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I wish people would just imagine seeing this in a movie, or reading it in a book...there's no way they'd conclude "Well, the reason he's...
Nov 22, 2025
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I absolutely 100% complain about crit fumble tables. If all nat 1 does is miss, I could not care less. Misfire breaks the weapon, and...
Nov 22, 2025
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There is no mechanism for spending movement outside your own turn. Save Readying movement, which is also not the Dash action for...
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This has nothing to do with specific vs. general. The issue is that the Dash Action doesn’t do what you intuitively expect it to do...
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I believe 13th Age, and maybe some other ttrpgs as well, have lower level spell slots phase out as the character levels up. Cuz yeah...
Nov 22, 2025
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Because its the fault of fumble rules: They always affect martials more because "roll dice for more attacks" has always been a martial...
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Again, this is you entering a discussion about PF1e and 5e, and then acting like folks are being weird or not listening when your...
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"Just don't use your class's features while the other classes get to throw out spells all day" is not a good selling point for including...
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I don't find the comparison of RPG design to the design of safe vehicles very compelling. I think it tends to distort rather than...
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It ironclad should be what you look at. Because that controls the player's experience of misfire. Absolutely not. Because if you...
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1) They don't say exactly, only if the spell would work 2) Why is that a problem, exactly? They worked hard to weaken the enemy so that...
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And my point is that if this was a mechanic spread throughout the spells (and potentially non-spells) of 5e, along with specific...
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It still baffles me that they removed Bloodied from 5.0. Like...I know it's got 4e cooties on it, but it's useful. Like it's...
Nov 16, 2025
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Technically, I don't believe 13A has fully open hit points. What is supposed to happen is something like: "Can I cast hold monster on...
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No. They were constrained by "at least 70% of the people yelling at us must be happy with every. single. option. or it's not going to...
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