Adrius

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

B/X is good. When characters have d6 hp and it's instant death at 0 the combat becomes way more serious and tense.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

If you're going to die, better to die on the main quest. I avoid side quest distractions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

A west marches style campaign in the 40k setting. My first thoughts for this would be either the players are rogue traders or they're a bunch of hive scum and have different gangs as factions.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The best lore is lore made at the table with the players. The rest is just gm inspiration.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I still play even if 2+ can't make it. It will depend on your group but my group of 6 has 2 very flaky players.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The problem only happens when a group feels they need to delay if someone can't make it. As a GM I have a set day/time and play without the missing players.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's worse than that. The original announcements said a 75% increase but the math didn't add up. I'd just be aware that soon prices will likely increase.

 

Upcoming Print-on-Demand Book Price Changes – Effective April 1, 2025

We always want to keep print costs as low as possible, and it has been years since we passed any price increases through to our publishing partners.

However, our print supplier, Lightning Source/Ingram, has announced a price adjustment starting April 1, 2025, that will be reflected on DriveThru sites.

Key Changes

  • Due to increasing supply costs in the US, Black & White print costs in the US will increase significantly, from around 20% for low-pagecount hardcover titles up to about 50% or slightly more for large hardcover books, and with softcover titles seeing an even greater increase.

  • UK print costs for Black & White books will also increase, but generally only by 3-4%.

  • Standard Color print costs will increase, by roughly 12-13% for US printing but only around 3% for UK printing.

  • On the whole, Premium Color print costs will decrease slightly for US printing but increase slightly for UK printing.

Example 1: A 180-page large premium hardcover currently costs $32.10 to print in the US; after April 1, that same title will drop to $27.80.

Example 2: In the UK, the same 180-page book currently costs £20.23, which will increase to £20.93 starting in April.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The first system I played was the D&D Next playtest but the first rpg product I bought was the Shadowrun 5e corerulebook. I never actually played it and it seems too complicated for my tastes now but I still have the book.

 

I've read "The Way of Kings" and I really didn't enjoy it. Before I discovered that I didn't like it, I bought Dawnshard while it was on sale. I'm too cheap to not read a book I've bought so I am planning on reading it.

What lore or spoilers should I know to catch me up from tWoK to DS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hard pass for me due to the author, he's a real jerk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

3:16 and Mothership as a Gm. Always eager to try whatever else people in my group want to run.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some of the dialogue feels a bit dated but so far I'm enjoying it.

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