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Charlaquin reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e" with
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Agreed. We never called 5e the “2014 rules” until the new rules came out and made it a necessity. Over time referring to the year of the... -
Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e".They didn’t have to call it 6e. They didn’t even have to call it 5.5e. But they needed to give it one simple, marketable, easy to say...
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Charlaquin reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e" with Like.
This. I was kinda blown away the D&D team didn't anticipate the problem created by refusing to give a clear label to the revised rules...
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Charlaquin reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e" with Like.
Given all that has happened in my life and in the world since then, 2024 already seems like a decade ago sometimes, so yeah, what...
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Charlaquin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e" with
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"Now THIS is D&D!" "Dungeon And Dragon: Neverwinter Drift" "&: The Game Formerly known As D&D" -
Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D 2024 Is Now OFFICIALLY Called "5.5e".I mean, it’s what most players were calling it, and it’s a lot easier and more efficient to say or type than “the 2024 rules.” Not to...
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Charlaquin reacted to M_Natas's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
So the problem is actually the 3-round-combat. If a combat is on average 3 rounds, getting the "surprise round" removes more than 1/3 of...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Describe your eldritch blast to me.The mini I used for the first warlock character I played was doing a little hand gesture - kind of like the “rock on” hand gesture, with...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Tidbit for monster design.It’s a bit kludgy, but just double their round 1 damage, under the assumption that they get 1 extra round of damage. Would also explain...
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Honestly if I were going to redo it, I'd make it a Bonus Action touch range spell, concentration for 1 round and it adds 1d4 to your...
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Charlaquin reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
We go with Charlaquin's interpretation way up thread about combat happening simultaneously. It's not that the leopard isn't going or...
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Charlaquin reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Surprise doesn't even need to be a factor for that strangeness to occur, if you let it! (Again, I feel like it's easily mitigated by...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I could be wrong, but I think Viva La Dirt League did do a sketch about initiating combat but rolling lower for initiative than the...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I strongly suspect the point is to nerf ambush strategies. Surprise is busted powerful in 5.0. Personally, I’m fine with that being the...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) This Feels Like 4E.See my post above walking through it. Juggling gets you one rapier attack instead of a shortsword attack every other round, no...