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2024-04-26, 09:33 AMAh, got it. Objection withdrawn.230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 08:04 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextAre you going to go table-to-table evangelizing about it? A discussion of the rules in a vacuum on a dying hobbyist forum isn't going to change the...327 replies | 12633 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 07:49 AMI'm leaving open the possibility that they didn't forget, they just don't want to participate. I'm a bit confused about all of it, because what's...230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 07:17 AMI think there's a second alternative: the players are disassociated from the game. They don't care about the plot, they don't care about the...230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 07:09 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextThe original question is about reputation. That's going to be driven by things that happen at the table more than what's written in the book. I...327 replies | 12633 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 04:09 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class? in D&D 5e/NextAnd to piggyback -- often the things in the rogue class fantasy are individual actions. The whole party sometimes can't participate beyond waiting...327 replies | 12633 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 03:16 PMPlus, apparently, everyone has their phone out all the time. Again in my experience (which is all I have to go on!) people don't pull their phones...230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 12:53 PMI think if this was an issue at my table I'd probably think about radically simplifying and not including cant and language in ways that can cause...230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 07:06 PMYeah, agreed. I think in that situation... Let's say the Duke and the Baron are at the same party, and the players know that the Baron is Doctor...230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 05:48 PMgbaji, that's how my table operates as well. And while I don't prompt them quite as directly as you did in your example, it's part of my...230 replies | 9247 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 11:29 AMI love lore bards. Favorite subclass/class at a 5E table. If you have to do skills and party face stuff and utility casting, lore bard is the...8 replies | 880 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 11:25 AMDragonlance isn't quite doing the same things Tolkien is, and is of course encumbered by the baggage of its game system. Gnomes, I think, are a...33 replies | 3081 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 09:56 AMCan I ask why you need to be a lore bard if you're focusing on damage spells?8 replies | 880 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 09:54 AMKender get a bad rap and it's equally the fault of DMs and players, and the root of it is right there: steal. There's a certain kind of player who...33 replies | 3081 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 05:47 PMThey were an attempt! But 'very stupid, pretty much useless except by accident' is not a concept destined for great enthusiasm and uptake.33 replies | 3081 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 12:19 PMI think, in that scenario, it'd depend on what was happening that went into that Athletics roll. Are they trying to jump across? Is that the only...218 replies | 11501 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 11:34 AMSure. As a DM designing your own adventures you're not bound by what's in published modules. My point is that, while the developers say they expect...218 replies | 11501 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 10:27 AMHeck, the Greek pantheon is part of Planescape, so you may not even need to reskin. Ares is a better fit here, for what it's worth; there are a...20 replies | 1616 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 10:08 AMIn terms of subraces -- dwarves have a more unified, coherent concept through the classic building blocks of D&D fantasy than elves. Thorin is a...33 replies | 3081 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 09:08 AMI don't think the game's own designers should be believed on this point, given the way their adventures are written. They may say that, but it's not...218 replies | 11501 view(s)
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2024-04-18, 08:57 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread Is Dwarf something to keep, and good alternative names for Dwarves in Roleplaying GamesThis is a you and your group problem, not a setting problem. No. Those adventures are interesting (assuming they are; I don't actually agree...73 replies | 6535 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 08:33 PMI'd say thick forest unless in recently-grazed areas, or perhaps permanent paths controlled by constant grazing. I'd also have, I think,...5 replies | 689 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 08:22 PMI think this is right, and you can see lots of places in various published adventures where the module writers haven't taken these abilities into...218 replies | 11501 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 04:15 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread Is Dwarf something to keep, and good alternative names for Dwarves in Roleplaying GamesI mean, maybe, but that seems tautological. If humans are the only characters the players encounter, only humans will be fleshed out, fine. The...73 replies | 6535 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 10:27 AMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread Is Dwarf something to keep, and good alternative names for Dwarves in Roleplaying GamesI'll be honest: A strikes me as just the result of unimaginative GMing, and B as a combination of unimaginative GMing plus not actually something...73 replies | 6535 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 06:15 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread Is Dwarf something to keep, and good alternative names for Dwarves in Roleplaying GamesIn the traditional settings, non-human races are always derided as humans with bumpy foreheads. What's the point of removing humans and keeping...73 replies | 6535 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 12:38 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread Is Dwarf something to keep, and good alternative names for Dwarves in Roleplaying GamesIt might be easy and it might be memorable but I'm not sure that means it's good. My immediate reaction, when I hear that someone has banned humans...73 replies | 6535 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 04:25 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread How many combats per session do you find most enjoyable? in Roleplaying GamesI think the issue is that 5E's developers don't have very good technical skills. Random encounter tables are there because they don't really know...36 replies | 3852 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 03:55 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread Is Dwarf something to keep, and good alternative names for Dwarves in Roleplaying GamesAnd if you've drawn a line and said that you're no longer using 'dwarf' for reasons of sensitivity, everyone on the other side of the line not using...73 replies | 6535 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 12:07 PMQuickLyRaiNbow replied to a thread How many combats per session do you find most enjoyable? in Roleplaying GamesIn D&D -- I've played 2E, 4E and PF 1e but never run them, and have both played and GMed 3.0, 3.5 and 5E -- three is the maximum number, and usually...36 replies | 3852 view(s)
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