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The e24 Forgotten Realms books seem well received. For Dark Sun to use this format seems a nobrainer. I want the hope theme, but feel... -
Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book with
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That's why is a bad idea (and was established as such back in 3rd edition days, when they tried social balances for prestige classes)... -
Deekin reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I definitely remember arguments about “killer DMs” in the Forum column of Dragon magazine, but never met any in real life. I believe...
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Deekin reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General Why does the Hunter subclass for the 2014 & 2024 Ranger not have bonus spells? with Like.
Does anyone have an idea as to why the Hunter subclass for the 2014 & 2024 Ranger does not have bonus spells? All of the other Ranger...
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Deekin reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Exactly. I think sometimes people forget that “serious D&D table” is an oxymoron.
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Deekin reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Yeah it's a shockingly shallow and rather unevidenced take from this blog. The idea that 5E14 was "internally consistent" but 5E24...
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According to the game designers the game isn't balanced around PC numbers at all. It's balanced around what their powers do.
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I just feel fortunate as a millennial born in the '80s that what I grew up liking will just be repeatedly created over and over by the...
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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.
You can play Doom on a TI-83 graphing calculator. That doesn't make it a gaming console nor the best way to experience Doom. But humans...
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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.
I would care if someone said "let's play Axis and Allies and then busts out a Clue board, Monopoly tokens and the Pop-O-Matic™️ bubble...
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I always go by the belief "The DM can make any setting they want with any kind of race, class, or spell restrictions. But the DM...
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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.
My problem is that D&D was never as modular as people thought it was (it's nearly impossible to change the magic system without...
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Deekin reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
And I will be completely honest as to why I dont have orcs (or halflings) in my campaign. Playing in the 80s, I didnt want anyone to...
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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.
I mean, if you got buy in from your players, you could limit character options to only Lawful Good human fighters and say you are...
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Deekin reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
If a DM wants to run a strongly themed campaign that restricts or bans some of the familiar PC options, I would expect that they would...