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My process is essentially the same, regardless of whether the RPG uses classes or is classless. I contemplate what the GM has told me... -
I put party dynamics at the forefront. Being the DM a lot, I like to let others choose their characters first and then make my character...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D (2024) 2024 - Do magic weapons bypass resistance now? with
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IMO "get magic weapon" was never a puzzle. It's not like going out of your way to find wolfbane, adding silver to your weapons, or... -
DEFCON 1 reacted to Kannik's post in the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play? with Like.
I follow in a similar vein. For a species' 'mechanical' bits I want them beefy: dragon breath, flight, resistances, turning...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Would You Buy an RPG Product Printed on a Gutenberg Press?.To me it was an obvious allegory to A.I. usage. Basically suggesting that the same issues and/or freak-outs that people have to the...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Gorck's post in the thread D&D General Would You Buy an RPG Product Printed on a Gutenberg Press? with Like.
Steve Gutenberg is not a heretic. In fact, he made some delightfully entertaining movies back in the day. And recently, he was bravely...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?.For me personally? Probably not... since even though you are granting Advantage to them, they still are more than capable of failing...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?.Don't disagree at all. Something like the different types of vision are definitely ways to distinguish different species from each...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to jgsugden's post in the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play? with Like.
Agreed to an extent, but disagreed to an extent as well. Individual mechanics should not be seen as individual, but instead seen in...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?.Yep. For some people storytelling exercise does not equal game... for others it does. And both work for the people who are on both sides.
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play? with Like.
If your only rule is, "If everyone agrees to a point of fiction, it is true", to me that isn't a game. That's a storytelling exercise.
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread Jeremy Crawford Also Leaving D&D Team Later This Month.100%. The GM runs what they want to run. If they can find at least 3 players then they are good to go and everyone else can go twiddle...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Jeremy Crawford Also Leaving D&D Team Later This Month with Like.
I think you're right about a lot of folks, but until those people are willing to GM themselves, I will continue to advocate for whatever...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?.Sure. But "If all players and DM agree on some point in the fiction, then that fiction is True" can be a Rule too. Meaning that this...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play? with Like.
To be fair, games have rules. That's a big part of what makes them games. Saying the rules are unnecessary in a game, as a concept...