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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games?.why bother with torches and lanterns when you can just set your enemies on fire to provide the light? -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with
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Not in any games I've been running or playing with, for at least 2 decades by now. Everyone gets the same XP, always. Also, if a... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
I don't really care about Putzy the Poor one time got lucky and rolled better than Grognard the Great. The only reason Putzy's story...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.that a character would be removed from the group for that long for such an experience divide to arise between the characters (and that...
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It's pretty wild how this thread has gone from "Are the differences between 2 distinct 27 point buy arrays meaningful for balance" to...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How Many Offensive Spells Do You Ned to Know? with Like.
Realistically? You only need like...five? offense spells. One decent, scales-okay ST option. One decent, scales-okay AoE/multi-target...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
The bonuses you mention like advantage/disadvantage, lucky and so on. For an individual swing it may not matter, it significantly...
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Well, sure. But "matter" is kind of a limp word without any definable metric. Of course we're all going to disagree on that.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
But all those extra bonuses should be applied evenly and, when it comes to the opportunity to take feats especially, that's not always...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
I think I may not have expressed myself well. All I was noting was that if you have a run of bad die luck the otherwise most balanced...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
That's the sort of terror I'd love to inspire when using light sources.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Individual rolls don't matter when it comes to balance. If individual rolls are all we consider then ability scores don't matter...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How I would do 6E..i think they're implying delete the basic fighter as it only 'just fights with weapons' and spread the toys you would give to the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
I won't go as far as the latter sentence, but I agree with the first and second.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Individual rolls will be random. Long term averages will be the same if the ability scores are the same. Individual rolls do not matter.
