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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction? with
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Why the separation? Why do mental stats need to be purely conducted by the player herself, while physical stats are left solely to the... -
Deekin replied to the thread Tell your overdue Kickstarter story.Lets see, of my RPG Kickstarters that I pledged that went wrong: Mekton Zero: Estimated Delivery Dec 2013, ended up with full Refunds...
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The worst overdue Kickstarter I pledged for was probably the Psionics Guide for Starfinder 1 by Dreamscarred Press, which had previously...
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Deekin replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) So, what does the Artificer "replace"?.One of the big problems with bounded accuracy is it limits what people who can't cast spells to do, well spells got absolutely zero...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) So, what does the Artificer "replace"? with Like.
In 2014, I thought 5e was simply wrong-headed on most things. Now? I think it grew from reasonable roots--its success points to that...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
No its not. D&D is a blend of sword & sorcery, high fantasy, mythology and smear of horror. Its not generic fantasy. It quite frankly...
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Deekin reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't see the problem here. It's a miasma ball. Why should it differ from a fireball? Why is it more (or less) "realistic" or...
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Deekin reacted to Swarmkeeper's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
In a game of imagination, the authors of the Green Dragon statblock are leaving it up to the DM to decide what a Rend attack looks like...
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Deekin reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I have struggled to explain to my own friends and family how 4E was different from 5E...and we played both editions together. And I'm...
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Deekin reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
As I said, "Inconceivable!" Aren't they always "just a collection of abilities that the designers thought go well together", isn't that...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
And in a meaningful way, you always have been. Otherwise we'd never have heard from Gygax himself that HP can't be meat-points, because...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
How we express our ideas often matters just as much as what we choose to express. I am as guilty as anyone of failing to remember this...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I have tried, over the past few years, to look at the design from this perspective: Which direction is easiest to move away from, but...
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Deekin reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
They mostly don't. That's stuff that rules nerds like us get all fussed about. Most players don't care that much. And how often do...
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Deekin reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
You've so extensively houseruled 5e that on more than one occasion I've seen you directly claim that 5e doesn't have a particular...