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Flying Toaster reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with
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I got into AD&D in 1986, so UA was already available. I bought it even before the DMG and basically used almost all of it back then... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
I loved it as a middle schooler, but mechanically, it's a trash fire, even moreso than the rest of 1E. It just became clear to us, even...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
There were NPC classes found in Dragon Magazines, but I don't recall any in the main books. And as you say, many who used those classes...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Yeah I believe a lot of the classes released in the 1e-era etc were intended as NPC-only, but understandably players see something cool...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Well, they need someone to tell them.
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Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
For me, it’s more of a problem that a PC can’t counterspell it. I can wrap my head around the idea that it’s simply a different “spell”...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Anyone can roll 1000 on 10d% when it comes to a skill or talent, and then be lucky again by ending up in an environment where that skill...
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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.
There is no reason one could not make these exceptional people as characters. Also, if someone is exceptional and rare, I would imagine...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
No,literally, if the game doesn't give you guidelines, it fails. There can be no assumption that the user will go find answers in...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I personally think the "beginner friendly" aspect of the 2024 DMG is going to be a problem if they don't follow up with a "DMG 2" or...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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Do some expert hirelings (1e DMG page 29-34) have skills PCs normally wouldn't have, like the Sage or Alechmist? (At least until Dragon... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
You've got it backwards. 1e introduced NPCs as just PC classes controlled by the DM. They rolled stats like PCs, had classes like PCs...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
What does that have to do with the topic at hand? Is there something about being a new DM that means you won't need a CR 2 Mage? If...
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Flying Toaster reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
This is not really true. 1E NPCs usually had classes. Monsters did not have classes, but NPCs who were not monsters definitely did...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I don't get where you are coming from at all. In 1E or 2e, an NPC would literally just be a 5th level fighter or a 12th-level mage...