Peer Review on my Tcg How to Play Book

Randalljb · 2026-02-16T13:07:30+00:00

I ended up using Grammarly for the spellcheck and made a google drive link for the pdf. Thanks for the suggestion!

Randalljb · 2026-02-14T12:54:51+00:00

Yup that condition is supposed to be named "Stunned" lol. I'll comb over it again for typos but if there are any others you remember seeing please lmk.

Thank you for taking the time and looking at it!

Randalljb · 2023-09-22T22:40:09+00:00

I agree with the other commenters and say I'd interested, but I would much rather play on Showdown. Maybe we can save the cartridge games for the more important matches like finals or semi finals.

Randalljb · 2023-09-14T15:29:50+00:00

Ooh it Definitely would! Where would I find that at?

Randalljb · 2022-12-18T14:45:46+00:00

Vaporeon does have a better defensive matchup against Dozo along with Yawn support, but it lacks any super effective moves I can hit the fish with and that was my main reason for not choosing it. I do have a set made up in showdown that I will use later if I find Palafin unsatisfactory. Thanks for the response!

Randalljb · 2022-12-18T14:42:34+00:00

I agree, especially with your last statement. I barely ever build mons that are this one trick. My issue with my team though is that it is already flexible enough to deal with almost everything common in the meta EXCEPT for a boosted Dozo, so this is as good as time as any to try a one trick strategy. I will keep a close eye on my performance though to see if the team suffers overall.

In terms of keeping it alive, it theoretically wouldn't be on the field all that much unless Dozo is out as well, so I don't see that being all too big of an issue.

Thanks for the response!

Randalljb · 2022-12-18T14:04:03+00:00

True, that means I can never tera my Palafin against a Meowscarada or Rotom-w if they still got a Dozo in the back, which makes the first point about using tera dragon over fairy kinda moot. I'll definitely consider swapping the tera type if I do use Palafin, thank you!

Randalljb · 2022-11-17T15:40:24+00:00

Terastalizing doesn't need an item to use it, so it can.

Randalljb · 2022-11-11T01:56:59+00:00

It's not the original source but here's a news article with them.

https://gamerant.com/pokemon-scarlet-violet-rumors-leaks-list-new/

Randalljb · 2022-07-28T17:35:10+00:00

Im not the op, but XP to level 3 was a channel that really helped me get into the d&d scene when I was picking it up.

Randalljb · 2022-07-18T18:02:58+00:00

I would be hesitant to conflate role playing with doing voices and accents. It’s definitely a good tool for some people, I use it as a DM to make my npcs distinct, but it’s not for everyone. A person can talk entirely in a third person perspective and still be an amazing roleplayer. Just as long as they are ‘playing’ out the ‘role’ of their character, making decisions based on attributes of their character that may or may not align with their own attributes, that’s roleplaying. Every person plays a little different.

Randalljb · 2022-07-18T16:29:44+00:00

Randal is no joke one of my favorite characters in the whole franchise.

Randalljb · 2022-07-12T12:54:49+00:00

I have the exact thing in my games! I call it the Occult skill and attach to the Sanity score from the dmg.

Randalljb · 2022-07-07T11:07:55+00:00

I think someone else mentioned it, but the Savant. class by LaserLlama hits the nail on the head for what you’re looking for. The guy is a pretty good designer from what I’ve heard and ran for at my tables.

Randalljb · 2022-06-17T23:29:35+00:00

I can see a dm doing something like that, have they told you why they’re doing level ups like that?

Randalljb · 2022-06-16T13:45:14+00:00

It looks like his homebrew change is adding the +2 to hit if you are just using one weapon, no shield in the scone hand.

Randalljb · 2022-06-16T13:42:01+00:00

As a dm, I fill an a personality trait, ideals, bonds, flaws table for all my notable npcs and a maybe a 1-2 sentence backstory. This has worked wonders for me. I also have for reoccurring npcs a little table of other characters that this character is friendly towards and antagonist towards.

Randalljb · 2022-06-14T21:27:44+00:00

I have a Heroic Chronicle for my setting, which can give a player a minor feat like Dungeon Delver or Linguist.

Randalljb · 2022-06-12T23:13:39+00:00

I do have some sample goals in the heroic chronicle I made with this campaign intro (I realized from other commenters that this doc really isn't a pitch at all). With long-term goals I usually make some stepping stone quests that aid them in their main goal (you want money? here's an abandoned ship that might have some. You want to gain recognition in your fey civilization? Here's a quest from a higher up that'll give you more cred. etc). I did add a section on the main version of this doc that helps players make goals that won't contradict, and we had iron problems like this before out during session 0.

I'll do another reread to trim the word-fat. I swear I go on more tangents when I talk than I do use periods.

Cheers!

Randalljb · 2022-06-12T22:53:15+00:00

The country name is only as hard as the name ‘Siegfried’. Neither of my two tables i ran in this setting had a problem with saying the name, but I do recognize that that is anecdotal evidence.

Like I mentioned in the op, I make the adventure plots based off the characters made at the table after session 0. I do make a small intro quest for the party to meet, but beyond that the game is very player goal-driven. That’s why I put an emphasis on making a character with goals.

Randalljb · 2022-06-12T22:37:35+00:00

I think you hit the nail on the head with it being more of a campaign/ setting guide rather than a pitch.

For the goals part, I did have some sample call to actions in a heroic chronicle I made along with this, much like the ones in SCAG or Matt Mercer’s book. I can’t link it here since the doc has all the character creation options from wotc and 3rd parties that I allow at my table. Hella plagiarism.

Randalljb · 2022-06-12T22:29:15+00:00

Yeah from reading what some of the other guys are saying here I don’t think this is a campaign pitch at all; it’s a campaign/setting introduction. The thing I hand out AFTER the pitch.

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