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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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No. Or at least not 4e. And the fact that you hold systems you neither know well, nor play, to a different standard than the one you... -
CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..the minions are a threat, however they're one that is intentionally designed to not last more that a couple of rounds, they chuck out a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's not how it works. If the ogres are minions, then there should be someone commanding them. This being is the actual villain you're...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're misunderstanding what "trying to tell a story" means. The game isn't giving you stories to tell (outside of published adventures...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think it is because it is easier to just create a minion monster for an encounter than deal with the game repercussions of walking...
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Certainly. As I said a while ago, my explanation for low fertility rates for "elder races" in my campaign world was via Far Realm...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I'm sure they have. And sometimes the revisions to games are indeed about "making them work better" in a sense that the game did not do...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Yeah I feel like by making mental stats, especially INT (which was the biggest problem for race/species, too!) just part of your...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I'm not sure that if it is significantly better if racist tropes are applied to a culture rather than species. In fact, that's closer to...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I don't think you really understood what I am saying. It wasn't the specifics of the setting that I was talking about. Greyhawk and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
More importantly, the cat likely isn't a 20th-level PC. (I mean, it could be, but it probably isn't.)
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CreamCloud0 reacted to nevin's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wow I started with 1e and I don't remember that one. But then I talk to people who never used the surprise rules which made rogues and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Mooks in 13th age have pooled hp (from the 13thagesrd):
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Thinking about the place of minions in the game reminded me of this from 1e. I thought it was by DMG combat tables, but it is on page...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Both concepts exist within the 4e monster manuals. There are a lot of minions that are meant to be "cannon fodder" for a more organized...