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Crimson Longinus reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Assassination on a PC yay or nay? with
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Im fine hitting hard against the party. In a world of Healing Word slitting throats of down opponents is just part of combat. But this... -
Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.So I don't think it is that weird that the features are acquired in certain order. It might be a tad harder to explain for mundane...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
There have been times where I do forbid that..by saying if any planning is spoken about, I will treat that as being spoken openly in the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The 4D crowd on YouTube have a whole bunch of "in character only" Actual Plays you can watch. That's the whole point of the 4D style...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's not that uncommon. From personal experience, it was way more common in V:tM circles than in D&D. And not in "supers with fangs" VtM...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I sometimes use the LARP off-game indicator of raising a hand above my head if I want to be absolutely clear, but nothing of the sort is...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
This made me think that the way to express this is for the GM to give the player of the 3 Wisdom character different information than...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.And regarding patrons/deities/etc shutting down the character's powers, you can easily have a setup where it is metaphysically possible...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
I like doing the work. Just in the last few years, I've run a completely classless game of 5e (characters got feats every level, and...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
That's his choice, though. If @TwoSix wants to put that sort of work into making D&D fit his vision and that of his group, more power...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Unstated assumptions are the bane of fruitful discussion on these forums. It's totally fine if you don't agree with the approach I...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.Yeah, the thing is that I fi wanted a world like that, I would not use class-based game for it in the first place (and I often don't.)...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Blue's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Cherry picking that half, when removing your subclass to make you an Oathbreaker will absolutely remove the PC's existing powers. You...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I do think you're right that there has been a shift over time to the characters overcoming challenges rather than the players. And...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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"I noticed as a kid that when falling out of trees, my friends tended to go unconscious a lot, and sometimes die, but it didn't affect...