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But how can this be?! I was assured that white rooming was a sin invented by WotC and/or The Edition That Must Not Be Named! I was... -
For people who bemoan these kinds of calculations as a symptom of modern gaming, I direct you to this cover of the venerable gaming...
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I don't know if anyone linked it already but I threw together this spreadsheet on google docs for crunching these kinds of numbers...
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65% is what the designers aim for the typical fight being. Naturally, you cannot perfectly predict AC, and thus AC will vary up and...
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Deekin reacted to W'rkncacnter's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with
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well, you might want to run a gonzo campaign or a western or a modern game or whatever using 5e. because...people are weird and stubborn... -
There's not liking guns in D&D and then there's verisimilitude. In my opinion, once magic is introduced verisimilitude has to bend or...
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People who favor OSR play typically use "skilled play" as shorthand for "play involving negotiation of described situational factors...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
There is lots of other things that don't fit D&D's medieval aesthetic: galleon ships, rapiers, polytheism, and much of the D&D diet (I'm...
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Deekin reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
I don't use guns in my D&D game both because of expectations and I'm also not sure they'd ever advance much beyond the experimental...
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Deekin reacted to JamesLFlowers's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
So, historically in the real world, very high tech firearms existed long before the period of the US Civil War. In fact, high capacity...
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Deekin reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
Indeed. Having fired many firearms, and what I'd call the equivalent of a wand of fireballs (MK-19 grenade launcher), there isn't a...
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Deekin reacted to Plaguescarred's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
IMHO 5E has pretty long range weapons already that can fire up to 600 feet away but most combat encounters occur in a much shorter range...
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I don't usually include firearms in my D&D games, but that's for purely aesthetic and thematic reasons. If I do include them, players...
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There is no sniper crossbow or longbow in 5E, so I dont see the need to make a sniper firearm exception. You nailed it, the game isnt a...
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Deekin reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
A lot of things besides a gun can be used to accomplish the same thing. Poison and fire are great for taking out enemies without...