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      Dungeoneering posted to MaximumHavoc's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Legends and Lore - Nod to Realism
      December 20, 2011 at 12:24pm
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      Dungeoneering posted a new blog post.

      Does anybody REALLY want 5e?
      Serious question is serious! I've asking myself, if Wizards announced 5e...
      December 20, 2011 at 12:04pm
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      TelinArtho
      TelinArtho
      You're missing an entire class of fans here: those who will buy 5e just to support the hobby and see what WotC does. I'm not necessarily one of these people - I am happy with both 3.5 and 4e (and play them both regularly) but I don't tend to spend a lot of money on my hobby. If 5e came out tomorrow, I would probably put in plans to get it at some point (even if only the core books) just to see it, unless I had a chance to review it without buying them and found that I truly hated it or...

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      December 21, 2011 6:59 AM PST
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      Dungeoneering trying to schedule a Gamma World game during Christmas... and failing.

      Mood: frustrated
      December 20, 2011 at 11:40am
    • Dungeoneering

      Dungeoneering posted to _NewbieDM_'s forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Amazon spoiled the 2012 setting....
      December 16, 2011 at 3:37pm
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      Dungeoneering posted to zenwar's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Save the core combat system!
      December 13, 2011 at 3:53pm
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      Dungeoneering added a comment to SaveVS.Death's blog post.

      Players are Scared for the Lives of their Characters
      I had a realization while playing in my last session. My players are so...
      September 12, 2011 at 10:23am
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      Alter_Boy
      Alter_Boy
      I'd say it's different play styles and experiences. I wouldn't say you've made them paranoid, but perhaps they haven't learnt the benefits of courage and recklessness. Once people start to turtle, it's hard to get them to poke their head out.
      Perhaps you need to run a Lair Assault for your group for them to get over their fear of dying. Use your current campaign to fix this problem: whenever a player knows a course of action may be deadly, make it only close to lethal. Lower the attack...

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      September 11, 2011 8:14 PM PDT
      Dungeoneering
      Dungeoneering
      Oddly, death seems to excite my current group of players. They all have backup characters which they have created and see death as an opportunity to play their alt.
      Character creation in 4e IS pretty intensive, but it is also fun (at least for me). Who hasn't rolled up a character just to see what it would look like? With all the different classes, races, builds and themes, death is an opportunity!

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      September 12, 2011 8:23 AM PDT
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      Dungeoneering posted to CelineSSauve's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: DMG 3... Dead in the Water?
      September 10, 2011 at 9:17pm
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      Dungeoneering added a comment to Xa05's blog post.

      Encounters Ending
      I am discouraged. I showed up tonight to run a session of Encounters and had...
      September 9, 2011 at 1:20pm
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      Xa05
      Xa05
      I would have loved if they had stuck with the core material and just kept pumping out books in that vein, Wouldn't have complained if they had made a PHB4 or even if they had to reissue. They could have made an Errata compendium, and I still would have been cool with it, I suppose... I agree that at first level the character creation process is more time involved than at later levels, but then again the game seems to get a little easier once you hit a certain level (after the learning curve)...
      September 11, 2011 7:34 PM PDT
      Xa05
      Xa05
      and yes, compatibility issues are vexing.
      September 11, 2011 7:35 PM PDT
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      Dungeoneering added a comment to KashTime's blog post.

      Dark Sun Campaign
      I am currently running a Dark Sun campaign and it is going very well, we just...
      September 9, 2011 at 9:50am
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      Dungeoneering
      Dungeoneering
      A crisis!
      Somebody dies, somebody gets attacked, the bid bad returns. Whatever - the point is you need a situation where the whole party has to band together to win.

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      September 9, 2011 7:50 AM PDT
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      Dungeoneering posted to iserith's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Hard to Play When You're Always DM
      September 8, 2011 at 9:21pm
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      Dungeoneering posted to Darth_Bingo's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Looking for Suggestions: Introducing a new PC to the party
      September 8, 2011 at 9:17pm
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      Dungeoneering posted to CelineSSauve's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Is there a Monster Manual Minions update?
      September 8, 2011 at 2:47pm
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      Dungeoneering created a new forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Looking for suggestions: giving PCs a (secret) dark power
      September 8, 2011 at 12:06pm
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      Dungeoneering posted to his forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Dungeoneering's rules for total n00b DMs
      September 6, 2011 at 10:45am
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      Dungeoneering added a comment to The_Jester's blog post.

      The Limit of Simplicity
      One of big selling points of 4e was that it was easier to run with less prep...
      September 3, 2011 at 5:41pm
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      Discordian
      Discordian
      Modularity also adds another layer of complexity for the DM who has to decide which of the optional rules to use.
      It also makes it much harder for the designers to create crunch since they have to take into account that the base rules may be different between new groups. Do they create options that work whatever subset of rules you're using, or do they leave it up to the DM to approve each ability added to a character? Unless player-end complexity is reduced massively the latter is...

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      September 9, 2011 8:24 AM PDT
      Gaphsyne
      Gaphsyne
      Nice article. I especially like the suggestion of creating a tagged encounter well of sorts. To expand on that idea even more, how about a place for DMs to share encounters in a streamlined format. If you search for "wizard's tower" you get not only an official encounter, but dozens of player-made ones as well.
      I will say I disagree and say that 4e has made prep-time shorter for me as a DM. The argument that previous editions had random encounter rules really doesn't fly with me, because...

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      September 14, 2011 3:15 AM PDT
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      Dungeoneering posted to mrpopstar's forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Hengeyokai slated for debut!
      September 3, 2011 at 12:49pm
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      Dungeoneering and SaveVS.Death are now friends.

      SaveVS.Death
      September 3, 2011 at 11:13am
    • Dungeoneering

      Dungeoneering is trying to figure out how to work a beholder into his Dark Sun game.

      Mood: frustrated
      September 2, 2011 at 10:27pm
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      Dungeoneering is coming down with something the night before a game.

      Mood: mischievous
      September 2, 2011 at 10:26pm
    • Dungeoneering

      Dungeoneering is sticking his head back up above water after a long break (from the community, not the game)

      Mood: annoyed
      September 2, 2011 at 10:26pm

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    I like it, Dungeoneering! I am going to tell my players what you say. By the way, I just thought of a title for a deadly, trap infested, adventure, called "Tomb of Opportunities!"

    SaveVS.Death
    September 12, 2011
    6:59 PM
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    Thanks for your comment, Dungeoneering. It may be that this "argument" is tired, but I've just recently come into 4e. My impressions are quite fresh at this point. ;)

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