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Deekin reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Psionics: What Do You Want? with
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A more flexible system where you spend a point-based resource to do smaller things, rather than the computer program-like "packages"... -
Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What Should a Psion Be Able To Do? with Like.
Calling it a "container" means it has no effect on the shape of what you put in it. That's flatly not true. Spells--specifically...
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Number and breadth. Spellcasters are still quite capable of being generically strong with only a relatively limited number of spells...
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Deekin reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've seen comments like the bolded ones as well, or at least that's how I've interpreted them, and I think they're obviously inaccurate...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What Should a Psion Be Able To Do? with Like.
This divide was nowhere near as firm as you are implying. It was porous as hell (sometimes literally, as in, literally places analogous...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What Should a Psion Be Able To Do? with Like.
Well, three things. Genre fiction. That's pretty much what D&D is built on. Further, it's one of the reasons why both Eberron and Dark...
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You responded to "There's no guarantee that the specific playerbase of this game, who have taken to it in the very narrow manner it has...
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Deekin reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D Debuts Playtest for Psion Class with Like.
The obvious answer is that they use drugs and drug delivery systems like pipes and vaporizers for focuses. A psion just absolutely...
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Heh, to be clear. The spell components are worthless and pointless, and do nothing for game balance anyway. Ignoring them makes little...
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Whenever we have any kind of discourse, Max, I lay out a series of points generally based on history, facts, and at least a rough...
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As with everything I've seen out of 2024E, my response is a resounding "Meh." It's playable, certainly. It's got some good ideas. But...
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They used to call it the 'Oberoni Fallacy', when saying that if Rule Zero can fix a bad rule, then the bad rule doesnt need fixing.
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Hanging on to nonfunctional or dysfunctional rules is unhealthy for any gaming system. If most gamers ignore spell components, then it...
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The Legend Lore spell cannot even work unless the target is already 'famous'. In other words, it equals History. What the players need...
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That is not how it will end up working. What will happen is everyone will spam their highest level spells, end fights quickly because...