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AAlViking reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with
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Yeah I suppose this (and everything you wrote afterwards) makes sense, but we're both looking at the same content and many people (e.g... -
AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun".D&D has been "throwing GMs to to the wolves" since Gygax and Arneson created the game. A lot of GMs run things straight with no...
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AAlViking reacted to Azzy's post in the thread 2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books with Like.
But how else are we going to read the tea leaves to support a position that's not actually in evidence but we so desperately want to be...
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AAlViking reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with Like.
Honestly? Tiny Hut is extremely problematic in white-room game theory analysis, but I can count on one hand the number of times I've...
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AAlViking reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D General How often do you use or encounter Dungeons and/or Dragons in your games? with
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Dungeons, often. Dragons, occasionally and usually not as combat encounters. Last dragon the PCs encountered in a combat situation just... -
AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General How often do you use or encounter Dungeons and/or Dragons in your games?.I don't really use dungeons in the traditional sense although of course sometimes encounters happen in ancient ruins or caverns. The...
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AAlViking replied to the thread 2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books.Then it's good that @pumasleeve didn't say that, they said "could almost be considered".
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun".All of which just acknowledges what DMs have always done. Are they not supposed to say it out loud?
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AAlViking reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with Like.
As far as "Rule 0" goes, it's never left D&D. The current DMG explicitly endorses house rules and interpretations. You're expected to do...
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AAlViking reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with Like.
If you think you could be wrong... then why not just use Circle Magic if you like the idea and then make your judgement after you use...
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AAlViking reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with Like.
The requirement of a clear path to the target is part of the base spellcasting rules. Technically you don’t need to be able to see the...
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AAlViking reacted to Blue's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with Like.
Wow, I don't think we play the same game. Or even read the same rulebooks. 5e chomped down so much on this. There's no Rule 0, and if...
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AAlViking reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with Like.
I think, one need to apply some common sense here. Fireballs at a mile is similar to smoothbore gunpowder artillery, doable but they...
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AAlViking reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun - First Impressions with Like.
Personally, it didn't bother me too much that the Core books kept things a bit more vague flavor wise. I kind of expected that they...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.If I refused to purchase a rulebook that had anything in it I disagreed with, I would never buy a rulebook. Meanwhile over decades of...