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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with
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The problem is that this is not one of those cases where if the wants are strong, you can have it both ways. If the game system... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
No, they're asking that games support their version. That's not a judment call, that's just stating their wants and needs.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
The value in "balanced" is not everyone sees it the way you do, and they'd like to play too.
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Some would call that spotlight sharing: everyone gets their moments. Meh, if the players want to split the party I'm fine with that as...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Look, it's like a ball sport where everyone is very competent and one isn't. While that might be fun for a while, eventually the strong...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.i'd rather there be balance and everybody/no-one be great than for there to be distinct good and bad characters instead.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
If we are not having fun, the question of”why aren’t we having fun?” becomes relevant, does it not?
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Sorry friend. I roll a PC and I make the most of it. I just don't see the value in "balanced". If every PC is GREAT then none of them...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
No. Two different people can both use a word in different senses without it being a useless word. Otherwise, "love" would not be a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
The original intent was to compare across different arrays. I did an analysis upthread (which was a more laboriously spelled-out version...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
That thus depends fully on the DM/group style if that works or not, and imho that's not balanced! In the social setting the the combat...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
However: An imbalance coded into the system can create a mismatch in expectations or a general incompatibility. Because we've literally...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Experts type PCs, Magic Items, and Higher Fantasy with Like.
So at Christmas, I talked to my cousins and we discussed our simple 4e game from a decade back. Simple 4e was a hack were we simplified...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.i don't know if it's the starting scores that really put MAD classes at a disadvantage so much as the progression that comes after that...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lord Twig's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
If it is just rarity of the classes you want you don't have to base that rarity on the roll of stats. You can use point buy and if the...
