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Strength and Charisma

If melee characters get to use strength mod on Intimidate checks, why no similar case for the Bard to attack with charisma?

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Bond with a Stat Increase (5e)

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Dolgrim (5e Stats)

Dolgrim were created by stitching the flesh of two goblins together.

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Monomyth I: The Call to Adventure

This is the point in the monomyth where the world comes and drops a problem in the lap of a hero or heroine, and they are forced to deal with it.

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Why Do All of Our Adventures Start in Bars?

The obvious answer is that taverns are a meeting place; it’s where people in the town gather. Thus you can generally find people there, and some of them might want to offer you a job. There is something a little deeper going on, but I couldn’t put my finger on it

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Plot Armor For Dungeon Masters

In D&D, if your monsters are not perceived as a credible threat, then it detracts from the overall tension of the story.

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Orc Skullsplitter (5e Stats)

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A Competent Town Guard

There is tension here. If a town exists, it’s pretty good at taking care of itself, but invariably, to make the story epic, defenses have to be rendered sufficiently helpless or corrupt as to make the heroes existence a necessity. That’s the whole point.