Shadowdark looks so good!

Arilyn said:

I have been happily playing in a Shadowdark campaign for a while now. My character just reached 4th level. Caution, combined with being willing to negotiate, means we are surviving. We also have some interesting plotlines unfolding from our actions. Great fun!

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Whizbang Dustyboots said:

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

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Reynard said:

The reaction table not only saves lives, it insires far more interesting encounters.

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Reynard said:

The reaction table not only saves lives, it insires far more interesting encounters.

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Whizbang Dustyboots said:

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

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Whizbang Dustyboots said:

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

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Whizbang Dustyboots said:

I just read an excellent article about this in Knock #4.

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Micah Sweet said:

What's Knock?

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