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CreamCloud0 reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with
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CreamCloud0 reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with
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Let's not get bogged down in semantics, shall we? These are feats and you choose among many at different points on a path, so some... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
I dislike feats in general and would certainly not deem them as "superior design" than sublcasses. Chains of feats are as old as 3E if...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
Feat chains were in 5e before the start i.e. in the 2012-2014 playtest at some point. I don't remember if they were called "themes"...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
I'm having flashbacks of optimization builds from 3e that was a huge turn off for me. Ah well, I guess while history doesn't always...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
Feat chains shred customisation in favour of cookie cutter builds planned in advance. The good thing about these feat chains is that at...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Silam's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with
Wow.
In the April 2026 UA, Villainous Options, we got treated to the idea of Paths of Feats. Namely the Paths of the Lich and of the Death... -
CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E.i mean 'significant thematic interaction' in the sense that if contemporary tech is going to be around then players are going to end up...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.what do you mean a by 'mono setting', like, dropping support for all other preexisting settings to focus everything on a single one...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E.while i love myself an artificer i don't think tying a significant thematic interaction with a core part of your setting to a single...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Building A Contemporary Fantasy Setting For 5.5E with Like.
Agree. You don't need to geek out on guns, with calibers, balistic trajectories and penetrations. But just giving modern gun real...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.i'd be inclined to think the answer to that would be yes.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Steady Vane's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
Player improvisation can happen no matter which paradigm the game is under. It's about level of scale and impact. You mention the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
Ok, I see the reasoning, now. Thanks! I don't agree, though! Or rather: maybe some players who prefer CaT will fudge the dice more...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.i think the reasoning is that in CaT the dice are often treated as more secondary to telling a good story, whereas in Sport and War the...