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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.This situation is indeed bad, but it reminds me of how much worse it was back in the day. The 1985 Unearthed Arcana book was rushed... -
Flying Toaster reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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I'd love it if the designers were more open about how and why they make some of the decisions they do. In part, I'd appreciate that... -
Flying Toaster reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
My personal experience is that zero war gamers are mellow. They are the most meticulous and uptight types I have ever met. Statistics...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
We had this kind of personalized writing in 3.Xe, where the designers would speak to the reader and tell them what their intent was and...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.This comment reminds me again of the Civilization games. In a 2014 interview with Ars Technica, franchise creator Sid Meier said that...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Yep. In other words... B/X and AD&D combat! Or OSR games designed to recapture that spirit. What you describe sounds a lot like the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with
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Flying Toaster reacted to SteveC's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
The Background system was one of the things that really put me off of 5.5E. You went from a "choose a Background that reflects fun...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
After all the discussion to remove stat modifiers from races, I'm surprised they didn't take the easy route and just say "add a +2 bonus...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
It is a correct assumption 99% of the time, because stats are highly limited and story is free Occasionally players will purposely play...
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Flying Toaster reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
It is not this one thing that matters so much, it is that the background system is so screwed up. The best Monks are Sailors and the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General What Is In The New FR Books That IS Useful Outside FR? with Like.
Aside from how you can just use the stuff you like, there is also a thing called "schismogenesis". I won't get in to the whole theory...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General What Is In The New FR Books That IS Useful Outside FR? with Like.
It's easier tonprep for a game with a functional map and a series of Wncointers set up than working from first principles, and it's...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread I made a terrible life decision….I am right handed but I would organize a shelf of gaming books the same way, starting with general books at the left and proceeding...
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Flying Toaster reacted to MNblockhead's post in the thread I made a terrible life decision… with Like.
Wait... I've just always thought it made logical sense (in English I read left to right, so...) to put the core books on the left. Core...