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Jacob Lewis reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Matt Colville on adventure length with
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I think Matt makes good points and as others have pointed out, those sorts of adventures are commercially hard to make successful... -
Jacob Lewis reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
For me the simplest way to designate something as a "narrative" game is to just check whether the game has a separate mechanical suite...
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So I think this may be a misconception. Though a lot depends on the adventure and the edition. Certainly it's true that some of the...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Tigris's post in the thread D&D 4E Let's Talk About 4E On Its Own Terms [+] with Like.
I may be a bit late to the party, but I still thought I would like to add my thoughts on why I like D&D 4E: 1. It (still) feels like...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General No More Baldur's Gate From Larion: Team Is 'Elated' with Like.
Which is why I'm glad they're walking away, before the inevitably disappointing DLCs or Larian-made BG4. Like most hugely successful...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General No More Baldur's Gate From Larion: Team Is 'Elated' with Like.
I'm intrigued by this idea of just releasing a game as a game rather than a service to be upgraded and continually revisited for the...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General No More Baldur's Gate From Larion: Team Is 'Elated' with Like.
Bad news for Baldur's Gate fans--It seems that Larion is out of the Baldur's Gate business. CEO Swen Vicke has announced that Baldur's...
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Jacob Lewis replied to the thread D&D General Whom did you romance in Baldur's Gate 3?.The New Game button, as well as a variety of save slots (repeatedly).
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Jacob Lewis replied to the thread WotC WotC partners with Start Playing to connect players and DMs and form tables..1. WotC wants more people to play DnD. 2. More people need more DMs in order to play DnD. 3. WotC points to an online site where...
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Jacob Lewis replied to the thread D&D General Explain Bounded Accuracy to Me (As if I Was Five).Statistics in 4e were designed to be fluid. They are not a representation of a static world where every ogre you encounter is a level 6...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Explain Bounded Accuracy to Me (As if I Was Five) with Like.
Except that's exactly what it is. I have, many times, proposed taking reasonable steps to address problems; putting in effort to help...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Shardstone's post in the thread D&D General Explain Bounded Accuracy to Me (As if I Was Five) with Like.
To make a long story short, it isn't actually bounded due to stacking modifiers that are easy to get. Peace Cleric + Bless + Bardic...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Shardstone's post in the thread D&D General Explain Bounded Accuracy to Me (As if I Was Five) with Like.
I'm not going to summarize an hour long video. I put it on x2 speed and listened to it, it was pretty enrapturing. It's hard to have...
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I think there's something to what Mike says, BUT here's the huge flaming gaping hole with it. There are a jillion other FRPGs out there...
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Genesys offers a unique, fun, collaborative system for GMs and players who want to sand down and refinish the "traditional" RPG...