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Deekin reacted to RyanD's post in the thread D&D 4E WotC, DDI, 4E, and Hasbro: Some History with
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After Vince Calouri was pushed out of Wizards of the Coast he was replaced by Chuck Heubner. Chuck basically had to manage Wizards on... -
Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Exactly. Sometimes, growing up in a loving home full of resources makes one yearn for the thrill of adventure over a quiet life...
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Deekin reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Must be nice. In 30 years of gaming, I have seen people come to the table with fully formed characters virtually every single time. I...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
It occurs to me, you could potentially get proper dragonborn (rather than draconians) by having a group of rebel draconians get their...
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Deekin reacted to Zeromaru X's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Mechanics and lore, seeing what they did with the new FR books of removing anything from 4e because "most people got upset because of...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Given those very people are the ones who killed the really creative and interesting Sorcerer and Warlock concepts from the "D&D Next"...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
But how can I be an outraged GM ranting about the entitlement of players in that paradigm? How can I be an outraged player ranting about...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Unfortunately, WotC listens to them. Y'know, given they were the ones who won the edition war.
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Deekin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
For a game meant to offer essentially infinite replayability but is still a game, having a best option runs counter to the design goal.
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Deekin reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
I mean I agree that Heroes of Faerun has a lot of wild swing in terms of how powerful or overly specialized its content is... but I...
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My take is that the player decides what they want done, but the character has to carry it out to the best of their in-setting ability...
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The idea that I as a player have to figure out the trap when my avatar in the world knows more about traps than I ever will has always...
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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.
Indeed. As with far too many things, I suspect the power level being asserted is the power level of skillful, intelligent...
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Deekin reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Over-analyzing word use can be perilous in text based communication. We're talking about the same thing. Me 'looking' there was more...
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Deekin reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
The disconnect happens when either side, player or DM, forgets that a TTRPG is a collaborative endeavor and decides to just do whatever...