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  1. Helena Real

    MtG just made 3 UB sets per year Standard/Pioneer Legal and the Vorthos are mad

    It really is a disgrace, and it does feel like the last straw in what has been years and years of seemingly one bad decision after another at WotC. They're burning MtG's IMO cool AF lore for some supposed gain that will only be temporary at best and, at worst, it'll dilute the game's identity to...
  2. Helena Real

    D&D 5E Help me run a 90 min D&D 1-shot for 8 Girl Guides!

    Another vote for The Delian Tomb! Make it personal: the kidnapped person is a friend of the group, or even a relative of one or more of the girls. Start right outside the Tomb and tell them that an oracle NPC told them that if they don't find the kidnappee before the session ends, the NPC...
  3. Helena Real

    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    In case you're interested, last Friday we uploaded our third session into the Patreon packet! This was the last session we did with those rules, and then updated to the Backerkit packet, that has some small but significant changes, especially to my character.
  4. Helena Real

    Trailer Lord of the Rings anime coming this December: War of the Rohirrim

    Well, I consider that Tolkien deserves WAY more credit than PJ regarding Middle-earth, especially on a story that PJ had nothing to do and is based directly upon the work of Tolkien. And just to be clear, I despise the PJ "adaptations" of my favorite book of all time 😉
  5. Helena Real

    Trailer Lord of the Rings anime coming this December: War of the Rohirrim

    It looks OK, but I couldn't help getting angry as the trailer chose to call out, of all people, Peter Jackson instead the true creator of Middle-earth, J.R.R. Tolkien 😡
  6. Helena Real

    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    We're continuing the adventure included in the Patreon Packet TONIGHT at 6pm ET Another action-packed installment and we're getting better as a group in using our heroes' abilities and strategizing better with each other, building on synergies.
  7. Helena Real

    Dungeon World Gets New Owners, Second Edition Planned

    This is definitely some unexpected news. As a long-time DW fan, I never expected to see a new edition, especially after Adam Koebel's debacle, but here we are. In case you're looking for a heroic fantasy PbtA game, I'd like to recommend my own, Against the Odds, that's currently in active...
  8. Helena Real

    D&D General Interview with Chris Cocks on D&D AI, the OGL, and more

    I'm sorry but this sounds terrifingly dystopian to me. The day I use monstrous LLMs to replace the beautiful and organic "last session recap" where all players get to contribute and reminisce, getting us all pump up for the upcoming session, is the day I'll stop playing RPGs 🥺
  9. Helena Real

    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    Here's our first session of the playtest, and I must say it was a blast! The game's super fun and easy to play, imo 😁🖤
  10. Helena Real

    Dragonlance HUMA BEFORE THE LANCE: THE DARK PATROL coming to DMSGUILD!

    So excited for this! The Legend of Huma is one of my favorite novels and I can't wait to get this one (Kaz and the Loat Colony was realky good, imo ☺🖤 )
  11. Helena Real

    D&D Movie/TV Honor Among Thieves takes the Hugo for best long-form presentation

    Really happy for everyone who worked on it and well-deserved, imo! I have and will keep on returning to this movie, as it is a really good, heartfelt fantasy story ☺️🖤
  12. Helena Real

    Dragonlance Dragons of Eternity - The Destinies Trilogy final book

    I just got mine (digitally)! And yeah, I agree with your general assessment. "Deceit" was the weakest, "Fate" was surprisingly emotional, and I'm ready for whatever "Eternity" has in store. I'll comment here once I'm finished, which I suspect it'll be soon! ☺
  13. Helena Real

    Congratulations to the 2024 ENNIE Award Winners!

    Shadowdark deserves every single award it got—and then some more! I wish I was into dungeon crawls just to be more motivated to run it, that's how good it is! 😂 🖤
  14. Helena Real

    Congratulations to the 2024 ENNIE Award Winners!

    Thank you! Did I win something? 😂 I'm totally off the loop EDIT: I just realized that Level 1 2023 won a Silver ENnie and I have a microgame there ☺ 🖤
  15. Helena Real

    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    Hi there! I'm a little familiar with C&C, but I don't think DS is really that similar. Probably still the closest surface gaming equivalent is 4E but, after 1 session of playtest, I feel like the Power Roll gives it a kind of "tactical PbtA" to it. The mechanics are completely player facing, at...
  16. Helena Real

    Looking for D&D-like alternatives to D&D 5e

    If you want something like D&D, I'd say that Draw Steel may be your best bet when it comes out. As someone who has been following its development rather closely (and who's about to play the most recent Patreon Playtest Packet that people are also playing at GenCon) it's already a really solid...
  17. Helena Real

    Draw Steel the MCDM RPG!

    As I mentioned the other day, here's a video with my friends and I going through the character creation process. If you have any questions, I'm happy to help.
  18. Helena Real

    Dragonlance Chronicles Omnibus Coming February 2025

    Matter of opinion, I guess. Martin's best writing happened 20 years before ASoI&F—and it's only gone downhill from then. And I haven't read a single book by Sanderson that I actually enjoyed enough to finish. They're like oatmeal to me. Fine, but nothing to be excited about. Just the other day...
  19. Helena Real

    Dragonlance Chronicles Omnibus Coming February 2025

    Well, to me it reads very well, dynamic and to the point. Moreover, each out of the eight main characters has a distinct voice. You can read a line of dialogue and know EXACTLY who's speaking, without needing to see the tag. "Prose" is not an objective measurement. As everything else in...
  20. Helena Real

    Dragonlance Chronicles Omnibus Coming February 2025

    Every time I read someone say that they used to like the DL Chronicles but cannot go back because of how bad they really are, I feel like I must be from other planet or something. I read them first when I was a teenager, and I have re-read them throughout the years and, let me tell you, they...
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