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Distracted DM reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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Ironically due to 10 HD, a guard Captain really should have a proficiency bonus of +4 not +2. So if you increase the proficiency bonus... -
Distracted DM reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Both sets of 5e rules are much more superhero/epic fantasy than nitty gritty low fantasy, but I would agree that 2014 rules were more...
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Distracted DM reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I’m sure you aren’t the only one. I do think that’s a great level range for a climax, and the climax is often the most memorable and...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, he's communicating with his blog audience who are there for 5E monster posts and explaining that things may be changing. It was...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I think it's clear he's sincerely realizing that modern D&D isn't for him. That happens all the time, without anyone having a...
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Distracted DM reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Breaking the quote down to respond to point by point. I’m sorry, but this claim is extremely dubious to me. 5.14 has always been...
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Distracted DM reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
that doesn’t really have them make more sense, that just removes the context that allows to compare them to PCs ;)
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Distracted DM reacted to Mephista's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
Sad.
Amusingly enough, the definition of Elemental from the MM25 is still "hails from the elemental planes." Which is at odds with how... -
Distracted DM reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
It makes sense. 5e monsters have always been balanced around the assumption of lasting 3 rounds of combat, but some monsters didn’t...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.It seems like the best way to make NPCs and monsters make more sense in the context of the world, including their ability to challenge...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Keith is allowed to feel that 2024 D&D is too bright and big and high powered for him. His mistake, IMO, is in insisting that it marks...
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Distracted DM reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, that's kind of exactly it, isn't it? Fiction as a constrain on design, vs. a tool to explain the design. The problem with D&D's...
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Distracted DM reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
To be fair however, that’s essentially what his quote was about: the style of play that benefited for his analysis is no longer really...
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Distracted DM reacted to GothmogIV's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book with
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If WotC produces something that is actually sword&sorcery vs. what you are describing--hopepunk, I guess?--I'll eat my hat. -
Distracted DM reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book with Like.
SJ and Planescape would be a lot better if done in the style of the recent Realms books. In that, a series of interesting locations and...