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Today, 01:08 PMI'm just gonna poke at this one piece. So, it sounds to me like the A->B->C->D chain was supposed to represent no significant Agency, but I have a...186 replies | 10342 view(s)
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Today, 10:43 AMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20"Eat LA+8 Template, Evildoer! Just try and level now! Bwahahaha!" I guess I could see it. Is that a Dwarf Fortress thing? Still, I think I like my...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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Today, 09:31 AMI, too, only correct facts, not conclusions. OTOH, IIRC, 2 of the WoD GMs I've had corrected reasonable but false conclusions, but didn't correct...293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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Today, 08:59 AM@NichG - Where to start? For the Cunning Strategist, it's not goalpost moving, it's not missing the point, it's... a really odd miscommunication?...186 replies | 10342 view(s)
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Yesterday, 07:46 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20DC 10? Oh, that's much easier. If Classes are a thing at T=0, only 1/3 of your population has to take classes with Survival as a Class Skill and...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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Yesterday, 06:22 PMNope. Yup. Same.293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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Yesterday, 05:24 PMEh, I don't think I agree on this. So, first, here's what I heard: If we give people the core 3e D&D classes, and the players say they want to run...186 replies | 10342 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:36 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20So, it sounds like the simulation will be running for a long time, that the game will start a very long time after world generation. Meaning that...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:50 AMIf one GM gives you the option between , while a second lets you choose between , you have more options under the second, but is that really...186 replies | 10342 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 11:05 AMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20If we’re starting from 0, with no infrastructure, the Simulation may need to run for thousands of years before domesticated animals become a thing....63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 08:11 AMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20So, at least the way I would write it, there won’t be any Vampires until you get a Cleric capable of casting Create Greater Undead, or a Deity who...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 08:26 PMDragon eggs, IIRC, start around 10k. Per... Arms & Equipment?3 replies | 506 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 07:49 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20@Vahnavoi: ah, interesting. I was, indeed, thinking in terms of "starting at the moment generation is done", not "let the simulation run for an...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 05:38 PMDon't engage, don't engage, don't... dang it, I failed my Will save! :smallamused: So, if you ask me, in this scenario, I wouldn't say you're at...293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 01:20 PMWhen I know that there are Pod People, my standards are “does not behave as expected” including “does not behave like a Human”. Which, of course,...293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 10:52 AMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20I’m not familiar with Dwarf Fortress; I am marginally familiar with D&D worlds, and very familiar with basic… “this is dumb” error checking. D&D...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 05:22 AMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Sure, this isn't the character's strategy for leveling, any more than it was the character's strategy to be born a Grey Elf, or to be born with...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 09:28 PMI want to revisit this, because my first response reads like a false dichotomy to me. *I* knew what I meant, but, from my words, y'all might not. ...293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 06:56 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20So, how's this, then: Every morning, my Elf Wizard goes out with their father (a high-level Arcane Archer, probably) to check the traps. If they...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 01:17 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20One big question is “Lawful” vs “Chaotic”: does society provide good to amazing starting gear, or is the individual left to their own devices?...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 09:06 AMQuertus replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesHahaha, I was considering asking about such a x2 cost multiplier, but didn't know enough about the system to know whether that made sense or not....26 replies | 1162 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 11:42 PMQuertus replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesHonestly? In an amazing coincidence, I happen to be able to give you a good answer wrt my reaction, and the founding causes, because I just happen to...26 replies | 1162 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 09:24 PMHahahaha! Touche. I'm listing different reasons why various things might happen; they're allowed to be contradictory. Also, the PCs are kids....293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 09:03 PMI told Superman where the Aliens are right now, as well as gave him plenty of evidence that the Aliens are Evil and Up to No Good. And, in this...293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 08:25 PMQuertus replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesSo... if I'm following you correctly here... buying 6 Mentalism specializations at 1 rank costs exactly as much as raising Mentalism from 5 to 6....26 replies | 1162 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 05:36 PMYeah. My point was just, "let's not conflate 'odds of getting this cool story' or 'ability to get this cool story' or even 'ability to get different...186 replies | 10342 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 05:29 PMQuertus replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesSo, what's the down sides of this method? Hmmm... previously, you could have a First Responder who had Medicine 1, with a specialization of First...26 replies | 1162 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 05:07 PMProbably not. That's where this breaks down, for me. EDIT: For example, if I lived in the DC Universe, went up to Superman, and told him that some...293 replies | 12376 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 04:42 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Agreed, but... the 2000-year-old, NI level Wizard who trained me probably knows a lot. And they'd be kinda dumb not to give their apprentice useful...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 04:28 PMQuertus replied to a thread What would be the safest, not-cheesy way to level grind in a sand-box like setting? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20So, suppose the world is transparent enough for people to be able to understand, in character, the connection between “killing” (etc) and “power”...63 replies | 2626 view(s)
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