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Anonymous 19/11/09(Sat)06:52 No. 131709 [Reply]

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How do yall feel about limiting player interactions with game mechanics? ie rolling dice, character creation, or even looking at the rules.

Anonymous 19/11/14(Thu)15:53 No. 131717

Dislike. I feel like if there aren't any mechanics for settling things, that's fine - that's a narrative game or group storytelling.

But if there ARE mechanics, but players don't know about them until they must use them, then that builds frustration.

"What do you mean, it's always a Strength roll to open a jar - I put a dozen points into Dexterity specifically for jar-opening! We're already level 5, I'm not going to go and reroll my character now, and I'm shit at one of the things I thought my character would be good at!"

Anonymous 19/11/16(Sat)11:00 No. 131719

>>131717
What if they were only asked to make decisions on their characters actions. No knowledge of their stats nor the ability to make rolls. They are left with their actions and choices. The mechanics would exist, just be in the background and the math done solely by the ref.

apps anon 19/11/09(Sat)23:18 No. 131711 [Reply]

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Hey, does anon know any app which allows to download files in folders and subfolders just by introducing a link to the main page of a site?
I'd like to download some troves but it's really hard since no app seems to be able to do it and I am not good enough for tech to understand how to use Wget

other option would be if someone can teach me how to run Wget on windows 8, I don't even know which files should I download on the side.

thanks in advance.

What games are better: tabletop or laptop? Nora Fudge 19/11/05(Tue)07:33 No. 131699 [Reply]

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I like play games, have a lot of both: tabletop, laptop. I think that it is better to play on a laptop because game can take you to another world. Or options for games that can be played on a computer and phone. For this I love https://www.hypercasino.org/ . There are many different games, I can always find something suitable for myself.

Anonymous 19/11/05(Tue)17:26 No. 131700

TG is better; Vidya already has a world laid out for you and has boundaries on your imagination: E.G there is none. It's like watching a movie.

TG allows you to do literally anything

Anonymous 19/05/29(Wed)22:11 No. 131506 [Reply]

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Name a better campaign setting than Eberron.

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Anonymous 19/09/17(Tue)22:37 No. 131617

my ass

Anonymous 19/09/21(Sat)23:15 No. 131626

Planescape - where else can I dungeoncrawl in the floating carcass of a dead and forgotten God?

Anonymous 19/11/04(Mon)21:59 No. 131696

Mystara. Serraine, Ancient Blackmoor, Glantri and the Savage Coast can already handle all of your magitech needs!

collecting thread Anonymous 18/08/29(Wed)09:13 No. 131378 [Reply]

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do you collect money, stamps or other things?

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Anonymous 19/10/18(Fri)02:33 No. 131673

I collect all of these things, it brings me great delight to do so. I have boxes and boxes of stamps and I expect to have rooms and rooms of stamps down the line. Maybe buildings, we'll see, but the satisfaction of knowing there's more stamps out there to have delights me to no end. I have every stamp you could make and I intend to get the new ones that come out. I printed stamps of my own just to collect them. I have stamp t-shirts, too. Maybe I have too much enthusiasm there. I would be hard pressed to find an argument in the world proving that not also having my enthusiasm is a normal trait, though, because stamps are so innately satisfying. If you don't collect stamps, what do you do? lol

Anonymous 19/10/18(Fri)03:24 No. 131675

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>>131665
I would suggest Skull and Crossbones if you can find it, always my favourite VHS-Game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lkqw3LJeBg

Anonymous 19/10/21(Mon)12:45 No. 131677

I collect RPGs and Original wheels Lesney/Matchbox die cast vehicles from the 1950s & 1960s.

Monopoly General Anonymous 19/10/03(Thu)02:06 No. 131644 [Reply]

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Whats the best edition?
Name a supperior property game
Pro tip: you will
Fav vidya edition?

Anonymous 19/10/03(Thu)04:29 No. 131645

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I used to play anti-monopoly.

It's an interesting take but biased. The whole game is geared towards the "Competitors", for the Monopolists to win they need to either get luck or hope the people they're playing with will trade haphazardly.

Securing your place in Heaven with one easy trick! Anonymous 19/09/04(Wed)05:44 No. 131592 [Reply]

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Hello! I was thinking about that one myth with the guy who put his soul into an egg, making him immortal. This got me thinking, in DnD, could someone put their soul into an egg and lock their morality into an alignment even if their actions go directly against it? I'd imagine it just shuts off any alignment effects at all, no detecting evil, no smiting good, and any actions without your soul in you wouldn't show up in any divine book of judgement that sort of thing.

Looking for HiRes original DnD 5d art Anonymous 18/03/28(Wed)11:38 No. 131232 [Reply]

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There's a source (or trove) of 5e books art in a good resolution to be used for cards, modules, etc?
Looking for Races and Classes, and at least the common, low level monsters....

Thanks

Anonymous 19/05/29(Wed)22:21 No. 131508

>>131232
>There's a source (or trove) of 5e books art in a good resolution to be used for cards, modules, etc?
I'm pretty sure the 5eSRD has pictures for all (open source) monsters, you should check it out.

Anonymous 19/08/30(Fri)03:14 No. 131587

D&D Beyond has them. The stats are locked behind a paywall but art isn't. :)

Skeleton Ears Anonymous 19/06/04(Tue)05:54 No. 131509 [Reply]

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Honest question, anons - do you think skeletons can hear?

Reason I ask is because I wanna try to DM an intro campaign involving the party starting off as skeletons and eventually becoming human, but having to fight a low-level false hydra in the process. I was gonna give them amulets of communication at the start so they could 'speak' to each other, but that also made me start to question if skeletons had ears and as such would be vulnerable to the false hydra’s song. Please advise

Anonymous 19/06/04(Tue)05:57 No. 131510

>>131509
amulets of telepathy* total newfag btw

Anonymous 19/08/06(Tue)11:14 No. 131551

>>131510
if y'aint started yet then i can offer some insight, i guess
they may not have ears but they still have the holes, and a big part of your auditory system are 3 ossicles (tiny bones) that vibrate
now, the vibration is started at the tympanic membrane (NOT a bone) and carried by nerves and other NOT bone entities

however, skeletons dont have muscles or ligaments and they dont have an issue staying together and walking around, right?

maybe make it interesting and let them have hearing but garbled, mucky, unprecise hearing?

should GMs need consent from players to have NPCs rape PCs? Anonymous 17/02/21(Tue)12:53 No. 118181 [Reply]

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Reading stuff like http://www.gamegrene.com/node/447 all the namefags are tipping their morality hats do I'd like to know what anons think of it.

To me it seems like biased pandering. What if I am fine if my character is raped but absolutely would be upset if my character is killed off? Why are my wishes not respected?

What if a player loves their character's magic sword. Does the GM need consent for a goblin to steal it? If not then why different logic for character virginity?

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Anonymous 19/07/12(Fri)07:50 No. 131519

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>>131503
I'd say that the players should have to unanimously agree for death to be a theme/possiblity in the game before your first session. If everyone agrees killing or being killed should be part of the world, then all is fair game. If not write it out.

Anonymous 19/08/03(Sat)19:32 No. 131542

>>131519
I pretty much agree with this.

Nobody666 19/08/03(Sat)22:40 No. 131547

Before actually attempting it in an DM session, you should probably discuss it with the players beforehand. Like hey, sexual themes / death / etc could be possible, including that it could be forced on your character without their knowledge or consent.

If agreed upon, in most cases the victim should still be allowed at least one or several chance(s) to either resist the attacker, or call for some form of help (Whether that be from other PCs or NPCs). It is dependent on the situation at hand, obviously - but don't just drop it on a random player without at least giving them a heads up that it could happen during the course of a game.

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