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Traveler’s character creation famously had the ability to end your character before you get to play them. Apparently that risks sets in at the age of 34 and gets worse as you push your luck.

It has some great ideas, but Haymaker is way too easy to abuse.

LIFE PATH CHARACTER CREATION - Emotionally stable people don’t become adventurers - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E27 Today we’re rolling childhood trauma on random tables, getting adopted by gnomes after fatal alchemy accidents, committing crimes we didn’t commit, and

LIFE PATH CHARACTER CREATION - Emotionally stable people don’t become adventurers - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E27

https://rpgbot.net/life-path-character-creation-emotionally-stable-people-dont-become-adventurers-rpgbot-podcast-s6e27/

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DnD’s gritty realism variant doesn’t do anything about spell durations, but I don’t think that’s a problem. With 5e’s martial/caster disparity, limiting the effectiveness of long-running spells sounds like a good thing to me.

Generating RPG character backstories using the random tables in Pathfinder 1e’s Ultimate Campaign

PF2’s complexity floor is very high, and there isn’t much opt in complexity like there is in DnD 5e. Opting into more complex characters doesn’t make pf2 significantly more complex, either, since the floor is already so close to the ceiling.

Join us as we chat with Game Designer Andrew Fischer and Narrative Designer Lydia Suen about the Cosmere RPG Kickstarter! We dive into the challenges of adap... CRAFTING THE COSMERE w/ Andrew Fischer and Lydia Suen - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E97

Now on YouTube: CRAFTING THE COSMERE w/ Andrew Fischer and Lydia Suen - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E97

https://youtu.be/0guwCGn2ER0

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DnD’s multiclassing rules do make multiclassing much easier for spellcasters, but that’s not the source of the martial/caster disparity.
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PULP CTHULHU: How to Play 4 - Questions and Answers - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E26 Join the RPGBOT crew as they wrap up their Pulp Cthulhu experiment — answering listener questions, unpacking mechanics, debating wizard builds, and confirming

PULP CTHULHU: How to Play 4 - Questions and Answers - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E26

https://rpgbot.net/pulp-cthulhu-how-to-play-4-questions-and-answers-rpgbot-podcast-s6e26/

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One of DnD 5e’s biggest strengths is the concept of opt-in complexity. You can have players engaging with the mechanics at very different rates at the same table, and the game still functions. #onthisday #dnd #dnd5e

I can live with this

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we preview the Starfinder second edition playtest and the promise of the Starfinder setting. We also discuss the inter... STARFINDER 2E PLAYTEST - The RPGBOT.Preview - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E96

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SOCIAL SKILLS (Remastered): Navigating Complex Social Interactions in TTRPGs - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E25 This episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast dives headfirst into the chaotic intersection of roleplay, mechanics, and social awkwardness — breaking down

SOCIAL SKILLS (Remastered): Navigating Complex Social Interactions in TTRPGs - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E25

https://rpgbot.net/social-skills-remastered-navigating-complex-social-interactions-in-ttrpgs-rpgbot-podcast-s6e25/

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Pulp Cthulhu’s approach to cosmic horror is very different from classic Call of Cthulhu.
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DnD’s rules giving all of martial’s coolest tools to casters isn’t new, and shuffling the action economy around hasn’t made it any better.
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DnD’s Zhentarim Tactics feat allows an Opportunity Attack. Can you use it with War Caster? I’m not absolutely certain, so let’s talk it out.
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In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we review the new Pathfinder Player Core 2 Handbook from Paizo. We begin with the changes and improvements made to the... 2024 PF2E PLAYER CORE 2: The RPGBOT.Review - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E95

Now on YouTube: 2024 PF2E PLAYER CORE 2: The RPGBOT.Review - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E95

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I built my Pulp Cthulhu character to be a wizard, but never got to do any real wizarding!
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Side initiative is already a thing. If you’re going to use side initiative in your dnd games, I have some thoughts on the hzards of making that change.

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we delve into the art of voicing characters in tabletop RPGs. Join us as we explore the do's and don't's of using real... CHARACTER VOICES (Remastered May 2022) - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E94

Now on YouTube: CHARACTER VOICES (Remastered May 2022) - RPGBOT.Podcast S4E94

https://youtu.be/Ho3SrRy7j0M

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Building Dungeons With Dungeon Flow Dungeon Flow is a free online tool for building, customizing, and refining random dungeons for your tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, and

Building Dungeons With Dungeon Flow

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DnD’s Fighter: the only class that tells you exactly what it does.
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How to Play Pulp Cthulhu: avoid insanity by being too stupid to comprehend the incomprehensible horrors. They can’t scare you if you’re too dumb to know what’s going on!
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Our super secret hand signs for the RPGBOT.Podcast. 6 seasons in, and they’ve kept us running smooth all this time.
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We did 3 podcast episodes about it! Theyll release the first week of March

DnD’s Barbarian: no thoughts, only rage! In a game where most problems are nails, you are a hammer.

Some quick tips for making DnD combat more fun: use terrain to make the battlefield more interesting, use interesting combinations of monsters, and give the monsters objectives other than defeating the players.
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The explosive conclusion of our How to Play: Pulp Cthulhu arc! I try to turn Randall into a fireball, and it mostly works!
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The length of an adventuring day in DnD is hard to map to real-world sessions, but be mindful of how long you’re making players go before they can refresh resources like spell slots.
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PULP CTHULHU: How to Play 3 - Actual Play Pt 3: Tactical Sacrifice and Other Life Hacks - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E24 In the thrilling conclusion of the RPGBOT.Pulp Cthulhu Actual Play, our heroes discover that Luck points are real, sanity is optional, and jetpacks are —

PULP CTHULHU: How to Play 3 - Actual Play Pt 3: Tactical Sacrifice and Other Life Hacks - RPGBOT.Podcast S6E24

https://rpgbot.net/pulp-cthulhu-how-to-play-3-actual-play-pt-3-tactical-sacrifice-and-other-life-hacks-rpgbot-podcast-s6e24/

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