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  @the1tiggletКүн бұрын

  I still don't like how they do weapons. There used to be a priest class in 3.5 and the difference was the weapons one could choose were the same weapons that the Deity would use such as shortbows or longbows for Sehanine, Daggers for Bhaal, and Longswords for Tyr just as a few examples. Priests were restricted to cloth armor however but they were given more spell slots and twice as many cantrips and daily abilities plus bonuses to things like control undead or turn undead.

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  @mikehallaronКүн бұрын

  Terrific discussion @DD. I agree completely, Shadowdark is NOT merely dungeon delving. Wilderness and city adventures, travel, and variable settings are all wide open with this system. Too much of the initial Kickstarter introduction focused solely on torch timers, darkness, and other dungeon crawl aspects of play, but that ain't what it's all about. It perplexes me how RPG gamers get so hamstrung by the limitations of rules systems/RAW. Shadowdark, 5e, DC20, etc... take what you want/like and make your own system and settings. The games are YOURS! Enjoy! TY @DD.👍

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  @diredenКүн бұрын

  Like I said in the video... internet communities are prone to group-think. Once something gets labeled for the sake of shorthand or categorization... it can become pigeonholed or even stigmatized.

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  @mikehallaronКүн бұрын

  @@direden For sure. I’m a big fan of SD and feel we need to break this offhand stereotype. As a GM I’m creating my own hierarchy of world setting > campaigns > one-shots. Campfire for overland travel or Into the Wyrd & Wild, city tables from Kelsey/SD and Maze Rats, etc It isn’t that difficult to “get out of the dark dungeon” and adventure in the light of day. SD can work in many RPG genres and flavors. 👍🏼

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  @timeittells2 күн бұрын

  the new origin stuff makes way more logical sense and is more realistic than previously and i like it

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  @nevaehevans7002 күн бұрын

  Wut 0:

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  @SkittleBombs2 күн бұрын

  If you think about the torch timer as like a “roll for initiative” moment where you light a candle and enter the dungeon. It really more of a buckle your seatbelts moment rather than the whole purpose of the game

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  @direden2 күн бұрын

  Excellent Point

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  @scottlurker9913 күн бұрын

  To be fair, the expanded version of I6: Ravenloft occurred in 3.5 with Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. But I agree that modules are largely missing from 5e. We get the anthology books, but they are the exception rather than the rule.

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  @direden2 күн бұрын

  Yes. And to be fair... I do really like the box set adventures and the anthology books.

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  @user-cx7kg6ok9b3 күн бұрын

  Again, if this is a medieval setting, the players, after clearing the wizard's tower, can't sell it because it doesn't belong to them, it belongs to the local lord. That would be like me becoming a squatter in an abandoned house, then attempting to sell the house. It isn't mine to sell, just because it is abandoned. There are these pesky things called "laws" that get in the way.

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  @user-cx7kg6ok9b3 күн бұрын

  If you want to save the world...save the cheerleader. You will most likely not have a thief's guild in a town. Not a large enough population to support the number of professional thieves to require a guild. Also, if you're being realistic and your world is set in a medieval timeline, there will be no general store. In medieval times, most people made what they needed because money wasn't in wide circulation. If they needed something they couldn't make themselves, they bartered for it. There were no large scale manufacturers, no mass-produced goods. What merchants that do exist would be more-or-less specialized. Typically speaking, armor is made for each individual. It's not like there were "small", "medium" and "large" armor types. A warrior would go to the armorer and have his/her measurements taken and then wait a few weeks or months while the armor is created. The problem with too many fantasy games is that the creators don't really understand "medieval". They think of everything as modern, just without the technology. That is completely unrealistic.

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  @swordsnstones3 күн бұрын

  way cool

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  @swordsnstones3 күн бұрын

  i believe any game can be homebrewed to be an on going campaign. not just a dungeon crawl or one shot

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  @PetesDracolich3 күн бұрын

  Shadowdark is amazing! I’d love to use it in OSE adventures as well as old school BX & Advanced adventures. Shadowdark in the original Ravenloft would be awesome!

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  @Frederic_S3 күн бұрын

  I have a similar opinion on Blades in the Dark. For me and my group this game is more than "The Heist Game". We use it for anything we want. A game can not limit the imagination of GM or players. The internet is wrong again.

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  Yeah, the internet gets stuff wrong a lot. I need to play Blades in the Dark.

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  @HouseDM3 күн бұрын

  Ayyyye thanks again for the chat Brad! 🍻

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  Thank you! It's always fun to discuss and dissect the hobby with knowledge folks like yourself 🍻

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  @swordsnstones3 күн бұрын

  @HouseDM would ya be curious about reading my wee game?

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  @HouseDM2 күн бұрын

  @@swordsnstones Why not? Send it over!

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  @swordsnstones2 күн бұрын

  @@HouseDM cheers, just lookin for some creative contacts, nothing special, be on its way soon

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  @direden2 күн бұрын

  ​@swordsnstones can you resend a copy. I can't open the file. I have version SNS5.3

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  @crapphone77443 күн бұрын

  Pretty much any set of rules can be expanded into a campaign. 2D6 dungeon is an example of that. It's like world building. Start small and expand as needed..

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  Exactly

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  @kaankafka27513 күн бұрын

  I used ShadowDark for a city Campaign. Worked like a charm. At the Moment I am prepping Ruins of Undermountain - and Waterdeep with it.

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  Very cool! One of the next Shadowdark Zines is a city setting. I'm excited to see it.

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  @EricVulgaris3 күн бұрын

  I'm literally running the massive Halls of Arden Vul with Shadowdark. 80+ sessions in. So I can't speak on the locations/hexcrawling procedure but I can say with extreme confidence that Shadowdark works great for megadungeons.

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  @ToddPutnam3 күн бұрын

  Agreed that smaller, more modular adventures are more fun to run than pre-written, sprawling campaigns. My current Shadowdark campaign is just very loosely based off the old B2 Keep on the Borderlands module. Every session they explore a new cave, some area outside the keep or have an adventure inside the keep itself. So much easier to run and prep for.

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  Yeah, man! That's cool. The great thing about the caves of chaos is that you don't have to keep them all in the same spot. You can split up some sections and move them to other locations.

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  @ToddPutnam3 күн бұрын

  @@direden Exactly what I have been doing! You can see video overviews of some of my sessions on my channel. And, to House DMs point, I agree with him 100% that Shadowdark isn't limited to dungeon crawling. I have run every kind of homebrewed adventure with Shadowdark and I never run into a wall that the system can't support me. It supports my imagination 100%.

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  @ToddPutnam3 күн бұрын

  @@direden Example of how I run Shadowdark. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nn182biyhNW5lLA.html

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  @Runehammer13 күн бұрын

  my froods! good vid

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  My Man!!!

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  @lasersponge3 күн бұрын

  Nice!

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  @slashdash8463 күн бұрын

  I am using Shadowdark for 2 long running campaigns and i am enjoying it. If you are scared of lethality of the system i have 2 solutions for you. 1. Use max value of the HP dice when creating 1st lvl character. 2. Make characters from same faction (like adventure guild or fighter guild), so if character dies you can easily bring backup char without having problem how to fit that char to story. "I was sent from guild to help you".

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  We use Pulp Mode to help with survivability as well as the guild concept.

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  @slashdash8463 күн бұрын

  @@direden same :)

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  @HowtoRPG3 күн бұрын

  Thanks for the discussion.

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  @HowtoRPG3 күн бұрын

  I agree it has more flexibility than expected. My home group are having a lot of fun, Thanks.

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  @daelusraine29893 күн бұрын

  I would describe your opening statement as toxic positivity

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  @kalleendo75773 күн бұрын

  Awesome!!!

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  @brentnorton16023 күн бұрын

  Shadowdark is great for short term and long term campaigns. It can be used for wilderness, urban, or crawl. Ran it for Keep on the Boardlands, In search of the Unknown, and Village of Hammlet. It worked great.

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  @TheActionAce3 күн бұрын

  I used Shadowdark to run the Sunless Citdel and Against the Cult of the Reptile God since they are set semi close in Greyhawk. It worked great.

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  That's awesome. I really want to use it to run the Lindore Isle AD&D adventures... Bone Hill, Assassin's Knot and Deep Dwarven Delve. And eventually, Veiled Society and Night's Dark Terror.

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  @Bondanalloy4 күн бұрын

  Wow love House DM! great

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  He's a great guy. I really enjoyed getting to know him at Green Dragon Fest 🐉

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  @indigoblacksteel11764 күн бұрын

  I think it really is the torch timer that makes people think it's a dungeon crawler. Having played a couple of times already, I really like the torch timer, but I can also see where if you're not in a dungeon you can just enjoy all the rest of the minimalist rules and just save that torch timer for the dungeon to amp up the entensity.

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  @Jvstm4 күн бұрын

  I want to be on your channel sometime 😂

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  You main Paladin. I should interview you about your thoughts on the new version.

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  @Jvstm3 күн бұрын

  @@direden Paladins and Rangers, yeah

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  @Grimlore824 күн бұрын

  Also, I love how you guys are shedding the fallacies about Shadowdark being a dungeon crawler. Too many folks don't seem to realize the possibility of any RPG being campaign worthy lies within them.

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  @direden3 күн бұрын

  Yes, what really makes games great is not the system or the VTT or miniatures. The campaign certainly lies within the hearts and minds and souls around the table.

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  @Grimlore824 күн бұрын

  No it is NOT just a dungeon crawler.

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  @nosotrosloslobosestamosreg41154 күн бұрын

  shadowdark is not an OSR game but an O5R.

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  @crapphone77443 күн бұрын

  That's a great way to characterize this in other games of its ilk. Trying to match up the best parts of the osr with the best parts of D&D 5e.

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  @nosotrosloslobosestamosreg41153 күн бұрын

  @@crapphone7744 The only part of D&D 5e is the advantage/disadvantage mechanic.

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  @jurgen44664 күн бұрын

  As I understood, species also give a +2, +1 or three +1 to character attributes. Maybe I misunderstood this.

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  @direden2 күн бұрын

  That would be a cool way to do it. But I don't think so

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  @Halfling.Paladin4 күн бұрын

  Don't buy.

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  @TVMAN19975 күн бұрын

  The custom background option should have been in the PHB not the PHB. That option was in the PHB 2014

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  @direden5 күн бұрын

  We don't know for certain. There might be a simple background customization option in the PHB. I think the version in the DMG will be guidance on using background design for world building. But will need to see. I have a whole list of player facing videos planned. And advice on ways the DM can use species and backgrounds for world building. But I'm waiting for the new books to come out. So, I can tailor that advice to the new edition.

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  @TVMAN19975 күн бұрын

  @@direden they did say they moved to the dmg though

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  @nycto53355 күн бұрын

  Ancestry or Lineage would've been a better name imo. Anyways, I agree, the stats should just not be tied to any of that. Just increase the amount you can get through Point Buy or an Array, for example. Like if you're an Acolyte you could be one that follows a faith that may recquire military training but the background in the rules doesn't let you put the bonuses on STR. To me this dratically limits what backgrounds can be used on some characters. The origin feats are nice but there really isn't a net gain imo due to the way the stat bonuses are being handled. But this is from what I can gather from previews and stuff. Reading the actual book will help a lot and may change my thoughts. This will probably not matter on most tables anyways. Most people already do what was said in Tashas so why let backgrounds stop us from just plopping those bonuses wherever we want?

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  @Usammityduzntafraidofanythin5 күн бұрын

  "Here's what you COULD do. you could do this and this and this. But I'm not going to show you how." Oh yes, great video. /sarcasm

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  @Tusitala19675 күн бұрын

  Different "species" can't interbreed. Maybe they are subtly trying to eliminate those "problematic" half races. You know... the ones which are actually a hopeful sign of equality and harmony, representing different types of beings coming together and loving one another. They seem to think the history of how race was used in the world somehow applies to groups of beings with differing biologies, magical environmental adapations, planar origins, etc. I find the whole matter laughable. If you postulated that orcs have larger amygdylas than humans, denser bones, and more twitch fibers than humans as a reason they tend to be stronger or prone to aggression, would that be racism or is that "the science"? Ultimately, where your pluses come from doesn't matter one whit mechanically, but the path to it in modern D&D is BS. 😛

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  @ATron9k6 күн бұрын

  Long bow should knock back too. A cross bow I would argue is more precise than a bow so should have slow

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  @direden6 күн бұрын

  I would buy that argument. Like I said in the video... I don't think anyone at WotC field tested this 😅 I'm sure Jeremy wasn't shooting interns with crossbows.

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  @ATron9k6 күн бұрын

  @direden the information Is out there. A gun shot doesn't knock people back 1 foot let alone 10.

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  @ATron9k6 күн бұрын

  Can you imagine being the sneak attacking rogue that was the only one to beat the monsters on initiative? You're getting wrecked 😏

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  @VikCachat6 күн бұрын

  My complaint is we have nothing at from the new monster manual it should be released alongside the phb. UA playtesting were against the existing stats blocks where there should have been at least a sample selection of different CR from the new MM. This implies to me that the 5.5 monster manual has minimum changes. My guess is that they are going to fix the problems with challenge rating system and throw in a few new monsters then call it a day.