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AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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To be fair, I doubt I'd give that speech I wrote above to a warlock player straight up during session zero. Instead I would work out... -
AAmphytrion reacted to cranberry's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
It seems that a lot of the arguments stem from the assumption that the player has no idea what the pact requirements and consequences...
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Ae.g. I recently had the experience of taking a brand-new-to-roleplaying player into my 5th ed D&D campaign last year, creating a...
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AAmphytrion reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
If a player is worried their DM is going to screw them over on their Warlock, Cleric, or Paladin character, don’t play with them...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Because the GM is the one providing the campaign. That's like demanding to know why the umpire gets to make all the calls in baseball.
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts.Then we simply disagree. I think (and this perspective predates my GM-ing days) that the power asymmetry between GMs and players is...
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AAccording to some people, the change was meant to make the game feel more inclusive. I do not know. I can only speak for myself and...
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A@mearls has a cool-looking streamlined 5e game called Odyssey in the works. I’m more excited about that than I am any official WotC stuff.
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AAmphytrion reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
If you feel like the DM is abusing or will abuse your Warlock's Pact then you shouldn't be playing with them. The solution is to...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
If you're worried a DM will unfairly punish you then don't play with them. Clerics should be faithful to at least some extant, Paladins...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Heroes of the Borderlands, which is Dungeons & Dragons' upcoming new starter set, is one of the largest starter sets the game has ever...
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AI wonder if 2024 players are using Beyond at a higher rate than 2014 players.
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AIm finding the new critters potent vs 2014. Updates to existing monsters is minimal.
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AAmphytrion replied to the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts.At my table, Warlocks should expect their patron to be relevant. When the campaign starts, the patron may be unaware or mostly...
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AAmphytrion reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
The obvious response here is: If you didn't want a patron then you should not have picked a warlock. That's kind of the point.