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I rolled 10 groups and grabbed this particular example after glancing through them. So this kind of difference will happen on a fairly...
Jan 17, 2026
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If the only difference between two characters is a 1 point difference in their primary ability score it likely won't be that noticeable...
Jan 17, 2026
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You're still moving the goalpost to mean ability scores are meaningless. Except when they aren't of course.
Jan 17, 2026
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LOL. The chance to hit and the damage done on a hit being affected by the ability score is "not true". When you can just ignore simple...
Jan 17, 2026
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Over the course of a single attack you may not notice, you're likely to notice over the course of a session. But over an entire combat...
Jan 17, 2026
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Since I've been calling he current version 5.24 that would make 5.75 the release in 2075 which would probably mean I'd be making changes...
Jan 16, 2026
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Averages matter. Once-in-a-blue moon doesn't to me.
Jan 16, 2026
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I suspect the demonic toad wouldn't have expected it either. :)
Jan 16, 2026
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I don't take the game, or potentially losing characters, very seriously. About the only time I might be a bit miffed is if I thought...
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I once had someone do exactly that, only inside a very magical teapot rather than a toad. The resulting explosion scattered blended...
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I tend to play halflings a lot and several have been killed or nearly killed by giant rats in the past. This would likely be just as...
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I ended up doing 12 HP with the fortitude ability based on a Con save. It worked pretty well, but no massive fight with tons of mooks...
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I think to insert "exact" into that is misreading people's posts.
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The fun of playing the game, maybe? we didn't use XP since 01 or 02 probably. game runs so much smoother that way. everyone is same...
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It's never been an issue with my games. Probably in part because I don't care how the player runs their character but also because if...
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