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Yesterday, 11:30 PMBut once you have a DM who disagrees with you believing climbing a wall is a difficult circumstance your argument falls apart because that DM will...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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Yesterday, 08:28 PMThat's the deal. All goblins in platemail and shield will have AC 20 in every campaign a DM decides to have one. You have the statistics. It's up to...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:42 PMSorry this happened to you. I know I would be disappointed if a DM says I can't do a Cool Idea, but I do prefer being told no than be told to roll...31 replies | 1083 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:15 PMIt's not about the tree. That is just a stand-in for any ability check. Knowing something about the creature you're fighting, jumping more than your...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:46 AMThat is why rogues have a poor reputation and other skill use problems. Without that universal guidance you have DMs who make DCs too high or some...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 08:11 PMHere we go again. Yet the game functions fine for every campaign every DM every game every long sword does 1d8 damage, every platemail is AC 18,...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 03:44 PMThe weakness of this is what makes a task DC 10, DC 15, DC 20? If the game designers put ink on paper the game rules say This Task is DC 20. This...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 03:21 PMI'm guilty of this too. If we limit fantastical things to Expertise then we are saying only rogues and bards need apply. Swimming up a waterfall is...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 12:10 PMThat's just the math. You can have other metrics. Skill Use Awesome Thing may be DC 15 but you can't use the skill for that Awesome Thing until level...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 11:53 AMWe agree on principle, but I do think it's ok for spellcasters to have their own unique niche. As an extreme example I don't need a fighter to cut a...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 04:57 PMUnfortunately that leads to DMs interpreting spells down to being useless due to easily being foiled. All NPCs know it's an illusion, that Suggestion...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 10:06 PMYes, depending on the DM, and the DM is not playing the game wrong. That's the whole point of problem in the broader discussion of the matter for...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-18, 10:42 AMNot to get into that argument again, but for many people yes, they actually do need those rules. You're already admitting people are limiting what...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 11:51 AMThe Terminator was originally meant as a children's movie. Skynet was a hokey pokey tree.1003 replies | 116253 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 11:58 AMYour games, maybe, but not everyone's. Social interactions happen but depending on scenario resources are still used up, more so when doing...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 12:02 PMFound this out on my own. Played a (bear) barbarian until level 8. I went sword & shield for Shield Master. I noticed my offense ability was waning...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 11:50 AMPex replied to a thread Speculation More 2024 PHB Revelations from the GameInformer Article in D&D 5e/NextSpecific rules and uses for tools. Could it be there will tables with DCs? Could it extend to skill use in general? It's Schrodinger's Skills for...73 replies | 6314 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 12:11 PMYes and no, but in truth I'm more biased against the idea of a player using a low IN or WI as an excuse to do things that disrupt the game or...20 replies | 1271 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:55 PMPex replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextCareful. Asking for defined DCs of things is considered anathema by some. They enjoy making everything up to mold the game world in their image....110 replies | 6105 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 11:50 AMPex replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextNo. Everything is roleplaying. The talky talky, the looky looky, and the stabby stabby. Individual players may prefer one over the others. Some...110 replies | 6105 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 11:38 AMThird place but still yummy. Second place delicious. First place arrives just in the nick of time1003 replies | 116253 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 11:19 AMI'm with you, just playing devil's advocate. Create an encounter with a flying monster with resistances/immunities, flying minions with...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 10:50 AMPex replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextRules are needed. How complex, how they work are ripe for discussion, but that they should exist at all is necessary. Without them then everything...110 replies | 6105 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 10:43 PMIn a game session I just finished I broke my own cardinal rule. Playing Pathfinder 1E I cast an AOE spell that included party members and I didn't...1 replies | 943 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 11:38 AMThe idyllic image of playing the game, not just the combat part. Social interaction, exploration, combat, the physical and mental moments of play....69 replies | 7099 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 11:49 AMHeh. When I played my totem barbarian I ignored the spellcasting. I only used Speak With Animals twice, and that was just for social interaction to...987 replies | 45784 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 09:47 PMIn the module is a leader of a gang ready to ambush the party. He's a wanted man. Have him be wanted for crimes in a PC's home city and/or be the bad...8 replies | 1273 view(s)
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