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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table..Right. 'Flee'. That's all the magic is telling the person to do. But that's not automatonic. They just have to flee, whatever that... -
DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.Are DMs really so lazy that they can't just make up their own rule at their own table for forcing Warlock players to play to their pact...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with
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By that logic, we should also just eliminate the Cleric, Paladin, and Druid. Just play a Sorcerer if you don't want to be constantly... -
DEFCON 1 reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
No. I have never had a problem with Warlocks BECAUSE I don't require anything from them. In fact, I do not require any narrative from...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General Former Head of D&D Says Vecna: Eve of Ruin Was Not Going To Feature Obelisk Plot with Like.
These accounts are really not mutually exclusive, at least once you make allowances for the sort of simplifications involved in...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table..That's not the spell killing the person... that's other people doing things after the magic has been cast. You need the right...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table..And that's fine, as far as I'm concerned. When I have characters flee... I let the player tell me where their character runs off to...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table..The rules only matter if you treat D&D like a board game and not as a narrative being created. Some of you treat it like the former...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.All three are the same. None of them HAVE to do anything to get their abilities if you, the DM, do not ask of them to do anything as...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Think of it like this: Do you forbid your employees from learning new skills and becoming more effective employees, simply because they...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Max has a really solid idea, there. Another way to do it? Flesh out the Patron. Sit down with your Player/DM and figure out who your...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
The best way is to write up the pact at level 1. The patron(you) and the PC(player) negotiate out a contract for the power. Then the...
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I don't care much one way or another. While challenges that aren't level appropriate are possible, overall as characters advance I'm...
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I mean, I think people are generally in favor of the game being a series of "interesting" encounters; constantly having encounters that...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D's Obelisk Plotline Was Supposed to Be Resolved in Vecna: Eve of Ruin with Like.
I can definitely make up an Adventure with less work than running a pre-written, but I find that I enjoy reworking the prewritten...