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Yesterday, 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,...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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Yesterday, 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...932 replies | 43975 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...932 replies | 43975 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...932 replies | 43975 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...932 replies | 43975 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.1002 replies | 116051 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...932 replies | 43975 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...932 replies | 43975 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...72 replies | 6243 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 | 1261 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....91 replies | 5544 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...91 replies | 5544 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 time1002 replies | 116051 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...932 replies | 43975 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...91 replies | 5544 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 | 932 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 | 7060 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...932 replies | 43975 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 | 1269 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 09:22 PMI personally do not object to improving poison use to add degenerative effects. However, I can see it now presuming as a given it is done there will...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 08:46 PMThis is key to me. I tire of DMs who nerf illusions down to uselessness. Hopefully they'll be guidance for being charmed and Suggestion spell as...54 replies | 6706 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 08:22 PMBe mindful some (sub)classes have abilities you might accidentally (on purpose?) duplicate. Your Vanish idea is one such thing. I think Shadow Monks...18 replies | 2529 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 11:39 AMHow do you solve a problem like gonorrhea?1002 replies | 116051 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 05:08 PMI can imagine a player and DM arguing over this. The DM will demand rolls anyway by reflex because "where's the challenge" or unable to conceive of a...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 10:54 AMThis isn't new. Spellcasters are always assumed to have the perfect spell needed at the exact moment it's needed. Who needs a rogue to open locks...932 replies | 43975 view(s)
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