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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    Aren’t those the same thing?
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    What do you do when a Player dies?

    I had a friend named Bryan. He was autistic and not in great shape and went too early. When we met him, it took our group some time to really figure out how best to play with him. He had a couple of quirks we figured out. While he was laser-focused on loot, he wasn't greedy. It could seem greedy...
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    Raiding old western films for a short campaign arc.

    I've run Bone Tomahawk adventures like ten times now and love them. So has Rob Schwalb for Shadow of the Demon Lord and Shadow of the Weird Wizard. It's clearly a favorite of his. Brutal movie but a fantastic horror western.
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    Raiding old western films for a short campaign arc.

    I came here just to say this. I wrote a whole article about it: https://slyflourish.com/seven_samurai_dnd.html
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    D&D General What I learn from DM 600 sessions of Adventure League

    These are fantastic observations! Can you talk a little more about the 600 games? Over what period of time? I'm assuming like six to ten years? Is this all 5e or other OP systems? In store or at conventions? How many unique players? How many regulars and how many new? I'd love to hear more of...
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    D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?

    Have you shown her Shadowdark? That might fit the style she's aiming for more than A5e which is pretty super-heroic fantasy. Someone else might have already suggested this... sorry. My general feeling is that its ok to describe how you feel about things if you're not having fun but in a...
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    Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head

    I don't see anything in the write-up to assume they'll be farming out actual D&D books. It sounds like the attention is on movies, TV shows, and games.
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    Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head

    Some more details here: https://wccftech.com/dungeons-dragons-group-franchise-model-dan-ayoub/
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    D&D General How to DM, best resource

    Thanks to all of those who recommended Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master! For those interested, I offer a good-sized free sample of the book here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/slyflourish_content/return_of_the_lazy_dungeon_master_sample.pdf I also have my own guide on how to get started playing...
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    D&D General How to DM, best resource

    Bless you.
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    Neuromancer — In Production | Apple TV+

    yeah, probably the most influential book in my life. It made tech cool -- at least in my mind.
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    Show your game prep notes

    How long are your sessions and do you find yourself using all 20 pages? What do they generally look like if you had to write an outline?
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    Show your game prep notes

    Now I really want to see them!!
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    Show your game prep notes

    I always love to get down into the weeds into how we prep and run our games. So, show your real-world prep notes! No shaming! No criticism! Just us sharing what we put together to run our games. Here's my one-page prep notes for my game tonight! I have some Dyson maps I'm not showing but these...
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