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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Quoting just a small part of this post because it has the most important bit. But...yeah it is a bad idea. Imo. I want to clarify... -
CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Which Ranger Companion Solution Do You Prefer/Use.honestly i prefer find familiar, bigger companions have never really appealed to me personally.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Battlemaster and Superiority Dice are causing martials to suffer. with Like.
It’s simply boring to always only have at-will capabilities with no way to “go all out” and burn some resources or take extra risk in...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think we're in broad agreement here, though the devil is in the details. :) Where I prefer the granular approach, within reason, as...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
IMO. Generally the Random Encounter is treated more as the consequence in traditional play than a situation the players are to avoid...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hmm. I think it depends on the content of the table. I'll hazard a thesis--the consequences must be defined far enough in advance that...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right. There’s major resistance to the idea that a success or failure on a lockpicking check can determine whether the cook is there...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I disagree. If the lockpick check had succeeded the cook was not there. But the example is just emblematic of my real issue, if every...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Nope. The cook was added because of the failed check.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Martials: damage scaling like cantrips? with Like.
Damage per attack heavily favours martials in 5e, and particularly if you are playing the 2024 rules update. Aside from a few really...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Battlemaster and Superiority Dice are causing martials to suffer..personally i'm not convinced that martials taken as a general whole are so well off that an extra infusion of capability to any one of...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hmm, I'm not sure where this is going. I guess if you go to a big book of random tables and pull out "forest" and use that for your...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because the second statement is an outright insult to traditional-leaning gamers? It suggests that it's wrong to not be interested in...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wouldn't that be nice? Like I said above, I still feel folks are treating this thread as an excuse to bash on traditional games and the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think if the conclusion here is "people dislike narrative games for well founded reasons about what they get out of play" rather than...