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slayerchick303 · 8 months

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No one but Alex Song-Xia could have played Conscience. Their performance as Conrad was flawless.

I hope to see them on future D20 seasons because they're great.

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quillst · 9 months

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Dan Fucks’ number on his is ‘Boobs - 69’. Nice. Also, Imelda Pulse’s is just question marks

#d20 #dimension 20 #dimension20 #d20 mentopolis #dan fucks #imelda pulse #freddie wong #brennan lee mulligan #mentopolis #dimension 20 mentopolis #siobhan thompson #kids on bikes

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rollforfelicity · 7 months

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I think I'm doomed to always be a little unhappy with non-D&D seasons of Dimension 20 because they tend to treat any system they're running like D&D.

I'm on episode 2 of Mentopolis (which I'm loving) but Brennan Lee Mulligan keeps treating the checks like D&D handles skill checks. If you miss, nothing happens, and if you hit the DC, you do what you're trying to do. He also keeps getting so close to how Kids on Bikes works by saying "The DC is 8, but if you get a 12, you'll get something extra." That's great GMing, except that's how all the checks work in Kids on Bikes. You're always succeeding and failing by degrees. For example, here's what the rulebook says about hitting the difficulty exactly.

The character succeeds, but just barely. Decidedly, nothing surprising happens — and the player and the GM should make this success as skin-of-the-teeth as possible.

By contrast, succeeding with a margin of 10+ means you succeed "smoothly and easily," and potentially get extra bonuses from this success. But what happens if you fail a roll? There are degrees to it. For example, missing the check by a margin of 1-4 leads to this result:

The character fails, but not too badly. There might be some very, very minor short-term consequences, but these won’t shift the story for more than a minute or two. The character has tried and almost succeeded.

Even if you only fail by a little, something should happen other than "you don't succeed." Sometimes that's the result that makes the most sense, but most of the time the narrative should at least shift enough that the character would have a reason not to try to do the exact same thing again. For example, you try to jump up on a box to get a better view. You fail by a margin of 2, the box breaks when you jump on it. It's not a huge complication, but the PC will have to try another method or move on.

That's also why adversity tokens (they charmingly call them Moxie in Mentopolis) are so interesting. You can spend a few to still fail a roll, but have results be less dire, or spend some to succeed by an even larger margin.

I get that Kids on Bikes is kind of similar to D&D, but it is a different game, and the differences make the experience of playing so much fun.

#old man yelling at cloud #ttrpg #dimension 20 #mentopolis #kids on bikes #bloggy blog

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thearcanecat · 2 months

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A bunch of props I put together for a Hatchetfield themed one-shot I’m running this weekend!

Update

Notes on the one-shot

#hatchetfield #hatchetfield universe #hatchetverse #starkid #ttrpg #ttrpg art #kids on bikes #the black book #the black blade #the blade of truth #bliklotep #Blinky #sniggles #snigglette #tw eye imagery #tw eye injury #< just in case #the arcane cat can art #the arcane cat can talk

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supermarket-goblin · 1 month

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Normal people will be like "yeah, I don't play any ttrpgs or whatever." Not me. I've gotta pretend to be someone else as a community event at least once a week or I will start climbing the walls.

#ttrpg #ttrpg community #dnd #dungeons and dragons memes #dungeons and dragons #ive never played #pathfinder #but a girl can dream #roll for shoes #kids on bikes #kids on brooms #candela obscura #call of cthulhu #daggerheart

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bubblyernie · 5 months

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I love inks so much, had to do a really graphic style drawing of these two with em!

art tag // commission info

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colorwheelofterror · 8 months

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Just finished the most recent episode of dimension20 Mentopolis and I Have To Ask This Question because it's a debate I've been having for a while now.

I know my vote but I'd be interested to see what other people think about it.

#dimension 20 #mentopolis #d20 #elias hodge #ttrpgs #kids on bikes #dropout #brennan lee mulligan #hank green #alex song xia #danielle radford #siobhan thompson #mike trapp #freddie wong

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cordership · 5 months

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It would be really nice if Madam (Self) Loathing came back from her vacation as Madam Self Awareness. A blooming sense of self awareness would be really appropriate for this stage in Elias Hodge’s life; let him really take inventory of where he was, where he is, and where he’s going.

#dimension 20 #kids on bikes #mentopolis #elias hodge #madam loathing

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chebits · 6 months

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Hey gamers, please have this lil sketch I did of one of the npcs in my Kids on Bikes game! This is Raven and shes the owner of the combo arcade and video rental store. Resident hippie-goth and to those in the know, practicing witch. I love her and I hope you love her too.

#foggy hollow #kids on bikes #my art #chebits #npc #Foggy Hollow: Raven #Welcome to foggy hollow

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intersectionalityamazon · 9 months

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I’m so happy Danielle Radford is back in Mentopolis!!!!! Ms. Dani is the Way and the Path and the Truth of incredible character work & I cannot wait to see more more more more MORE of her!!!!!!

#dungeons and dragons #dimension 20 #mentopolis #mentopolis spoilers #danielle radford #imelda pulse #best #DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS TITAN OF HUMOROUS CHARACTERIZATION #or I will FIND YOU #until you appreciate Danielle Radford AND her characters to respect the mad game at play there #kids on bikes #i want ttrpg lore & sourcebooks to be written by this man please and thank you #ttrpg #d20

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pansyman · 8 months

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Elias Hodge has a praise kink.

I do not care.

To me and my heart this is cannon.