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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D Eberron: Race for the Crab Temple Coming to PAX East.There was an Artificer, but I did not notice what their subclass was. With 7 players around the table we did not get much opportunity... -
DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D Eberron: Race for the Crab Temple Coming to PAX East.I played it. They supplied 3rd level pre-gen characters, but I did not see the sheet of the one Artificer character to see if anything...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Should a general Adventurer class be created to represent the Everyman?.Not by Wizards of the Coast. Let someone release one on DMs Guild if it's needed that badly. Or let the DM who wants it for their game...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What medievalesque skill name do you prefer, for machinery, architecture, math, physics? with
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It entered middle english circa 1300s. It's english version of old french engigneor which is french version of latin ingeniator... -
DEFCON 1 replied to the thread Kelsey Dionne and Mike Mearls on Ben Riggs show Reading D&D aloud..At the very least, the indies have an extra 6 months to get their stuff out there to their audiences for this "revival" now that GTA6...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e 2024 Skills.For me the first question any DM needs to ask themselves when it comes to their skill list for their game is "Which checks am I asking...
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I don't think so. Important in the sense that the check is likely to have a meaningful impact on the game. The dc has nothing to do...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What medievalesque skill name do you prefer, for machinery, architecture, math, physics? with Like.
Apparently the term "engineer" is venerable. It comes from Middle English "enginour" from a similar term in Old French. Surprising, as a...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) What medievalesque skill name do you prefer, for machinery, architecture, math, physics?.I use Mechanics. I have no idea when the term 'engineering' entered the English vernacular, but it feels too modern to me for a typical...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e 2024 Skills.We don't bother with "actions" outside of combat, so neither of those have mattered in my games. If someone does something that...
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Heh, I agree the original 5e Tool system was a 'mistake'. But it accidentally turned out to be the best crafting system that D&D has...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e 2024 Skills.Yeah, I know that's how WotC tried to patch their original mistake with the Tool system, but for my money it shouldn't have gotten to...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) 5e 2024 Skills.For my recent Theros campaign I did something along these lines... I renamed the 'Persuasion' and 'Intimidation' skills to 'Rhetoric'...
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Other of ideas caught my attention. Definitely delete Acrobatics! You mention interesting uses of skills. I am comparing notes. I get...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The 7 5.5e FRPG Subclasses Survived.I have to imagine that the game mechanics were not the thing they were getting most of their responses on... it was probably entirely...