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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Not steepen the curve. Choose what you want to increase with level Choose what you DONT want to increase with level Have those first... -
Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with Like.
I did restrain myself from including an option to the tune of "Characters do not reach level 4 because they usually die first." Because...
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Deekin reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Its harder to encounter the 'weird and interesting' when to your left is Bob the Green Ooze Sorcerer, and to your right is Frank the Orc...
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Deekin reacted to djotaku's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
How do you get over it? You just get over it. It's a game with talking dragons and mermaids and every kind of mythology thrown into a...
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Deekin reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I mean, it depends! If the campaign has a high fantasy, sci-fi or gonzo feel, I'm all for it! Planescape? Numenera? Adventure Time...
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Deekin reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
This isn't exactly new to 5th Edition. We started to see an increase in race/species types in both BECMI D&D and AD&D 2E back in the...
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Deekin reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Absolutely, I feel this is a thing. I attribute a lot to the 5e rules, where every race is just a human with a different rubber...
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Deekin reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by...
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Deekin reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I agree that it can be kind of frustrating sometimes. But I fear it's just a question of play style clash. Some players want to play the...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Thoughts on New Bladesinger? with Like.
I would offer a slight correction: This "have to be top-tier" thing only applies in one direction, namely, the spellcaster picking up...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4? with Like.
My notion, at least when I formulated the answer, was that the number of sessions is 100% completely irrelevant for someone who gives...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Sure, but that's because 3e (regardless of version) made SoS/SoD spells stupidly OP.
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
In fairness to them, 5e's designers never actually settled on what BA was about, and that was one of the (many) things they claimed it...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
... The firearms are already designed to not be better, Lanefan. They are just different from regular weapons. They aren't better. A...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
So every military professional working with a gun 150 years ago was getting a misfire about once every twelve seconds, causing an...