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Crimson Longinus reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I pondered this a bit, and I think I have an answer for you. The critical notion is the commonality you express: "in each case the GM... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hello folks. I have something to add. There is an argument being presented that it is not meaningful to ask "what would have happened on...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
YOU don't know. WE know. If the guard would hear a singing failure, he also hears a singing success. He is in the same spot. The...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I originally used "unconnected" because it was for examples of a guard showing up due to a failed song when they would not have appeared...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Assume that is not established. These would certainly strengthen the justification for the desert rose to be there, but why would they...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay? with Like.
Which is why I wish all classes were MAD.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
You have to either stop thinking of it in those terms, or you have to do the work to make NPCs make sense. My brain doesn't allow for...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Quickleaf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
Yeah. When I ran gladiators in Tomb of Annihilation, I always had them do 2 spears + 1 shield bash. I did that reflexively cause it was...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance.I think the new style NPC spellcasters are far worse offenders in this regard. I'm fine with some streamlining and shortcuts with NPC...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
Come now. A full medusa is not a PC in my game. Neither is a dragon, or a balor. NPCs and PCs using similar rules applies when they are...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?.Yeah, I don't believe that this is how it works. Most people are just commoners with strength 10.
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Skill Mastery as an idea.Yes, but they probably shouldn't have to. I don't believe in rules as protection against bad GMs, but nevertheless some guidelines for...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Muh's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Skill Mastery as an idea with Like.
If medicine has no rules, what can you actually do with it? I repeat that the problem isn't that there are few rules, rather that there...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?.I really don't not think that the strongest man in town has strength 20! 16, maybe, 14 more likely. 20 is something that only super rare...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?.It is super weird and also unnecessary. Just let them use them all.