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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General Miss at Most Once per Duel with Studied Attacks, Elven Accuracy and Vex?.I think if I was setting out to exploit this I would have to go Champion Fighter. An expanded crit range when you're rolling like 7 d20s... -
Benjamin Olson replied to the thread D&D General What is your experience with party size in Waterdeep Dungeon of the Mad Mage?.I haven't played it, but my guess would be 2024 characters will mostly hit above their weight-class against 2014 monsters, so I would...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with
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I don't want feats and subclasses unified. Layers of choices and customisation are a good thing. -
Benjamin Olson reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
I'm having flashbacks of optimization builds from 3e that was a huge turn off for me. Ah well, I guess while history doesn't always...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
Feat chains shred customisation in favour of cookie cutter builds planned in advance. The good thing about these feat chains is that at...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
A curious thing, I think I have seen all of these archetypes in Owlcat's Pathfinder Wrath of the Rightious CRPG!
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
Quick reviews. First, great idea. Second why no warlock? Anyway, on to what is there. Pestilence Cleric It's a cleric with a domain...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Weiley31's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
I'll admit, I'm actually shocked they are doing something like this. Between the arguments going back and forth bout playing evil...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
I like that they included some narrative requirements for the DK and Lich paths. Though I can easily see players just passing over them...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to mearls's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
I'm leery of the complexity the feat paths are bringing to the table. 5.5 can already run slow, wish these were more agile. OTOH, I...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Osgood's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
I really like the feat path concept. It reminds me a bit of a prestige class, but it's a bit more open ended since you don't have to...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
Remember that getting your power from demons is a villainous path, but getting your power from devils is so normal it's practically the...
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Benjamin Olson reacted to Davy Greenwind's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
Must be the season of the Liiiiiiich
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Daggerheart survey from Darrington Press.Generally it makes more sense to cater one's product line or offerings to the opinions of people who intend to keep buying or consuming...
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Benjamin Olson replied to the thread Daggerheart survey from Darrington Press.So I think the core failing of this survey is that they kept asking me about what products, digital tools, etc. I think would be good...