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It's one of the few 3.5E books I didn't pick up. That and Tome of Magic. Meanwhile, my campaigns made EXTENSIVE use of Magic of Incarnum.

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How many times do you have to run a published adventure to really understand its potential? For some of them, once is definitely not enough! (And yeah, there are published adventures I'd *definitely* run again).

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The mechanics aren't well distributed or balanced. Vex is just so, so good for the dex paladin in the group. While others feel like "whatever". Thankfully, I haven't had to deal with topple/pushing much.

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I was just thinking about how much I hate the Steady Aim ability for rogues... So random for me to get upset by, but still...

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There are things in it which are fantastic improvements... but so much stuff that I dislike as well. Never had an edition - including 4E - which gave me this reaction.

In D&D 2014, the shadow was incorporeal, and that was represented in the mechanics by making it resistant to normal weapons and giving it resistance to elemental damage. In D&D 2024, they removed the resistance to normal weapons and gave it more hit points. BUT KEPT ELEMENTAL RESISTANCES!

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I *really* liked D&D 2014. But I feel that I may need to homebrew the game a lot now to get the game to a place that I like.

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SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 24/04/2025

I am not a big homebrewer. I like using the pieces of the rules other people have designed to create my adventures and campaigns. But D&D 2024 has gone in a direction that I dislike. A lot of the underlying philosophy of character abilities and monster design is antithetical to how I want to play.

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I was trying to remember which of the other JRPGs I was playing recently where damage type also mattered a lot - and now I remember it was Yakuza: Like A Dragon (and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth). Because each character had different abilities, your choices mattered.

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Just drop it on them. Let them figure it out... :)

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Imagine a monster with the following immunities and resistances: Immune: non-magical weapons Resistant: magical weapons of less than +2. Very alien to the 2024 D&D mindset, but something I'm considering introducing to my game.

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Approach *may* be intended to work with the target using the Dash action. And if a rogue, also Cunning Action to Dash. (The wording with Flee sort of implies that). It's very imprecise, though. (Also, shout "Approach" to a creature on top of a 60-foot cliff!)

MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I may have lost a couple of days because I discovered Blue Prince.

MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Mixing 4E material with 5E? Heresy! ;)

MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Had one of those Greyhawk sessions where I wasn't quite sure where the game would go, and through discussions with the players we discovered the rogue's mother (an elf) is no longer at her home in the Free City and has travelled to Celene. Things are afoot!

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Fireball for 17th level characters doesn't always work.

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Deleted. You bring up correct points.

MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

There's stuff in 2024 that is really, really good. And then stuff that makes me so frustrated.

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

One of the interesting things about the 5E Shadow is that it is described as incorporeal, but it can't float through solid objects, which does make sense. But the use of the word incorporeal runs into trouble because it's the only incorporeal monster in the MM that doesn't have Incorporeal Movement

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Yeah. I was so happy when Xanathar's expanded it, and I used it extensively.

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I really wonder why they are stretch goals and not part of the base package.

I'm very much moving away from "save ends" for a lot of effects, because I really want them to actually last a bit of time and be something the party need they have to deal with.

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Friday's D&D Greyhawk session was fun. The party found the shield they were looking for, and I had a few "tricks" in the dungeon for them to find, which they did.

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Finished the main story of Death Stranding on Sunday afternoon. I've had a lovely time with the game. I'm probably off to AC Shadows now, but there are still a few achievements needed for platinum, and I still *really enjoy delivering parcels!*

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Yeah. That's the biggest failure of the organisation IMO. Really, really wants an NPC section.

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The organisation still sends me wild.

Lots of computer games. Some playing of D&Ds. More time spent chatting with RPGs with my friends on discord, before that gets sold off...

There used to be good internal retailers, but no longer, I'm afraid!

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About a decade ago - when shipping was cheap to Australia - I went on a big collecting spree, but it's currently impossible to source most of it at a reasonable price, alas! I mean, just look at this:

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2E had *so* many products - and some very odd ones as well. I think I decided relatively early on that getting all the back catalogue wasn't going to be worth it!

Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Tomorrow, my Greyhawk campaign will continue as the party FINALLY find the animated construct they've been looking for and steal its shield. Probably.

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The 2024 DMG doesn't tell us how to build a monster... but I've done that work for you! alphastream.org/index.php/20... #DnD #ttrpg

Gnomes building a shield guardian. Art by Eric Belisle for the 2024 PH.

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Here's a couple I took end of last year. (And then boxed sets and 3rd party books give me more trouble... :))

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DM David Hartlage @dmdavid.com · 26/03/2025

I've got most of my D&D books arranged in chronological release order. (The hardcovers sit in a different section to the softcover/modules). Which gives a very interesting view of the eras with more books!

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Chatting with Greg about Legends of Greyhawk fueled my excitement for the campaign. I liked hearing the approach to penning flexible adventures with broad appeal.

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MerricB @merricb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Mostly. There's a bit too much of "travel to this location and learn one thing, then travel to the next" in chapters 2 & 3. But there's a lot of good as well.