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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes.Well, I would say that usually when "power creep" is used as a game design term, it's very specifically in a negative sense. Mostly... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with
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Sorry I don’t consider ‘well you MIGHT get better character stats next time’ to be adequate compensation for having bad stats right now... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.Kind of unfortunate that I had to vote for the first thing, because "a variant thereof" is such an enormous catch-all that it's hard to...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Exactly. If a game isn't even fun to play in the first place, then balancing it isn't worth bothering about. If a game does contain...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Love.
Sort of. 'Is it balanced?' needs to consider 'Is it fun?'. Fairness in rules, some measure of equality in the ability to affect the...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Alright, from my own stuff playing around in Google Sheets, I have determined: There are 65 different arrays which are valid under 27...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.If you can import it into Google Sheets and DM me a link, there should be an easy way to check for PB validity. I'd just set up...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Oh adventures should be interesting in both definitions, but I don't consider the interesting part gambling during char gen for a...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.It is reasonably balanced. The pursuit of absolute perfection is rarely worth the price paid--but pushing toward better is often still...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D General Your Core Classes if The Core 4 Aren't Allowed with Like.
Interesting. I like it. Im thinking about adding the warden alongside the barbarian to my list, or folding barbarian into warden, as...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to GobHag's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Then I'll give the same explanation to those GM that many other players get "Don't write long, detailed settings"
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Mecheon's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Though equally there is a point where people can go "This is a legacy creature that has stats in every edition, why are you even playing...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?.This is a reason to treat all stats this way, not to treat only some. We cannot translate fictional languages. We cannot cast spells...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.A distinction without a difference. But you have insulted me at least twice elsewhere in this post, so I have no desire to speak with...