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Flying Toaster reacted to Bayushi_seikuro's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with
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I feel adventurers in D&D are a lot like the Magnificent Seven in film. They're not trusted because they're not generally tied down to... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
My groups have always preferred the local celebrity perspective. I actually did try a game decades ago now which had a more episodic...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I think it is a reasonable and interesting way for the world to operate, but one thing I have gleaned over 40 years in this hobby is...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
There are two problems scenario in game that I've seen play out. Protecting a World that Hates and Fears Them: In such a scenario where...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
One of the things I like about the gritty, grimdark world of the Witcher is how the local people fear and dislike Witchers. It keeps...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
For evolutions I like, I'm going to go back to the original D&D. It's not anything to do with the system. I'm sure there is plenty there...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Yes, IIRC that was exactly the way my junior high school AD&D groups did it. 2E made THAC0 more official, but we were already used to...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I always liked AD&D more than Basic, but then I started with AD&D so...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
That might be because even back in the 1980's a whole lot of people didn't play with those limits.
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
As someone who has seen a lot of bad commentary on 4e...this is an extremely fair review (possibly even just a teensy-weensy smidge more...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
More importantly...it's not like D&D invented the concept of humans with a connection to dragons. Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern...
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Flying Toaster reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
The problem here is that with two tests that must be achieved to sneak, it makes it a lot harder for the stealthy PC. Now try to handle...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
The robust travel mechanics of A5E, as a non-controversial example that leaps immediately to mind. Personally I would add domain...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Systems should be designed to accomplish their goals. I don't actually understand the reticence to engage with systems even if they...
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Flying Toaster reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
When 4e came out, most of my friend group who played d&d was already on WoW. And yes, our first impression was - damn, this feels very...