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Argyle King reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with
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After watching the video, I agree that 2024 had financial motives behind it and was not born from a desire to fix design issues in 5e... -
Argyle King reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
A few things: 1. They didn't IMO "fix" all those things in 5.5, they changed them. How one feels about it remains subjective. 2. It is...
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Argyle King reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
This is what I mean, yes. Divergent mechanics. Pain points in the rules for those who aren't directly using the 5.5 core. Is what WotC...
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Argyle King reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with
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Given the somewhat messy nature of 5.5's changes from 5.0 (IMO), what I'm actually curious about is how useful books in the 5.5 line... -
Argyle King reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
My local experience (just a person with a lot of friends and colleagues who play D&D) is that only really hyper-invested people really...
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Argyle King replied to the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not?.I think 2024 has struggled to establish a coherent identity. Purely anecdotal evidence on my part, but some things I've heard from...
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Argyle King reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish) with Like.
That's amazing. I can get that from a good book or good movie, but never with ttrpgs. I'm always thinking "What's the best move here?"...
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Argyle King replied to the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish).It may be that we're all weird in our own way. I've been told by others that it is unusual that I can think from a perspective that is...
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Argyle King reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Judge decides case based on AI-hallucinated case law with Like.
This is the "Geek Talk & Media" sub-forum. 1) genAI is geek stuff. 2) We have law geeks here, too.
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Argyle King replied to the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish).I can't speak for Celebrim. For me personally: •Suspension of disbelief is something I can get from games. That I can buy into the...
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Argyle King reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Simplicity Solution with Like.
Agreed. I don't see simplicity as a virtue to always be strives for in and of itself. My preference is to have the rules cover as much...
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Argyle King replied to the thread About how artists learn. (And how it differs from AI).I don't feel that my own subjective experience matches the OP, but it's still interesting to gain an understanding of the process that...
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Argyle King reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish) with Like.
Yes, there are. There are systems where the probabilities are close replicas of the observed odds of outcomes from real life. They tend...
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Argyle King replied to the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish).I don't feel that I agree with your assessment. I won't say that I "disagree" because your experience is what it is, and we all have our...
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Argyle King reacted to Henadic Theologian's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
Also I also found it strange that MtG had no tie in worth mentioning for D&Ds 50 anniversary. Huge missed opportunity. Like not even...