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My kids display a shocking ignorance of the Christmas Carol. Strongly considering pitching The Muppet Christmas Carol as their entry point. -
Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974). Arguably the foundation of the North American slasher genre, Black Christmas is a work of cinematic...
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Clint_L replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes.This is why the description of Rage in the PHB is so at pains to redefine it in a way that separates it from anger. It can be angry, but...
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Clint_L reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with
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Yep. You can definitely think of real people and fictional characters who embody the "hypercognitive" polymath trope of what we imagine... -
Clint_L reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
As the GM, I basically dont allow rolling, in D&D anyway. A bigger part of that than policing cheaters is actually I find it a real...
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Clint_L replied to the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?."Intelligence," "Charisma" etc. are not specifically defined traits that actual human beings have. Saying that a real world human is...
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Clint_L reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with Like.
Yep. A 18 Intelligence character will pass a DC 10 Intelligence check 75% of the time, assuming no other modifiers. A 3 Intelligence...
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Clint_L reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with Like.
Double 20s is a 1:400 event. That should happen 2.6x10^8 times for every on 3 on a character made with 4d6 drop low & drop lowest stat.
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Clint_L reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with Like.
I agree with @Clint_L in that I don't let the stats literally interpret the character. I let them mechanically represent what the...
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Clint_L reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with Like.
It represents someone who is much less likely (although not impossible) to succeed at tasks based around accumulated knowledge, and...
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Clint_L reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with Like.
Acknowledging that different people have different capabilities is not a judgement of their worth as a person. But I also acknowledge...
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Clint_L replied to the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?.Okay. @AlViking, I had to calm myself before responding because you wrote something profoundly upsetting and derogatory about my...
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When the 7 year old wanted to paint minis too, I had an entire box with a bunch of Bones I-V minis I knew I'd never paint and I let him...
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Clint_L replied to the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?.That's my point. Int. 3 on a character is clearly not the same as the general intelligence of a house pet or toddler. You can build a...
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At some point, we need to set a baseline. Now, no ability generation is going to be balanced. This isn't point buy's faults, but the...
