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2024-05-09, 01:34 PMI'm not ashamed. Retvrn to tradition, says I.88 replies | 6768 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 02:03 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What monsters were cooler in the older editions? in Roleplaying GamesIt's kind of a cheaty answer, but eladrin. Eladrin were way cooler as the CG exemplar race in 2e than they are now as elves-with-extra-feelings in...50 replies | 12259 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 02:00 PMSince this is the 5E thread, I do feel like it's worth pointing out that there are at least three published adventures that kind of rely on the PCs...92 replies | 6097 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 01:53 PMOne day they'll be ready to hear me when I say rangers, barbarians, paladins and monks should all be fighters.88 replies | 6768 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 07:47 AMMaybe, but I don't so I can't. I can't believe it got printed -- but I feel that way about most things in that awful book.88 replies | 6768 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 12:46 PMI endorse the first half of your post -- just wanted to zero in on this. It's not his fault as a first-time DM. I also had SKT run by a...50 replies | 5468 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 12:35 PMI mean I think you have to make that clear during session 0 regardless. That should be part of the setting briefing. Is the world cosmopolitan, or...92 replies | 6097 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 12:18 PMIt's also predictable because DMs treat the characters that way.92 replies | 6097 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 12:15 PMI see a couple differences (as I'm sure you do too!). First, resting in an ancient cursed dungeon -- probably trickier than on the path from Nolton...50 replies | 5468 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 08:17 AMI want to fight stuff if the fight is interesting. 5E's published random encounters are almost entirely not. Walking around the North in Storm...50 replies | 5468 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 08:08 AMI think it's entirely possible to have exotic races without jumping straight to "fantasy racism", a term which poisons the conversation. Exoticism...92 replies | 6097 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 07:58 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextGreat post. I do think that, while it may be easier to adapt a physical game resource to digital play, it's easier to generate revenue from digital...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 04:47 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextYeah, that's the one. Swarmkeeper gets spectral bugs that do physical damage! Warlock summons a spectral tentacle! Spectral music note thing! ...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 03:54 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/Next'It's all spiritual' is where I stopped looking at new 5E material and checked out of OneDnD.716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 03:47 PMYeah, I wasn't really counting celadrin or fire elves, mostly because they're not... they're just there. They have no narrative weight. Fire elves...28 replies | 1810 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 02:37 PMThat's the root of my earlier question about the sun, moon and stars. In the Dragonlance conception, elves are basically split between sun (the...28 replies | 1810 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 08:31 AMMultiple DCs help here, I think. The task is DC 15 (as a pure for-example), failure means no progress is made, failure by 10 or more means some sort...285 replies | 14667 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 08:19 AMAnd that gives a ton of scope for improvisation. How about a whole species of Phoenician-esque minotaurs who use their innate abilities and...28 replies | 1810 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 08:13 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextYeah, I think I prefer that. The problem isn't players writing things down, the problem would be the DM having to figure out what the...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 04:40 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextI like it, but it's a little... book-keeping-y. It works well against players, but I think it'd be a bit fiddly against NPCs, where it's often not...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 04:04 PMCulturally, traveling people work well as having air affinity. That could be something akin to the Romani or Berbers, or even a seafaring people...28 replies | 1810 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 03:36 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextYes, it was. It just didn't apply to many NPCs, and many others had high Con saves, making it difficult to start that particular train rolling. By...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 02:05 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextThat's how it worked in 3E, and it wasn't that useful, partly because it was faster to just kill things with damage, especially since being good with...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 01:21 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextIf we're going to want to lean into poison, I think three things are necessary. First, the assassin needs access. That means being able to get...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 09:01 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextMight be true, though 2014 PHB Arcane Trickster is pretty bad in combat. The SCAG cantrips, later reprinted, make a big difference. That was always...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 08:19 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread [Savage Worlds] Looking for interesting sea faring ships and crews! in Roleplaying GamesThis is a very cool topic. Since it's based on Pirates of the Caribbean, albeit loosely, let's steal from what Pirates of the Caribbean itself is...6 replies | 606 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 07:56 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextAnd some of the XGtE power creep was deliberate -- the ranger subclasses were an attempt to fix the bad chassis. In Tasha's, reason went out the...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 07:03 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextI know it's not at all germane to the issue, but I do find it slightly vexing comparing assassin against subclasses published after WotC threw their...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 06:50 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread How many combats per session do you find most enjoyable? in Roleplaying GamesYes and -- I think when I run encounters that are that '1d3 kobolds in an empty field' style in a 5E D&D game, my players instinctively attempt to...38 replies | 4453 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 04:46 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextI don't get those questions from caster players hardly ever, and when I do they're new players. That might be because I run every combat on a map so...716 replies | 32321 view(s)
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