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Deekin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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Given that the opposite of "leader" is "follower", I don't see it as anything but the obvious interpretation: leaders lead and followers... -
Deekin reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I don't joink the 1e Ranger, because I never fully understood the Aragorn connections behind its class abilities... ... but I did give...
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Deekin reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Which is notable when you recall the fact that much of said missing content was held back deliberately in order to help boost sales of...
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
4e was not afraid to slay some secret cows. But one issue with DND is it's as a whole, afraid to openly say it's doing so like thats...
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Deekin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
That's because you're trying to do the DM's work for her. You roll the die, add your bonuses, and stop there. Leave it to the DM to do...
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Deekin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
DMing herds of cats: the story of my life since 1984. :) That said, I'm a herd-of-cats player at heart, mostly because I find just...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Consider this. My D&D game prior to Covid was a take on Savage Tides in Eberron. We got half way though one of the story beats when...
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Deekin reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I think what @Lanefan is getting at, to continue the food analogy is the following. The initial party consists of clams, pork, onion...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Perhaps. I would argue it is...more complicated than that. Certainly, the extremely easy-to-use tools went away...sort of...
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Polymorph allows the character to change form. It can be found in many systems, each with their own way of handling the results. I was...
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Deekin reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah it’s a story to me. I’m making character choices based on what they would do but it’s through the prism of value rather than...
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Deekin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Yeah, me too, for about five minutes bask in the day. Then I realized what they were going for, just blamed Conan, and stopped worrying...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
It annoyed me to no end that there was no percentile intelligence, wisdom or dexterity for other classes to access. I guess it was...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Percentile strength was in general a mistake, but it's one they could have fixed as you said. They just didn't because leaving bad ideas...
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Deekin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
IMO that was one of 1e's biggest inherent design mistakes: not giving its monsters the benefits and bonuses their high stats in theory...