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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-].LOL... at this point, after almost 20 years of annonymous online gaming (Everquest, WoW, et. al.)... I think it's safe to say that the... -
DEFCON 1 reacted to earthsea_wizard's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with
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Are you playing with adults? Extremely unfortunate if so. It's a shame that finding or forming an in person group and playing long term... -
DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set.Especially considering that some of those people who think a product should be better don't actually want to follow that through to its...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
There are about, what, five or six threads, that are discussing this Starter Set. I haven't made a comprehensive post on what I think...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with
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Luckily, we have a few posters who will happily say everything from WotC is terrible and that everything from WotC is wonderful who can... -
DEFCON 1 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Class and Subclass Design: What Works with Like.
You're not going to find a lot of consensus here. Half the community wants bland flavorless piles of mechanics they can describe however...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
Indeed. One of the reasons I like Eberron is I like old movies, enjoy crossing genre streams, and think fedoras and trench coats are...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-].At the end of the day I don't really think it's necessary to try and make ones' game "play to the theme"... but rather if one uses the...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
In the 3.5 core setting book it is mentioned a few times but not hugely emphasized directly to start, more implicitly. It gets more...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Class and Subclass Design: What Works.What works about the class and subclass system is that it gives players a pre-designed narrative for their characters, rather than...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?.There's also of course the "old school" method for solving all of this... which is that you don't make a skill check to find any secret...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Yep. This is what happens with the concept of a dump stat. All stats are important. As for the OP, charisma is right out. No way I...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Class and Subclass Design: What Works.The Fighter, Rogue, and Sorcerer are the three "generic" classes as far as flavor are concerned. They don't have individual narratives...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Stonecunning/tremorsense alternatives.That depends on how well your dwarf player can use these revised abilities. Any ability in the game can be "too much" if the player is...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set.At this point it seems like everyone is going around in circles. @GreyLord doesn't like the Starter Set for whatever reason, so just...