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Most of the time when I see "player skill" highlighted its in terms of "use your knowledge of tropes and conventions and procedures to... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Player skill vs character skill? with
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I have a lot of thought on this. In general, I am very much of the opinion that the character should carry much of the weight over the... -
My take is that the player decides what they want done, but the character has to carry it out to the best of their in-setting ability...
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The idea that I as a player have to figure out the trap when my avatar in the world knows more about traps than I ever will has always...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting with Like.
Elric isn’t so much a summoner as someone with Gate on their spell list. He is a noble not-elf trained in spellcasting and alchemy. He...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting with Like.
The basic idea is, the summoner doesnt cast heal, but can summon a unicorn that can heal. Etcetera. It is tricky to balance, but...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting.i don't know anything about Elric but i do agree 5e would benefit from a dedicated 'summoner' class.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Art isn't hard. All you have to do is write "R. Mutt" on a urinal and submit it to a gallery. EZPZ. What I will say is that "DMing" is...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Um... maybe you didn't intend it to be, but... "DMing is not that hard. We learned to do it when we were 10," sure doesn't come across...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
If you lock them all into having levels and classes and so forth, then sure; I'd agree. What I want as DM is something that says in...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Gorg's post in the thread D&D General What are the issues with the 2014 Subclasses with
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I'm currently preparing a 2014 campaign. Much of what I take from this (and other similar threads), is: PHB only I'm not using... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting with Like.
The main ones would be the Swords rules and the Sorcery. Thematically the swords is the Player Characters and the sorcery is the boss...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Not necessarily, the names of kings/queen have on occasion be chiselled out of the record (literally in the case of one Pharoh. at least...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I mean obviously, I don't just load as the DM some lore drops. The lore should always come from a gameable context, but especially if it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Its not impossible for an adventurer to still land within the range of more or less "normal" things their species does, depending on the...