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Crimson Longinus reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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Awesome, i'm glad you find it easy. Not all folks have the time and some of us want WotC to do it. I get why they dont, but id like them to. -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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Well said. 5e is simply joining the ranks of past editions. As time goes on, the shine wears off, and we start digging in to the warts... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to M_Natas's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Hrm, WotC didn't make a lot of modules, even if it would have been called for (Ship combat, Spelljamming, How to Magic School ...) but I...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Well, whilst D&D of course remains overwhelmingly the most popular RPG, I think the momentum seems to be pretty much gone. I don't think...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+].What is common to FKR and more systematic simulationist approach, is that they aim to model functioning of the fictional world. World...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with Like.
Thanks for your response. This question of "to what extent are unwritten rules actually rules" is I think a really interesting one. For...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I agree and think if the modularity they talked about in NEXT was actually developed further, a lot of complaints could be answered in 5E.
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.The thing is, despite all my complaints, I actually think 5e is a well designed game. It has issues, but it works reasonably well for...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Why doesn't D&D have fire arrows? with
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like is the answer to far too many other things martials should have, i think the answer is 'there's a spell for that' FLAME ARROWS: -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Why doesn't D&D have fire arrows? with Like.
Because we are rarely fighting thatched roof cottages, dry timber framed houses and bales of hay? I suppose they would come in handy if...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Be that as it may, if there had been extensive playtesting of 4e, "Does not feel like D&D" would surely have appeared as a significant...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Be mean to a puppy? We can play a villain, but not a total monster! I have no doubt that given choice, most people want to play good...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
It's complicated and I think blizzard has done a good job of both succinctly summarizing why as well as growing from a verbal faux pas...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with Like.
I have two comments. The first is--how popular is FKR really and what do its proponents consider the main example of the genre? I've not...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to payn's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with Like.
One of the arguments I often see is that simulation must be a complete reality simulator or its no simulation at all. Another is that...