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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED).Basic rules are free online. I haven't looked at the 5.5 version but you can find them at D&D Beyond Basic Rules. It's 5.5, just...
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AAlViking reacted to Tigris's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with
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Shadowdarks creator 100% just profited just from being a well known 5E creator its not someone coming from nowhere. And in the end... -
AAlViking reacted to Tigris's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with Like.
Why should they step back in evolution? You can still buy the old games. Also they do NOT want to have more than 1 version of D&D that...
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AAlViking reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with Like.
This was my list of reasons to switch. Things I see as straight upgrades Weapon Masteries Starter Feats Adjustments to spells - like...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.I find playing characters that have fewer options to overcome obstacles with spells or class features to be more interesting because you...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.How often you start a new game is part of it. I think how much emphasis you put on RP and interactions that don't require much in the...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED).They did kind of do that with one of the latest starter set "Heroes of the Borderlands", didn't they? It's only up to level 3, but...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED).Which to me sounds like "I didn't want any changes to anything existing". That's perfectly fine, I just don't see why you can't simply...
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AAlViking reacted to Tigris's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with Like.
4E never threw away diversity (it actually made different spellcasters like sorcerer and wizard way more divers from one another (by...
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AAlViking reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with Like.
All I will say is all my D&D groups have switched and none have regretted it. There hasn’t been a single comment or question about 2014...
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AAlViking reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with Like.
The three campaigns I play in have all transitioned to 5.5E, and I enjoy them. If you already use the 5.5e MM, you already have the...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED).Let's take Sleep as an example of what they changed. Old version: 20 foot sphere that put 5d8 HP worth of monsters to sleep - lowest HP...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.I've run campaigns here and there were the PCs start out as commoners - sometimes even children. The closest thing to combat was...
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AAlViking reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) New Campaign: Should I make the switch to 5.5? (SOLVED) with Like.
Aside from weapons mastery, or if they play a monk or druid, your players will barely notice the difference (and half of my players...
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AAlViking reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1? with Like.
My games tend to advance slower and last longer than average (~8-12+ months low-mid teens). I tell players to show up at level 1 even...