?

timgrant,

In high school, Mom was always pre-empting game nights with visits to Aunt So-and-so or whatever. “You can play your game any time.”

These days I play 2 or 3 times a week. But I can stop any time I want.

timgrant,

Yeah, good old joke. But made even better with geek speak.

timgrant,

If you think they’ll be too simple then it should only take your players about 20-30 minutes to solve.

That being 15 minutes to tell stupid jokes, and 15 more to burn down the building and leave.

timgrant,

The fact that many men, religious and otherwise, happen to be circumcised in a country where many Christians live does not make it part of the religion.

Why would I believe your unsupported claims that are contrary to lots of evidence, my studies, and my own lived experience?

I hope you learn one day that making generalizations about groups of people based on your own vague notions is neither good nor kind.

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