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Charlaquin reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread Critical Role Critical Role Season 4 DM says encounters will not be balanced. with
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I played in a game like that and it was fun and games. Open World is more fun with unbalanced encounters IMO, with different danger... -
Charlaquin reacted to Simon The Hunter's post in the thread Critical Role Critical Role Season 4 DM says encounters will not be balanced. with Like.
Part and parcel for West Marches from past experiences.
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Charlaquin reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Critical Role Critical Role Season 4 DM says encounters will not be balanced. with Like.
I’ve not played in a West Marches style campaign but from what I understand this would kind of align with that. The PCs can decide to...
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Charlaquin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate with Like.
I haven't run the math but I don't think a party of 4 1st level characters each with 1000 HP could actually defeat a a CR 25+ Great Wyrm...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate.How do you imagine this system could be exploited?
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Charlaquin reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate with Like.
What's your IC justification that a 20th level hero can last 20 rounds in the acid pool but 1st level ones only last one round? I'd...
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Charlaquin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate with Like.
I am generally not overly concerned with realism or verisimilitude. For me, it isn't important at all. We are playing a heroic fantasy...
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Charlaquin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate with Like.
Thanks for the very detailed response. I will mull some of this and respond later. But I just wanted to ne sure to express appreciation...
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Charlaquin reacted to Composer99's post in the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate with Like.
I wonder if, instead of a large, hard-to-conceive-of number, you could, say, go with a game statistic. Call it Fate, call it kismet...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate.So, let’s just assume for the sake of the thought experiment that we’re able to work out the math and find exactly how much HP the...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Games Economies.Yeah, based on this, I think you’re probably misunderstanding what I mean when I say “RPGs don’t have economies.” Yes, you absolutely...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Games Economies.No Because I have spoken to economists. And it’s not that a reasonable economic simulation is impossible, it’s that what RPGs do is not...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Games Economies.Then they should create more practical things to spend gold on, obviously. These are the words of someone who has a layman’s...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Perception vs Investigation.Amusingly, I generally advise less experienced players that the PHB’s recommendation for creating a rogue is wrong, and that Wisdom...
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Charlaquin reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General Perception vs Investigation with Like.
I use Perception to see or notice. Investigation to figure things out. They can cross streams on occasion: "I want to look for secret...