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cbwjm reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread What Do You Call This Popular Beverage? with
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The rest of the world knows there's at least a 50/50 chance this kind of stuff is just Kiwis messing with the rest of us, but it's so... -
cbwjm reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread D&D 5E Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters? with Haha.
I tried to make a coconut/swallow joke into a Wizard/ Goliath joke but I couldn’t make it work. All I can say is it’s a matter of...
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cbwjm replied to the thread What Do You Call This Popular Beverage?.Here in NZ we call them fizzy winkles named after John Winkle who brought carbonated drinks to the country in 1937.
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D 5E Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters?.If the flier is strong enough, I would allow it. As for attacking while being carried in flight, I'd also allow that, probably gonna be...
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cbwjm reacted to Swarmkeeper's post in the thread D&D General Prep is Not Play. . . Or is it? with
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A trip in the way back machine reveals Young Swarmkeeper spending maybe 5 times the hours rolling on the random tables in the back of... -
cbwjm replied to the thread D&D General Prep is Not Play. . . Or is it?.I guess the difference between prep and play can be a little nebulous, I'd definitely call it an exercise in creativity, not sure if I'd...
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cbwjm replied to the thread Should PCs Be Exceptional?.I prefer that they start off as typical and grow to become exceptional. Level 1 PCs are fairly common and typical representatives who...
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cbwjm replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.Even from back in my early days of playing I never understood the arcane restriction on dwarves. I've always felt that they should be...
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True story. There's a quote from Skip Williams from years ago: "Of course we thought about ascending AC, but we wanted players to be...
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cbwjm replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.I recall reading somewhere that 2e was meant to have ascending AC and attack bonuses but that was shot down for backwards compatibility.
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You know how small the font was in the DMG right? Well, there’s several pages dedicated to initiative alone. That should tell you...
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D (2024) Just realized Sentinel is heavily nerfed! No longer works with PAM, no longer works on most enemies who Disengage..I'd definitely allow the player to switch up their feats, or at the very least, make the PAM reach attack count as an opportunity attack...
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cbwjm replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.Wow, okay. You've even laid it out clearly and there's still a lot of it I don't understand. Small wonder people didn't use it because...
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It's so freaking slow. And not easy to grasp. Here are the steps in order: Determine if a side is surprised. Determine distance...
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It was bad in that it is basically impossible to derive a clear, RAW interpretation that isn't contradictory in some way. In that...