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DEFCON 1 reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with
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You asked me a direct question, I didn’t engage you. Comment all you want about trends but when someone gives you an answer, which by... -
DEFCON 1 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
No. The game as cooperative storytelling. with an expectation that every combat (or at least most) will be challenging and interesting.
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
It worked fine except when other people had problems with it. I mean, this is just going to come down to anecdotes but I’ve seen others...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice.It takes a play perspective, which applies to both the DM and the players. If the DM has an alternate rule they are wondering about...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice with Like.
Your point takes a PC's perspective. But PCs don't implement alternative rules; DMs do. So I'm not sure how your point applies to the...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice.:rolleyes: I have an idea... rather than argue the semantics, why not argue the actual point?
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice.I would imagine how useful the ability is would be dependent on the type of DM they have and whether those DMs tend to attack downed...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D Beyond's Development Roadmap Is A Complete Rebuild Of Platform.It at least makes a little more sense why the DDB folks would call it 5.5, even though the book developers never did... because decimal...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General So… psionic powers are no longer purely mental?.Well, that's because any time the game has tried to introduce "new things" that aren't a part of the core gameplay, barely anyone...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General The Revised Monster Manual was released 1 year ago today! How have you liked facing down and using the new monsters?.I like a lot of 2024 MM material and use it. I also still like a lot of 2014 MM material and still use that too. I also like a lot of...
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DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General So… psionic powers are no longer purely mental?.I find it ironic that people still complain about WotC and their treatment of the OGL... a system meant to allow anyone and everyone to...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General So… psionic powers are no longer purely mental? with Like.
I think you are deeply underselling the divide in the community. Ask 20 D&D players what a druid is and you''ll get 24 answers, ranging...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General So… psionic powers are no longer purely mental? with Like.
Yup. MCDM has the Talent, A5E has both the Voidrunner's Codex psions AND @Steampunkette 's Esper from Paranormal Power, pretty sure...
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Obviously, I have fleshing out and clean up to do, but in general that is the process. it took longer here because I was documenting...
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DEFCON 1 reacted to Cruentus's post in the thread D&D General Besides Nimble, are there other stripped down versions of 5e... with Like.
Bugbears and Borderlands by Rod Waibel is a rules lite take on 5e (levels 1-10). It is on its second edition. Written by @Sacrosanct...