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Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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Yeah, we never did this. We just leveled when the XP was reached, but only when the current adventure was concluded, and the party had... -
Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.Strict application of the training rules would also act as a disincentive to exploration. It would be hard to go hex-crawling over the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
Let's face it, the leveling up and training rules didn't make a lot of sense either. They were pretty crippling to the thief as well...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
I think the larger point or takeaway (at least for me) is that the base qualities of the fighter like more hit points, extra attacks...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
This is true, but for my post above, I gave the benefit of the doubt that each time the bard had XP to level, they would level. But...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
There's a big yes, but ... to that. Levelling in 1e could never be done in media res. By this, I mean that trying to compare exact XP...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.I have never come across an explanation for why crossbows were so weak in AD&D, when IRL they were super effective. When I first got...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Lord Shark's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
I've always thought "Fighters can use ANY weapon and ANY armor" was overrated because, let's be honest, in most 1E games you'd be...
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Flying Toaster reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
I've encountered quite a few DM's who would insist they were right even when the language is clear as day, lol.
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Flying Toaster reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
Let's be honest- nobody really knows how the Bard class is supposed to work. Snarf has probably done the most in-depth examination of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
What about a fighter with Strength 17 and Constitution 16? Are they stronger than a cleric with Strength 18? Is a special class ability...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bacon Bits's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I think the issue that I have with the no-table talk "simulationist" approach is that play just doesn't feel like a simulation at all...
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Flying Toaster reacted to mixmastashizz's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with Like.
I think all the 'OSR maxims' at this point have been taken and used out of their original context so long that they've become...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
To clarify a little, I was just referencing specifically what 1E says about Alchemists making potions (which is just assisting with it)...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?.There was one UA polearm (fauchard-fork maybe?) that had a special ability to pull opponents off balance with its hook. The derro from...