QotD: Do any of you use software like Notion or Obsidian to plan your games? Mike "Sly Flourish" Shae seems to use both and I'm trying to decide which to test out first. I'd probably use it more for organizing my homebrew notes, but still they seem like powerful tools.

No bites, I suppose! I went with Obsidian!

Nope.

What was the last non-D&D game you played?

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Nope.

What was the last non-D&D game you played?

 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It is an RPG. You never said it had to be a TT-rpg. ;)

But, let's see...what was the last TTRPG I played that wasn't DND? As much as I loved all these other systems out there, from PF2, to Morqborg (That is not how you spell it, but you know which game I'm talking about), to Cipher, I don't get the chance to play these games very often. I honestly can't remember the last time I played a non 5E, as sad as that is.

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Nope.

What was the last non-D&D game you played?

 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It is an RPG. You never said it had to be a TT-rpg. ;)

 My answer would be Battlefield 4 =)

Tabletop? Connect Four!

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What was the last non-D&D game you played?

 
Jedi: Survivor. Excellent sequel.

I'm gearing up to play Alan Wake 2, but the original was very stressful, so I'm dragging my feet.

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Nope.

What was the last non-D&D game you played?

 I’d say Spiderman: Miles Morales. It’s kind of my comfort game.

Ok, so I know guns are already optional in dnd, but I had this weird idea. Let’s say you’re playing a spellcaster with access to burning hands. You also have a bullet like canister with filled with beads and air. You cast burning hands while holding this small canister and the heat inside expands, causing the canister to explode, sending these bead outward. I kind of want to try this in my next campaign as a player. Thoughts?

Clarification:

You cast Burning Hands and as a result the canister also fires a cone of pellets?

You use up a spell slot to cast Burning Hands and the power ignites the black powder firing the cone of pellets?

You store up Burning Hands ala Ring of Spell Storing style into the rod and use a switch to activate it?

Something else?

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Clarification:

You cast Burning Hands and as a result the canister also fires a cone of pellets?

You use up a spell slot to cast Burning Hands and the power ignites the black powder firing the cone of pellets?

You store up Burning Hands ala Ring of Spell Storing style into the rod and use a switch to activate it?

Something else?

 1: I meant Produce Flame, not Burning Hands.

2: I forgot about that part of guns. Thanks for reminding me.

3: I don’t know enough about that ring to answer the question, but I’d assume it’d work.

4: Some answer

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Clarification:

You cast Burning Hands and as a result the canister also fires a cone of pellets?

You use up a spell slot to cast Burning Hands and the power ignites the black powder firing the cone of pellets?

You store up Burning Hands ala Ring of Spell Storing style into the rod and use a switch to activate it?

Something else?

 1: I meant Produce Flame, not Burning Hands.

2: I forgot about that part of guns. Thanks for reminding me.

3: I don’t know enough about that ring to answer the question, but I’d assume it’d work.

4: Some answer

 Doing that would be like throwing a frag grenade at your feet 

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Clarification:

You cast Burning Hands and as a result the canister also fires a cone of pellets?

You use up a spell slot to cast Burning Hands and the power ignites the black powder firing the cone of pellets?

You store up Burning Hands ala Ring of Spell Storing style into the rod and use a switch to activate it?

Something else?

 1: I meant Produce Flame, not Burning Hands.

2: I forgot about that part of guns. Thanks for reminding me.

3: I don’t know enough about that ring to answer the question, but I’d assume it’d work.

4: Some answer

 Doing that would be like throwing a frag grenade at your feet 

 I understand that. I was asking how I could improve it to work as intended.

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Nope.

What was the last non-D&D game you played?

 The last game I played was Unmatched, my favorite board game. It is a battle game where you play characters from folklore, mythology, classics, and other stories like Beowulf, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, Daredevil, Nikola Tesla, etc. 

The last TTRPG I played was Pathfinder. It’s the only one I play other than DnD unfortunately.

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Clarification:

You cast Burning Hands and as a result the canister also fires a cone of pellets?

You use up a spell slot to cast Burning Hands and the power ignites the black powder firing the cone of pellets?

You store up Burning Hands ala Ring of Spell Storing style into the rod and use a switch to activate it?

Something else?

 1: I meant Produce Flame, not Burning Hands.

2: I forgot about that part of guns. Thanks for reminding me.

3: I don’t know enough about that ring to answer the question, but I’d assume it’d work.

4: Some answer

 Doing that would be like throwing a frag grenade at your feet 

 I understand that. I was asking how I could improve it to work as intended.

 Guns start at 1d10 and you cannot change the damage die. Then in the text say it uses ballbearings and requires a fire spell to activate. Using a higher level spell slot changes the damage to fire instead of piercing and increases the damage by 1 die. It evens up power wise because you are expending a spell slot for increased damage.

I'm curious--why is the character interested in simulating guns when they already have access to (essentially) armor-piercing magic?

From a game design POV, I would build this as a cantrip.

RAW, you wouldn’t get any benefits from doing this, since that would take your action, you wouldn’t be able to throw the canister and it would just explode in your face 

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Nope.

What was the last non-D&D game you played?

 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It is an RPG. You never said it had to be a TT-rpg. ;)

 My answer would be Battlefield 4 =)

Tabletop? Connect Four!

 tabletop? warhammer 40k

otherwise? ur quran masters, it's so good even tho it's like 20 years old

OMG...I LOVE star Control!!

Tabletop? No games besides DND... 

Otherwise? Just played a cool free VR game called Sail with my friends, which is an open world pirate RPG where you sail around collecting treasure and fighting other pirates. It was fun.

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Tabletop? No games besides DND... 

Otherwise? Just played a cool free VR game called Sail with my friends, which is an open world pirate RPG where you sail around collecting treasure and fighting other pirates. It was fun.

 Isn't that just the VR version of Sea of Thieves?