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Flying Toaster reacted to Plaguescarred's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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In houserule terriroty DM reign as the sole monarch in its kingdom, so a monster or NPC can be can be made or modified at whim. As DM i... -
Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I don’t tend to design NPCs as single encounters, and I try not to set them up in ways where I’m predetermining the ending, I.E. the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Ah, this is a design approach issue. I do that opposite; I figure out the handful of spells I want them to use before I make the rest of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Being "a bit complicated" was one of the major barriers to attracting new players in 3e. It will always be a balancing act but from my...
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Flying Toaster reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Maybe someone else mentioned it but there is at least one 3PP product that provides CR 1 to 20 NPCs of every class. This may not be...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Yeah, this is annoying. I often end up modifying NPC statblocks to make them more PC-like, and I do not love that the 5.5 design has...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I mean, I’m OK with it if it’s like Vecna or Tasha or even just unnamed Archmage A, but when even a so-called Apprentice Mage gets a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
This bugs me so much. Cool for monsters or unique things. Not cool for the NPC "wizards" of the world. (sorcerers, etc.)
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Flying Toaster reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I oscillate between preferring NPCs (as in other humanoid wizards, fighters, paladins, etc) to be built like PCs and to be built like...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Who cares there's a fix somewhere when 3/4 of GMs don't know it's there, 3/4 of those who do will refuse to ever even consider using it...
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Flying Toaster reacted to David Howery's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
from what I saw on groups who used the book, it was generally along the lines of 'ignore the new classes, races, comeliness; use the new...
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Flying Toaster reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
When UA came out my group was famished for new 1e content. We were playing with material from Dragon but a new book was special and...
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Flying Toaster reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
Agreed- the resulting Cavadin was a hot mess to run for as well. I tried it once, and did not care for the results. I vastly prefer...
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Flying Toaster reacted to seebs's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I don't think I ever found all the rules to play by. Like, I did once run into a thing about weapon speed factors, but I didn't really...
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Flying Toaster reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I'm an advocate of 1e but in the spirit of the thread, here is what might make me less enthusiastic about playing it without any house...