Edgar Ironpelt's latest activity
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D 3.x I miss 3.5 edition.Fair enough: I sit rebuked. A given game can have an agreement (probably unspoken), a "game contract" that certain 'hijinx' are PC-only... -
Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D 3.x I miss 3.5 edition.The DM using PC style tactics against them often is uncool and unfair, and even bad DMing. But that's because those tactics are exploits...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D 3.x I miss 3.5 edition.I'm sticking with 3.5e. I do heavily curate it, with a blanket-ban on 'prestige' classes and a "must be approved by the DM (me)" rule...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Let's Talk About Core Game Mechanics.For me it's more about what I dislike than what I like - although there are some types of mechanics that I do like. I dislike automatic...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread City Supplements - What do we like?.My preferred city supplements are kits that provide pieces-parts to customize your own towns and cities while perhaps providing an...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Lances were designed to shatter and be disposable?.My understanding is that tournament lances were designed to break - and were also designed with blunt tips. They were intended for...
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The thing I probably most dislike about GMing... ...is all the people online invested in claiming you're doing it wrong, for any value...
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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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I want players to find secrets too, but I want them to do so through exploring the setting with their PCs. If they turn out not to find... -
Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Weather Matrices for Real Locations [Simulationism].Interesting. I wouldn't want to use cryptic codes that need a key to translate. I'd prefer tiny print that spelled out "overcast" or...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.I say that fighters are pigeon-holed as the "combat machine" or "dumb jock" class rather than "meat shield" but it works out to about...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.It looks to me like a bad case of assumption clash and the player believing you to be acting in bad faith. The player may have an...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].I had mixed feelings about eliminating the class limits on races in 3.5e, even though I consider 3.5e "peak D&D" On the one hand I don't...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.Over the years I've become less and less interested in anything involving "moving pictures" - TV, Movies, or Anime - and now I'm at the...
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Edgar Ironpelt reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In? with Like.
Ah, thought of an all-encompassing type of geek media I'll never get into - collectible card games. I have no desire to play them, no...
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Edgar Ironpelt replied to the thread Where Complexity Belongs.I don't think having a game designed "purely by players" would be practical. Deliberately looking at rules and rule design from a...