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CCap'n Kobold replied to the thread D&D General The 5e Ninja, would it be a class or a subclass?.First; define your Ninja. If you want ninja to be able to run the gamut of the historical espionage agents, hollywood's "monks, but in...
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CCap'n Kobold replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Neutral or Evil?.Sounds like bad writing to me. Why does this person commit such a mix of acts? If they were driven to do good, then why would they also...
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CI don't use alignment, but that is definitely villainous behaviour. Your character has effectively assaulted and imprisoned someone and...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to J-H's post in the thread D&D General The 5e Ninja, would it be a class or a subclass? with
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The Shadow Monk covers 90%+ of the pop-culture ninja themes quite well. Stealthy, shadow teleporting, surprise attacks, nerve cluster... -
CCap'n Kobold reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Steampunkette's Bard Redesign with Like.
It's 2am and I can't sleep so have bardthoughts. Bards are supposed to be the 5th man. In 5e, they're a spellcaster who can do social...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party? with Like.
Yeah I see that, but still I think the original idea of CR is to indicate the risk of sudden death (which is an individual matter, not a...
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CCap'n Kobold replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party?.Never assume that a low-level PC will make any save. Never assume that a PC will be at full health. Anything able to deal 10 or more...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to Mull Ponders's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party? with Like.
I tend to look at it a bit differently. An Orc with a great axe is 1/2 CR, but can down a party member with a single shot. A Carrion...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Your CR limit for an average 1st level party? with Like.
I think CR 3 is a good top level difficulty for level 1 characters, but it is not cut and dry. The big thing about level 1 characters is...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
But if you're mounting an ambush, acting first is not at all the only way to be effective. Acting from a superior tactical position...
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CCap'n Kobold replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I think that the reason that modern D&D doesn't tend to get into the above example is less about combat-as-war being less popular...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Irrelevant. We are not discussing PC decisions to make fights harder foe themselves. That idea is an invention of your mind. No one but...
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CCap'n Kobold replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Cinematic combat isn't just Marvel cinematic universe-like depictions. There are other styles of combat: cinematic often just means...
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CCap'n Kobold replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Sounds like the DM is too caught up in the rules to think about what is actually happening. The party sees "blazing orbs of fire...
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CCap'n Kobold reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I think that’s a fair summation. I also think that modern D&D players are looking for specifically more heroic encounters that exercise...