D&D General Things That Bug You

[el-remmen]

The gigantic handwave is that your fighter's training and experience are why your hit die is a d10 instead of a d8.

Right. A high HD and HP pool is defense. Taking the same HP damage that would kill all common folks and a good percentage of other PCs and continuing to fight is part of that fighter's training.

Back in 1E days, there was an optional Duelist class detailed in an issue of Dragon that made the argument that they had a d12 for HPs not because they were hulking like barbarians, but because they were good at defense and not getting winded when others begin to flag. That has long had an influence on how I see (and describe) hps.

Yes hps also represent physical durability of your flesh, but that is one abstract aspect of conglomeration of abstract aspects it represents. I can live with it.

 

[Lanefan]

We’ve been over this, I’ve made myself very clear.

The number one problem is that you won’t stop saying “module”, you old men. Nineteen ninety-nine! That’s when “modules” stopped being a thing!

And even in the distant decades ago when “modules” were published - way to find the most boring word possible to use instead of “adventure.”

In conclusion, God you’re old.

Module? That's the newfangled term, kiddo.

They're supposed to be called 'dungeons'.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Module? That's the newfangled term, kiddo.

They're supposed to be called 'dungeons'.

Dungeons?! Back in my day we only had chambers with a single kobold. If you were lucky you got a copper coin out of the adventure. And we were grateful to have it!

 

[Lanefan]

the table is only so imaginative and there are only so many things to do as a thief or a fighter you would get bored and end up dead sooner or later.

Next week I'll be playing a Fighter I've played, on and off, for over 35 years. And while he's died a few times during that span, I don't think any of those deaths were due to boredom.

 

[Lanefan]

Things that bug me:

- The "dying breath" thrope is nearly impossible to pull off.

Thanks for catching this one!

Even harder to pull off is the "dying breath of someone mortally wounded two days ago" trope, as in all versions of the game the live-or-die mechanics will have settled the issue long since.

 

[DeviousQuail]

The gigantic handwave is that your fighter's training and experience are why your hit die is a d10 instead of a d8.

An additional 11 hit points by level 10 isn't going to last long if an enemy's chance to hit me jumps up 40 percentage points. Not to mention attacks with on hit effects and saves that are now much more likely to affect me.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Next week I'll be playing a Fighter I've played, on and off, for over 35 years. And while he's died a few times during that span, I don't think any of those deaths were due to boredom.

what do you like about him so much?

 

[Stormonu]

what do you like about him so much?

That's like asking why people like Conan stories so much when all he does is fight.

 

[Mind of tempest]

That's like asking why people like Conan stories so much when all he does is fight.

well, it would be nice to how what grabs people.

 

[fearsomepirate]

An additional 11 hit points by level 10 isn't going to last long if an enemy's chance to hit me jumps up 40 percentage points. Not to mention attacks with on hit effects and saves that are now much more likely to affect me.

Like I said, gigantic handwave. Also, most of those on-hit effects impose either CON or STR saves.

Second handwave: heavy armor proficiency = your fighting skill largely revolves around maneuvering, positioning, and facing such that blows are deflected by your pauldrons or your greaves or your gigantic steel codpiece with the ruby-eyed skull on it, a skill that simply doesn't translate into unarmed fighting whatsoever.