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I'm T. Elliot Cannon, AAA Video Game Director with 29 years of experience in the video game industry, 11+ in architecture, and the author of the historical fiction novel, Iron Will Rust.
I've designed multiple million copy-selling video games at studios across the United States, Canada, Germany, and Hungary. Some of my personal favorites are Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Warhammer 40k DMO, Crysis Warhead, and DOOM. Writer and designer of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder Adventures such as The Dark Beneath the Ice, The Indigo Oasis, Order of Succession, Scarecrow's Lament. I am an avid motorcyclist and UFC fan.
Check out my original games.
Decimation - World War II
Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires.
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I've designed multiple million copy-selling video games at studios across the United States, Canada, Germany, and Hungary. Some of my personal favorites are Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Warhammer 40k DMO, Crysis Warhead, and DOOM. Writer and designer of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder Adventures such as The Dark Beneath the Ice, The Indigo Oasis, Order of Succession, Scarecrow's Lament. I am an avid motorcyclist and UFC fan.
Check out my original games.
Decimation - World War II
Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires.
Find out more about what I'm up to at my website. My content here however is my own!
www.telliotcannon.com/
Buy me a beer!
buymeacoffee.com/telliotcannon
Check out my video game industry PodCast.
www.patreon.com/telliotcannon
Pathfinder Player Core 2
We take a look inside the Pathfinder Remaster book, Player Core 2, from the perspective of an existing and new Pathfinder Player. Should you buy the book? The *.PDF? What's really changed? Is it worth it? The ORC license? We cover all that and more. IS IT COOL?
#dnd #paizo #pathfinder
Have you played my Role-Playing Wargames. They are both FREE!
Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires
Decimation - World War II
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Music by Adrian von Ziegler
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#dnd #paizo #pathfinder
Have you played my Role-Playing Wargames. They are both FREE!
Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires
Decimation - World War II
Get your FREE copy at my website!
www.telliotcannon.com/shop
Music by Adrian von Ziegler
www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler
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Both Decimation Games are Free! - Promotion Ends August 19, 2024
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Both my original role-playing wargames are FREE! Until August 19, 20204! Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires and Decimation - World War II www.telliotcannon.com/shop Join the Reddit Thread www.reddit.com/r/wargaming/comments/1dvjyre/both_decimation_games_are_free/ Support me directly buymeacoffee.com/telliotcannon Check out my video game industry Pod cast. www.patreon.com/telliotcannon Music by A...
The Dark Beneath the Ice
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This adventure takes your players inside the foreboding walls of the Dark Elf prison outpost located far below the surface of the arctic and overlooking the ice-blue underground river, T’lan. Built by the exiled House Ronquar, the Dark Elves bring their prisoners from the surface and process them here before transporting them to their distant main compound for sacrifice to the demoness, Ultiana...
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - Area 18-20
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In this video series we check out the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module, C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan room-by-room and in detail as a Dungeon Master. This is not a review, but rather an in-depth study on every encounter, how to run it, and how players often perceive the challenges. Have you played my new Role-Playing Wargame, Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires? Get your copy at the...
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - Area 15-17
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In this video series we check out the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module, C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan room-by-room and in detail as a Dungeon Master. This is not a review, but rather an in-depth study on every encounter, how to run it, and how players often perceive the challenges. Have you played my new Role-Playing Wargame, Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires? Get your copy at the...
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - Areas 12-14
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In this video series we check out the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module, C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan room-by-room and in detail as a Dungeon Master. This is not a review, but rather an in-depth study on every encounter, how to run it, and how players often perceive the challenges. Have you played my new Role-Playing Wargame, Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires? Get your copy at the...
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - Areas 8 - 11
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In this video series we check out the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module, C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan room-by-room and in detail as a Dungeon Master. This is not a review, but rather an in-depth study on every encounter, how to run it, and how players often perceive the challenges. The entire series is also on my website! www.telliotcannon.com/hidden-shrine-of-tamoachan Have you p...
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - Areas 2-7
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In this video series we check out the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module, C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan room-by-room and in detail as a Dungeon Master. This is not a review, but rather an in-depth study on every encounter, how to run it, and how players often perceive the challenges. The entire series is also on my website! www.telliotcannon.com/hidden-shrine-of-tamoachan Have you p...
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan - Intro and Area 1
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In this video series we check out the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Module, C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan room-by-room and in detail as a Dungeon Master. This is not a review, but rather an in-depth study on every encounter, how to run it, and how players often perceive the challenges. The entire series is also on my website! www.telliotcannon.com/hidden-shrine-of-tamoachan Have you p...
Channel Plan - 2024 and Beyond
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Looking back at the 6 years of the channel, I'd like to return to its Advanced Dungeons & Dragons roots. This video goes through the reasons behind why I'm thinking that way and what the proposed new content would be. I'd love to get your feedback! Have you played my new role Playing Wargame, Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires? Get your copy here! www.telliotcannon.com/decimation-kingdoms-and-em...
OSRIC - For Players New and Old School
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Never played Advanced Dungeons & Dragons but thinking about checking it out? Want a friend to play but they don't want to spend any money? Did you play as a kid and are thinking about playing it again with your children or friends? Coming from 5e and want to know what the deal is? Been a Pathfinder 1 and 2 player and never really played AD&D? Do you just absolutely love the original old school ...
Monster Core - Side by Side - Pathfinder Remaster
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In this video we discuss the new Monster Core from Paizo. What enemies are in the new release as compared to Bestiary, Bestiary 2, and Bestiary 3? Layout changes? Art Updates? #paizo #monstercore #dungeonsanddragons Have you played my new role Playing Wargame, Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires? Get your copy at the below locations Drive Thru RPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/7884/Sleddog-Gam...
Website Updates - You Tube Videos Organized!
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I'm updating my website with all my TH-cam content so you can find everything and navigate things much easier! I also chat about what's next! Website www.telliotcannon.com/ Music by Adrian von Ziegler www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler
Monster Core
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We chat about Pathfinder Monster Core Remaster book, #dnd #paizo #pathfinder Have you played my new role Playing Wargame, Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires? Get your copy at the below locations Drive Thru RPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/7884/Sleddog-Games Website *.PDF Version www.telliotcannon.com/shop/decimation-kingdoms-and-empires Patreon $5 Supporter tier get access to all published g...
Original Dungeons and Dragons Boxed Set
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Let's take a look inside the Original Dungeons & Dragons boxed set with the *.PDF version from Drive Thru RPG ($9.99) What can you expect in the rules that's different than you may have grown to expect? #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons Music by Adrian von Ziegler www.youtube.com/@AdrianvonZiegler
50th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons
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50th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons
Return to the Indigo Oasis - Pathfinder Remaster Compatible Adventure
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Return to the Indigo Oasis - Pathfinder Remaster Compatible Adventure
Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires - Design and Features
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Decimation - Kingdoms and Empires - Design and Features
Dungeon & Dragons - Portable Battlemap and Drawing Tips
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Dungeon & Dragons - Portable Battlemap and Drawing Tips
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons A Get Started Guide
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons A Get Started Guide
Pronunciation Guide for Dungeons & Dragons
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Pronunciation Guide for Dungeons & Dragons
Monster Manual 2 - Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
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Monster Manual 2 - Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
Late to the party...Internet Archive has a PDF of the Player's Handbook you can down load.
I don't believe I agree with a single thing you said. Starting with the idea that 1st Ed. AD&D is the simplest version of the game. What about OD&D, B/X, BECMI? Those are all simpler versions of the game with even less of the complications that actually began with AD&D. Making your character unique and interesting in the OG versions was 100% a product of your own imagination. Heck, the game only defined 4 different classes so you had to be creative. Your dissertation on RPG vs RP can be summed up as a distinction without a difference. When you play any TTRPG, you are playing the role of a character. It's really that simple. Different people will put different levels of effort into role playing a character and this really has little do with "acting" although it has everything to do with improvisation, which you didn't mention. If a TTRPG has zero RP and it was simply a matter of the stats on a sheet of paper, then you're just playing a board game. Voices and expressions are purely a decision of the player, but getting into the mindset of your character, and not yourself, is key. What you seemed to focus on was more about how to create a memorable character. That's valid, but not what the video purports to do. So, since you didn't actually discuss many qualities that players should embrace to become "awesome", I decided to share my ideas with you. Of course this is somewhat subjective, but here's my list: Be prepared with all of your character's information. IOW, know and understand what's on your character's sheet without having to flip through books during the game. Play your character to his/her abilities, background and personality as described. Example: don't play your character as a gallant hero if his stats and background don't support it. Play the character as part of the party (or as an adversary if that's the case). Simply put, don't take up all the oxygen in the room. Be part of the team as your character would. Be prepared to embrace the outcome of the game, be it victory, defeat, disappointment, or even death. All aspects of the game are valid. You should treat them as such. It makes the game better when you do. A final note on your rant about players who grandstand during the game. Sure, that's something that occassionally happens, though its rare in my experience. That can easily be handled by the GM outside the game. If anything, I see far more players on the other end of the spectrum. When I see people doing this regularly, I'll consider it a legitimate concern, but as of now I don't worry about it at all.
Your Question, "What about OD&D, B/X, BECMI?" To me AD&D collated all the scattered concepts in OD&D, B/X, BECMI and elevated them into a complete game, with higher production value, more systems, more options, and an overall theme that was powerful and memorable. Pair that with the classic modules in Greyhawk, and you have a game universe that's endured. My main issue is performance is lame, unnecessary, and distracting from the imagination. It has become the norm with younger players thanks to CR and Matt Mercer in 5e (2014) who young people look up to thinking they need to do the same.
The Barbarian has been around since od&d but was featured prominently in 1st edition’s Unearthed Arcana
There was a warlock in 3.5
Shifters were not new to 4e they were introduced in 3rd as part of the races in Eberron
So glad I still have original copies of all of these books.
Awesome!
Im really digging this series of videos! After watching the first Tamoachan video I dug my old copy out and have been following along in it. A couple of our regular D&D group arent available one or two weekends a month. The weekends they arent available ive been running one offs or short 2-3 session games for the rest of the gang. Ive been running RPGs they had heard about but hadn't played before like Call of Cthulhu and Little Black Book Traveller and since none of them have really played 1st ed I had been thinking about running one of the old AD&D tournament modules, like Tamoachan or one of the Slavers series to give them that late 70s-early 80s experience. Run it as a tourney game with scores, timed etc... Watching your Tamoachan videos has made me realize I can't really run that sort of game or at least if I did they wouldn't get very far and sure wouldn't get any enjoyment out of the game. I have a great group, they are all great friends and great gamers, have been playing since 2nd or 3rd edition but that 70s-80s style of play, particularly a tournament adventure is so different from modern play style I dont think they could or would make the adjustment. I still might run Tamoachan but definitely not a timed, scored adventure like I had originally planned. Anyway, thanks for putting these videos out, im looking forward to the next installment and looking forward to seeing which module your next tour will be.
I'm glad you popped in and had fun with the videos! I've been out west for over a month doing research and of course, long hikes and horse riding for my next TRPG. Decimation - Outlaws and Lawmen. I love Tamoachan, but it's quirky. It lacks real Maya cosmology, mystery, and tome-style setting. Talking crabs? Dead ends? Mud? Where's the real scary mystery! I do plan on picking up the walkthroughs soon!
I also like the maps. I've always loved the maps !! Imagine, instead of looking down on a paper or vtt map that is restricted to a screen or paper size, you could actually walk around IN the map at full size and scale..... I built all the same maps on my Minecraft server. They are fully detailed and much more interesting.
Not bad. You're on the right path with this but you just didn't go far enough. There is WAY more to this than most people suspect. Respectfully, it was a good video.
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Thanks. These were very helpful.
Great! Please share with your friends!
It's an interesting system in how it fits all together.
It's quite an accomplishment in terms of balance. I've suggested it before however, the game's themes are so "woke" they are off putting to many people who don't like those types of elements in their TTRPG gaming. However, these are options. You can play Pathfinder just as old school as AD&D and have a ton of fun, especially if you drop some of the stealth rules.
@@Classic_DM yes I take a pass on their setting and fluff more and more - I prefer my FRGP to be just that, not current year but with wands and pointy sticks. It's why I won't be buying the books - to Paizo's credit, they make everything free online. But whenever I can I don't financially support firms that openly despize everyone who doesn't share the sinoptic perspective ("The Narrative"); a stance I'd have even if I agreed with aspects of The Message. I don't always get to make that call (not financially supporting such, since it is all-pervasive) but with gaming, it's a luxury good I don't have to have, and if the rules weren't online, we'll I'd just use my old stuff. I'm copacetic. The books could cost a dollar; I still wouldn't buy them (they are quality manufacture - credit where credit is due - just as the rules are well-thought-through).
@@Porphyrogenitus1 Well said! I really don't understand why they have evolved they way they did. The core mechanics are solid, but everything else becomes too silly which kills the sense of fear abd adventure. The game becomes a parade of "be different" as opposed to be brave.
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Too long to watch whole thing but I didn't see anything mentioned abiut having to stay in good graces with your deity to retain your clerical powers and spells. That's a huge balancing factor by itself if the DM is smart.
Agree 100%. Also, moral actions for Paladins and other alignment restricted classes ( Druid)
Golarion started in 2007 with the country of Varisia. The rest of Golarion was made later and their dedication to it has been phenomenal!
The AD&D advice is great, the house rules not so much. “Spells are really powerful in AD&D” “Assume everyone (including magic users) have max hp. “ “Make all spells require 1 round to cast (except the ones that take turns)” In other words, take the system where the biggest flaw is how powerful magic users are compared to everyone else and make them even more powerful.
Magic Users are powerful but only when they have spells they can cast that express that power, in my opinion. Many times, the MU is relied on for utility spells and damage output, but thus is very limited even at level 10+. This means a MU's first instinct is to not cast and hold back until casting turns the tide of the battle. Spell recovery is quite long for all casters which is probably why every subsequent edition fiddled with this. Lsstly, like the monk, 1d4 H.P. per level, often with no CON bonus, bad AC, useless martial abilities (darts, daggers, staves, can't land a hit etc) makes MU/ILL feel like a black powder musketeer on the battlefield surrounded by Vikings, Knights, or Apachees. Imagine being level 14 in the Vault of the Drow and your H.P. on average is 20. Even so, AD&D is perhaps the most creative, content robust, original, and magical game system ever created that changed everything. Thanks for watching and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Classic Traveller videos and the 4E Design and Features video too!
wotc will NEVER see another penny from me.
They truly are clueless af. I've worked around the world and corporate America is chock full of DF leadership.
I am so happy I found your channel your content is so solid
Thanks! I try to keep things real and useful!
YOU EFFING GENIUS! This is so basic and perfect and so adaptable and yet it’s the first time I see this! Ah im so happy ❤❤❤
Rock on!
The Neverwinter Campaign Guide quite frankly is one of the best campaign source books in my opinion. I wish 5e wrote source books like that - informative and concise. Check it out if you can find it :-)
The archway sequence is the poem found earlier and describes the colored circles in another room.
Thanks, Ernie Miller!
17:20 the game has LMGs, ACRs and differentiates them from things like HKs or the M16 family type of weapons. I liked the simplicity of the Traveller system, but it was limited in "granularity", and disliked the armor DM system.
I always play individual initiatives and they roll d10 plus / minus the modifies.
❤ Love a good house rule - I’m on a quest to collect every house rule on TH-cam - do you have a playlist of yours? I scrubbed thru your videos to find as many as possible, but it’s easy to miss them when you’re looking thru nearly 200 videos - thank you very much 🙏🏿
“That’s longer than most Rush songs” 😄
Why would your intelligence contribute to your armor class? I can't wrap my mind around that and make it make sense. Because you're a smarter fighter and therefore instinctively mitigate risk in combat?
www.reddit.com/r/4eDnD/s/DZ3EB0TQNP
Intelligence stands for the speed of thinking. Thats why it adds to reflex defense and the same way as dexterity can add to armor (if you have light armor)
Robert Downey Jr style Sherlock
Erol Otus defines DnD art for me. I started plaing in 80, and his gonzo style was so cool. Easley and Elmore were great, but a little too high fantasy for me.
I loved Jeff Dee's work for characters! 79-83
I cant keep up
@@quasidog74 As in, I talk too fast?
Pdfs are fine if you are under 30 and used to reading from a screen. But considering the expected cost of 5th 2024, 90 bucks for pod hardcovers is not excessive. And as a player, you would only need the Player's for 30 bucks. But I should mention, 1st AD&D is in my belief, the best of the game all editions. If you want to go back to BECMI, Rules Cyclopedia is a single book at 30 bucks and looks great. But, you can get free pdfs with Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game. The truth is, there are several ideal clones of AD&D1st out there. OSE and OSRIC and Castles and Crusades being a few examples.
@@user-pc5ww8fh6d I have a much more updatedversion of this info here. th-cam.com/video/lG0JoskS3DU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=qT08d8gXaoc96H7D
You have many interesting things to say. Would like to check out your book. Sincerely psw
@@PeterSWiley My original games are free right now. www.telliotcannon.com/shop
Table top D&D , played at an advanced level as we do. I don't believe ( my opinion) that that any ai or computer simulated ground can ever be played to and with the degree of realism or offer anywhere near the choices, or rather in our format the PC has an open sand box available to them their options are only limited by their creativity and imagination, as long as it is within the rules.
@@PeterSWiley Well said.
To be fair, you've entered the Tomb of Horrors - you're already an idiot.
Pintar's maps are amazing!
He's super talented. Check out all his amazing AD&D maps.
Updating the Giants to 2nd edition certainly made a hard challenge harder!
When I ran the Frost Giant module, we had a PC Fighter who had the Power armour from Expedition to the Barrier Peaks..... until he met the Remorhaz! He lost the armour and NEVER played again!
Yikes. I would never quit on that, but live and learn!
I have read a LOT of Forgotten Realms books, BUT only adventure in Greyhawk!
Just completing my 1st and 2nd ed books, just waiting on the PHB, and UA from POD on DriveThru Still cannot get the World of Greyhawk as a POD, BUT can get the original one as a POD. MMII is now available as a POD!
dude, drivethru has become the most dangerous website in existence for my wallet once i found out about it. POD is amazing!
there is nothing neutral about vengeance at a later date.
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Little late to this, but I've seen professionals pronounce the word "quetzal" like KEHT-zull. i.e. the god Quetzalcoatl is Keht-zull-koh-OT-ull for example. After learning the letter & letter-combo pronunciations of mesoamerican words, it's easy to sound it one syllable at a time and then combine it. No really weird letter sounds in English spellings, unlike Welsh for instance. Lots of syllables for their names, though, so take it slow at first. 😁
Thanks for this! I am terrible at interesting word combinations. For a big laugh check out this video. Original article by Frank Mentzer in Dragon Magazine #93 January 1985 MLA Citation Mentzer, Frank . "Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd." Dragon, Jan, 1985, pp. 24-30. th-cam.com/video/BE4oBFEhrNQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=49rHzMcwDxS0-_BD
@@Classic_DM I recall seeing an old D&D pronunciation guide or two back in the day. In which I found out that drow was pronounced with a hard "o", as in the word 'grow' and sounds cooler to me than rhyming them with cow. I guess that never got around much judging by how many people I see using the latter these days. 🤔
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Yeah, it has everything to do with publication. And they should have done this in 2019. But, because they didn’t, now they have to sell their books using the new words. So yeah, if you already have 2e then you’re good. This product version only exists because of lawyers.
It's a weird approach. Not a fan.
Thank you for the video! I am currently running it for the first time with my players. I changed the niches up a bit into being a Creation Story and Tamoachan history (lots of fun backstory to learn about Zotzilaha, Tloques Popolocas, and other upcoming points of interest). There is a hidden gem in each diaplay, and the center alcove had a priest with a tray. The players had to give up the gems in order for the door to unlock. If they tried to trick it (using rocks or coins), the poison gas would begin to fill the room, making them panic (and believe the gods are really watching them!). It led to a fun Indiana Jones-esque scene of them trying to figure out how many rocks equal the weight of the gems. They failed spectacularly. Looking forward to hearing you talk about the rest of the rooms!
Hey there! I'm glad you enjoy the videos. I'm trying to go through the areas quickly, but still add meaningful conversation, ideas, dungeon master thoughts on the rooms, how to run them, things that can be tricky, etc. Modern players are not the same as we were as kids in 1977-1980. I hope you have fun. Be sure and bookmark the playlist! th-cam.com/play/PL4eDfZIBxlUaJhxxpb0uLeZ0Sffw9pdVT.html
It's true, I'm playing the 5e version based out of the Tales from the Yawning Portal book. But I love the tiny differences between the versions!
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