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12:40 AM

Q: What is the history of the Toll the Dead spell?

The thematics of the Toll the Dead cantrip (XGtE, p. 169) have always seemed... strange to me: [...] the sound of a dolorous bell fills the air around [the target] for a moment. The spell seemingly operates via sound, yet it deals necrotic damage. It's made me curious; is this a hold-over from ...

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AncientSwordRage

2:13 AM

@HotRPGQuestions this lead me, via a long distraction, to the conclusion that d&d spells need more tentacles

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Bardic Wizard

6:00 AM

Two interrelated questions: 1) what’s it called in an rpg adventure when the tension comes from the PCs noticing something is off (someone forgetting something they should know, or not noticing an obvious problem)? 2) are rpg adventures/scenarios that aren’t tied to any one rule set a thing?

BESW

Oct 17 at 2:10, by BESW

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"System agnostic" is a common term for that.

Bardic Wizard

@BESW Thanks. Google hates me when I can’t get the right search term

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