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Deekin reacted to Cap'n Kobold's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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In most cases I've seen; the former. They seem to like having a plot hook ready-made to give the player a reason to adventure and... -
Deekin reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Yes, or they have a wildly different take on the Warlock (Cleric/Paladin) and do not want what they see as baggage. Note: I've...
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Deekin reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I prefer to run warlock patrons as working like actual patronage does. A patron gives money to an artist to enable them to keep making...
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Deekin reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Warlock: 'Pact of the Quantum' includes features such as -being in a different location to where it was last thought you were at...
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Deekin reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Why did the PC enter the pact? And why did the patron? Do either of those questions matter in the campaign? Any warlock in a game I run...
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Deekin reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I see a patron relationship as a possible story hook, something a player and DM can make important if they want. I am not a fan of...
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Deekin reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
A lot of people seem to like the Warlock class mechanics a heck of a lot more than the class fantasy of actually playing a Warlock 🙁.
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Deekin reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
5e has had options in the default fiction since the 14 PH for having the patron be an arcane battery who is not even aware of your...
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Deekin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I think players are generally allergic to anything that smells of taking away their control of their character. It is that simple, I...
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Deekin reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
What about a fighter with Strength 17 and Constitution 16? Are they stronger than a cleric with Strength 18? Is a special class ability...
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Deekin reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
One of the topics that comes up (you know, not often or anything ...) on D&D threads is the so-called "LFQW," or as other people like to...
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Deekin replied to the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill".There's also the element I find most troubling as a dm. What's the difference between "Skilled Play” and "Metagaming"? Because in my...
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Ok but a lot of the context I see it discussed in is absolutely looking at 3e+ D&D play in a very pejorative sense. "Oh you just look at...
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“Skilled play” is a terrible name for it, for many reasons, this among them. Though, I don’t think the intent is to imply that other...
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Maybe a little bit, but honestly isn't the sheer statement of "skilled play" and all the context around it pretty uncharitable as well...