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CreamCloud0 reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark with
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I have nothing against HM as a spell of itself, it's an OK spell, not great not terrible, what I hate is that even a fraction of rangers... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Again, I think that you're making a kind of category mistake. The result of a mechanical moment - a failed roll, for example - does...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
[deleted a bunch of snark] Please just accept that my off the cuff example isn’t perfect & that the procedures of the game work. If you...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Fiction -> mechanics -> fiction. If you're missing that first step, you're doing something other than what the game wants. It doesnt...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
“Fiction first” means that we need to describe and understand the fiction of an action before we can adjudicate it: “For example, in...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Way late to the party here and I've only read the first few posts, but... For me, as DM I'll often have plotted out or "story-boarded"...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark.i hate hunters mark in all it's forms as a damage oriented spell, no matter how many buffs and class perks they try to assign to it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark with Like.
right now features force players to use HM always, may rework just require ANY ranger Conc spell, including HM if you really like it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
Interesting thing about Conan is the 2H sword comes from the cover art and the movies. In the original novels his sword is sometimes...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
You've presented no evidence that your purported "trope codifier" has codified jack. There are far more counterexamples than examples.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
Thats because DnD is literally a chop suey of folklore and literary tropes, D&D didn’t create the ingredients of fantasy, it created the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark with Like.
it's not a backup spell if later class features and subclass features spend "class points" on using HM. you either have HM on 24/7 or...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark with Like.
it should not be in limited use then. Here is a rework: Call it Ranger's Focus: once on your turn as a Bonus action or as a part of...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Valetudo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark with Like.
The problem with hunters Mark is it should not be a spell in the first place. It should be a class feature that you can use a number of...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Oh no! An adventure situation is "somewhat contrived." I literally don't understand what you are opposed to here. Literally, no...