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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
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Unstated assumptions are the bane of fruitful discussion on these forums. It's totally fine if you don't agree with the approach I... -
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... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Blue's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
What you didn't quote from the comment was "it removes powers and replaces them with something else". Or do you think that if you...
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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.
Yeah, 5e Paladins don't lose their powers for an evil act. However, according to the 5e rules (2013!PHB pg 86, "Breaking Your Oath") we...
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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 think the old concerns from 1e and 2e are coloring viewpoints here and causing misperceptions to occur. We aren't saying that we are...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Ah yes, arguing for hearts and minds, very productive in a thread asking for exactly what your pushing again. Essentially, thread...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Brotton Goodfellow's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
One thing I did was have the patrons ultimate goal line up with the parties. Had a warlock player whose patron was vecna. The big...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yeah, that's weird. So don't roll the HP.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Exactly. I could also have a realistic process for a random chance of the characters having incurable magical cancer, but I don't...
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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.
I'd guess its just a sort of event they avoid altogether. There's nothing that says certain sorts of events can't simulataneously be...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.In absence of concrete rules, it has to be judgement of a participant, and to Czege Principle* would suggest it should not be the...
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Crimson Longinus replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.And that was true! I think most people who kept pushing the button did so under assumption that it would not be legal to arrange an...