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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 28m

It’s absolutely one of my favorite adventures and there is so much space to modify and add to it.

Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17h

I also liked how 4e replace 9 alignments with a straight line Good/Evil system similar to early Basic D&D… except where the extreme ends of the spectrum were the divinity of Lawful Good and the corruption of Chaotic Evil (though people who liked the demon/devil Blood War did not like that part).

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17h

Shadowfell and Feywild were an awesome ideas to replace the older inner planes. The whole idea of nature in a more raw, fey state and then the opposing entropy state of life where corrupted but not quite undead beings lived. Similar to a Ravenloft but not in a gothic horror sense. Loved it.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18h

The Reavers of Harkenwold and the larger Nentir Vale setting was one of the best adventure locales to hit D&D in a long time. A fresh new “points of light” setting that harkened back (pun unintended) and fit right alongside the earliest D&D works. ragingowlbear.blogspot.com/2018/09/reav...

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18h

We know 4th edition wasn’t perfect, but for those of us who ran it over several years, we learned there was actually a lot to love. Call out your D&D 4e appreciations in the comments. No haters. #dnd #dnd4e

An Iron Circle warlord oversee the burning of a Harkenwold homestead.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You didn’t realize it was a d10 in disguise.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I guess I’m think of those big PAC events where it’s like $20,000 just to get in, so…

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Probably not great… but if cash is collected up front for entry, will the organizers care?

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Spooky Season is upon us again, so it's time to plan your #Halloween D&D adventure. I've written a couple of post over the years highlighting popular one-shots. Links in the thread. #DnD

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Goliath was fire. 🔥 Car Wars on TV

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That semi was fire. 🔥 Car Wars on TV

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No, you have that reversed. Last year, the Wizards/Digital Gaming division made a bit more than $1 Billion. The rest of Hasbro (toys, etc) made about $100 million. Wizards make 10x more than the rest of Hasbro combined. Harry Potter is a drip in the ocean. You can Google the earnings statements.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You’re moving the goalposts. The original post was about Brendan Lee Mulligan and LGBTQ allyship. This thread had ZERO to do with Zak.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Zak’s harassment problems had nothing to do with the LGBTQ community. He was harassing ex-lovers. These are not the same thing. Mearls may be a dick, but that problem was not at all related to LGBTQ+ allyship.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Corellan has been a gender fluid deity since AD&D. The book used “he” in quotes because no one was using “they” as a singular gender pronoun back in the 80’s.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It feels counterproductive to build a movement by excluding strong proponents of that movement.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Does it warrant telling D&D and Magic to pound sand because some other small part of Hasbro has a Harry Potter toy deal? And does Brendan Lee Mulligan who is not only a strong ally but also a force for normalizing worker’s rights also warrant this hatred?

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I don’t even play 5e really, unless my group insists. My bigger point is about “cutting off your nose to spite your face” to use the metaphor. D&D is a massive brand that displays its allyship for all its consumers. It has LGBTQ+ characters, trans deities, and very openly support the community.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What about D&D’s allyship? D&D has always been super supportive of the LGBT+ community even when it’s not always been financially positive for the brand.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fair enough. My point is more that it’s easy to call for boycott when it’s a product you didn’t support in the first place. But my deeper point is that purity tests for allyship aren’t alway the best strategy especially when the person is 3 to 4 degrees of separation from the thing you don’t like.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Do people also not support LEGO or is this selective outrage because it’s Hasbro?

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

But if you want to encourage creative play, perhaps give the attacker an opposed stealth check with bane so it’s not* easy. Backstab is significantly more powerful in Dragonbane than it is in D&D style games because of the low static hit points. Allowing it too easily will tip combat scales.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think the RAW is pretty clear. The backstabber needs the other person to keep the target distracted as it’s much harder to get in a deadly stab for someone aware of the surroundings. 1/

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Some of my #Dragonbane thoughts and first impressions from when my group first started out. bsky.app/profile/ragi...

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#TTRPG GM/players, your resumé using only 3 games/systems: Currently play and most excited about: #Dragonbane has been my go-to lately. Comfort game: The One Ring. I love the low-magic but high fantasy feel. Toxic relationship: D&D 5e feels overpowered to me, but I’m a lifelong D&D player.

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Dragonbane RPG @dragonbanerpg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Contrary to some assumptions, the #Dragonbane box is NOT a mere Starter Set - it is the FULL game, and then some. #FreeLeague give us all of this...

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Cyberpunk, yes… but at least in this case, the goal is not dystopian.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It can easily be addressed in a small sidebar without mechanics, but just a discussion on mature themes.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yeah, they published a play test A1 - A4, IIRC.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I like that Mangianello was talking about Dragonlance in the immediate pre-Cataclysm and post Cataclysm world. That would be a new chapter in the Dragonlance setting. It would be cool if they created a low-magic setting variant without the Clerics.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Folks who have been playing since the 80’s and 90’s — we are the outliers. I can’t really blame Hasbro for going back to the well of known IP’s rather than taking a chance on something new/different especially given they can mine old content. Financially, it makes the most sense.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

In a way, Dark Sun *is* new to 80%+ of the D&D audience. The last Dark Sun product was *16* years ago. A whole new generation of D&D players has come along since then. The last WoW supplement was during 3rd edition. Recall that the audience who has been around for decades is *not* the norm.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For the core mechanics, everything else uses 5.5 (spells, conditions, etc). It’s really just a way to allow classes that haven’t been ported. Anyone else doing this?

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

How many folks are playing #dnd 5.5e with some 5e classes? To be clear, some 5e classes aren’t present in 5.5, so we have decided to use 2014 and 2024 side by side. If you make a 2014 character, the class features/backgrounds come from 2014. If you make a 2024 class, then everything uses 2024. 1/

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My primary issue with many “Borg” RPGs.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Too many pins and needles. Maybe finger weaving…

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Oh… so *China’s* models will lead to dystopia, but *theirs* won’t. If there was ever a time for this GIF…

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Sure, Jan. (Brady Bunch Meme)

ALT: Sure, Jan. (Brady Bunch Meme)

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sauron still getting out of bed before climbing all the stairs to the top of the tower.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Driving through the mountains of West Virginia, my son was playing #Fortnight on a #Switch using voice chat with his friends through a mobile hot spot. This feels unfathomable to me. To him, it’s just a Saturday.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Holy smokes… Trade Wars. I almost forgot.

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Forgot to attach one of my oldest friends…

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Raging Owlbear @ragingowlbear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

As a side note, BBSes in the 80’s/90’s were way better than social media because you were very often talking to other locals. I’ve have some lifelong friends of 35+ years whom I originally met over 2400 baud.

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