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FrogReaver reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I do the same with modern rules as well, but you're right that many people seem to treat them as something you're supposed to treat as... -
FrogReaver reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's the old-school ethos for you, Gygax's best efforts notwithstanding: the rules as written are merely an adjustable framework and...
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FrogReaver reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So just change the scenario to not have minions? I'm not following. The scenario was simple. Ogre leader is threatening the town and...
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FrogReaver reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Both concepts exist within the 4e monster manuals. There are a lot of minions that are meant to be "cannon fodder" for a more organized...
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FrogReaver reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Or people just didn't like the concept and it didn't fit what they wanted out of the game. But what would I know, I only played the...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IMO it’s maybe less your intended meaning that’s at issue and more the specific words you are attempting to use to convey that thought...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I can see that. Like we could simulate the world by never changing the pc stats and just changing monster stats when the PCs level...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think quantum was negative by us. While we ultimately recognized some aspects of d&d as possessing that quality as well, we doubled...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You really don’t see how claiming that D&D doesn’t do any one thing good comes across as claiming it’s piss poor?
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FrogReaver reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right, we're leaving out steps. The proposed structure is creative agenda->design goal->mechanic. Pointing out a mechanic doesn't serve...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The 4e minion rules literally say that they are for use when the DM wants to throw a lot of monsters at the PCs without it becoming a...
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FrogReaver reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Just wanted to point out is that this is because D&D adopts a linear(/quadratic) rather than exponential power curve. This puts the 10th...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You start off really well. CR is inherently flawed because a monster is going to be easy against some groups of its CR and hard against...
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FrogReaver reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not suggesting those things are equivalent. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with the "fighters can just wade through lava" position...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IMO. They all run into issues. Many of which are gameplay issues. But yes theoretically you can use another. I’m not theoretically as...