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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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That may be your preferred abstraction, it's not mine.
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One could argue (I would) that the increased efficiency of Rico's squad was due to their own increased prowess, not a change in the...
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That's how I feel, and I'm not ashamed of it. That's what the game of D&D was designed for IMO, and changing that should I think make it...
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Which is my point, it's a gamist perspective when other editions all took a more sim approach that I prefer. I understand the gamist...
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Don’t the normal stat blocks do that better? Like I don’t have a particular issue with minions from a gameplay perspective, but they do...
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But the issue is that those CR 20 ogre minions (or whatever CR they are) still have sky high AC, attack bonus and damage. Far, far more...
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Except it is one singular creature in the fiction. Why would it not have the same stat block? I don't care if you don't want to use a...
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One if the reasons I didn't care for 4e in the long run (even though I played it) were there gamist issues like minions. At low levels...
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We discuss how fast to level up in session 0, but I still tell them when they level up. Its mostly just so I can plan breaks in the...
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Make progress? That's not really the point is it? I feel like I have a better understanding of some narrative game techniques but at...
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But that's not really what @Hussar is saying. He's saying "You do X? But I've been told by everyone that you can't do X!" No matter what...
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In my 5.0E games, I reduce the number of monsters in a given encounter based on an adventuring day budget that depletes throughout the...
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Method matters. 10x10=100. So does 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1...........+1+1+1=100. It's not about the result in many cases. It's about how you...
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I don't run canned modules for my home game, but for public games? I adjust encounters for the group. Depending on if it's people I've...
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I change anything at any time. I don't care what is "established", as anything can happen. The idea that nothing in the game world can...
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