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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with
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If the magic items, feats, class abilities, level-based bonuses are applied equally (in 5e they will not be*) then it's just raising the... -
CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play?.i don't know how controversial this is going to be but i don't especially care all that much about the idea that halflings are lucky...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.so like, reorient intimidation as your capability to exert authority?
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CreamCloud0 reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
This only works if mechanics matter. But I was replying to a post where @ECMO3 clearly articulates that the bias given by mechanics...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
This is an odd position to take. That's not how balance is defined in any game with randomness. Balance is equality of opportunity and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to W'rkncacnter's post in the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play? with Like.
kobolds are kind of peak, i'm not even gonna pretend i'm not biased. they just have a lot going on that you can latch onto -...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
The DMG since generation of ability scores is in the DMG. I found nothing in there about the minimum - in fact the line I was thinking...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Exactly. Balance is never perfect, and one should never strive for perfect balance--doing so produces something like tic tac toe, or at...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.if i had a choice i would rather try to find a method that expands the options provided by the balanced method rather than going into...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play? with
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CreamCloud0 reacted to plecostomus's post in the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play? with Like.
My first character ever was a grung, which I picked because I thought they were cute. I made her the smallest she could be (2 ft tall?)...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
But isn't that inconsistent? On one hand, an extra +1 or +2 in battle - where you make a lot of attacks - doesn't matter, but an extra...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
So it's useless to compare the difference in expected damage and HP? How? How else are you going to judge relative capability of a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Mind of tempest's post in the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play? with Like.
it is more they are many disparate things without a clear guiding thread, there is a clear point where an elf would stop being an elf or...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Short folk appreciation thread – what do you play?.i personally thing gnomes ought to be shifted more towards an identity of like, lesser elemental slash proto land druid, them being...