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Experiences Running a Shadowdark RPG 0-Level Gauntlet (fixed)

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

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The Importance of Weapon Swing

The flat math definitely makes things swingier probably on the damage side. And also on the hit point side too, especially at low levels, but at level zero you have one hit point. It meant that almost always, I don't think there was ever a time when a character got hit and didn't die because they have one or two hit points. The median hit points was one on 40 characters. That's neither good nor bad. If you like that idea that weapon swing really matters, the swing of a weapon really matters, then this is great. If you really like, well,I don't know, the randomness of the die, it's going to make it really swing

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