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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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No it can actually be a lot more than that. Actually a PC with a 16 AC, 10hps +3 attack and 2 damage who wins initiative has 46%...
Nov 12, 2025
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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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Oh I do understand it. While I am at it I will note that common levels of statistical significance are 0.01 and 0.05. So even if it...
Nov 12, 2025
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ECMO3
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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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You were not the one I replied to. You did not make that claim. Go read the text I replied to! I quoted it exactly above. The claim...
Nov 12, 2025
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No it wasn't. Stop lying. The claim was it is "5% less effective" 5% less effective is different tha hitting 5% less often. No it...
Nov 12, 2025
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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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It is not blatantly false. The WOTC backgrounds afford non-thematic options, something you say should not happen. Why not? If all...
Nov 12, 2025
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ECMO3
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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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The claim was it is a 5% difference. That claim is mathematically false. Damage matters and when a character does 5.5 damage on a...
Nov 11, 2025
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ECMO3
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Ok so they can't figure out how to get the backgrounds right .... like I said in the title. Right but 9 out of 16 backgrounds that are...
Nov 11, 2025
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ECMO3
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Tying them to class makes a crapload more sense than a +1 Charisma on a Hermit. I am the son of a Pirate, sailing since I was 2 years...
Nov 11, 2025
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ECMO3
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Yeah this is pretty telling, when the official organized play for 2024 avoids their own WOTC backgrounds, while making the DMs...
Nov 11, 2025
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2024 backgrounds are such a mess even AL lets you avoid them
Nov 11, 2025
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I agree with this. As far as being disfunctional, I am a big believer in you be you. I am not going to tell you how to play your...
Nov 11, 2025
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One can easily view that part as they chose to be a fighter because they had +1 str, instead of they got extra strength for choosing to...
Nov 11, 2025
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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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Yes and they felt creating a new character would be more fun for them at the table, and I believe it was. It is oversimplifying it...
Nov 11, 2025
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ECMO3
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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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Ok fine, then you admit WOTC doesn't know how to do backgrounds because many of the ASIs are not tied thematically to the backgrounds...
Nov 11, 2025
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And your opinion does not represent most players either. I said I don't think this works for most players. Maybe I am right, maybe I...
Nov 11, 2025
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