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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?.It should be! Like this is genuinely one of the few areas where 5e did just...straight-up copy 4e's homework without alteration. And... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment?.There is a prophecy. She's specifically prophesied to be "wed" to a monster that even the gods fear. (Which is what Eros is; he can...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment?.Well, "cannot die", but also "cannot live" either. That's why making it to the surface always results in you getting kicked back to the...
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Whether or not it is cheating would depend on the agreed rules. But the GM making the risks, the stakes, and the consequences be... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?.I cannot speak to what the designers themselves intended, at least for most editions. But I can say, at least for me, I prefer it when...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment?.In fact, I'm pretty sure there are multiple times when one or more deities commandeer an oracle in order to shape the world to have the...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.It always surprises me how people can think that this isn't cheating. "Oh, sure, there are numbers and rules, I just break them whenever...
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I recently read something online that said that a D&D GM is not really bound by any rules: for instance, they're not bound in any...
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At my GM school, every GM has to sit and watch at least two screenings of Warhol's Sleep, so they can really get the hang of... -
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Other than The Fates, of course.... And a goddess of luck in Tyche... And a goddess of chaos in Eris... And a god of prophecy in Apollo... -
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I think this is the most obvious response to the "frivolous" thing. If it's not frivolous to grant the cleric spells so that they can go...
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The AD&D PHB says this (p 30): First, second, third, and even fourth level spells are granted to the cleric through meditation and...
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How is 'anytime you resist my plot hooks, the game immediately ends' not also railroading?
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So how many of you were given a huge sandbox world to explore and ended up becoming farmers or opening a coffee shop instead???
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Monster Importance in Homebrews?.As a general rule, I wouldn't call them an "afterthought", as that implies they're unimportant, but I do think that monsters generally...