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Crimson Longinus reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with
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As with the Stanford prison experiment, the stuff people say about the Milgram experiment is often HORRIFICALLY mis-quoted, inaccurate... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Whereas I consider that only part of the game like any other, and not even the part I'm that interested in. And to be blunt: if you're...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
At least its one people do in the real world all the time, even if the mapping is erratic. D&D hit points are particularly mechanical...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
A Sorcerer's powers come from within, a Barbarian needs to Rage, a Bard needs performance, a Monk needs ki/focus, etc. Also Wizards...
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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.
Yet for some reason it's not an issue for the thousands of PCs that receive the same training and same growth in abilities in exactly...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.Sure, same here, but I’d argue that there is pretty strong case for the warlock’s patron having real leverage making a better story...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
In one D&D book one of the characters gets her magic from her divine connection to nature. There's a scene after the big reveal where...
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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've been thinking about this thing about mental stats, and how I've frequently seen arguments along the lines of "it's especially... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Why should a God be forced to continue to empower a Cleric who's violating their religion? Why should a Paladin be able to draw power...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, you can always argue some things are less core to a character than others. If you've got a wide range of skills, some of them are...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Why wouldn't you? If you decided to play an elf, I'd expect that to come out in some way in your play. Cultural stuff too, as...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
To be fair, when the conversation transitioned from railroading to Intelligence scores somewhere around post #500, an assumption of...
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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.
Well, it’s there and pretty popular. :) And players like classes, because they provide them with concept hooks and a conceptual...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.I don’t understand why you play a class based game.
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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.
I'm of the opinion that what's good for the goose, is good for the gander. If NPCs can do it, PCs should be able to do it as well. If...