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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions..Please don’t. Give me my Medeas, my Circes, my Gandalfs without requiring them to be called Mutants.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with
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A lot of this talk is just an ideate phase of game design. Throw in lots of ideas, nothing is bad. Already we are seeing people disagree... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
The thing here is that I've played warlocks and sorcerers that were very distinct from other warlocks and sorcerers. With wizards by...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
The distinction is all over literary sources. They just conflate sorcerer and wizard as D&D uses the terms. The different kinds of...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
I think that there is a very distinct difference between the intuitive/inborn arcane caster and the learned external arcane caster. The...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Vael's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
Subclasses have to fill different roles depending on the class. For a Sorcerer or Cleric, they are defining a key element of the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
Accessibility isn't just "handholding content". You need T1 to be easy, T2 (i.e. the vast majority of the game) to be accessible. And a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
Why? The sorcerer and warlock are distinct in both mechanics and fiction. If we're cleaning out the redundant spellcasters then the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
This is, to me, a core problem with trying to roleplay in both D&D 5e and in TSR-era D&D. You are forced to choose your character early...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
Yes. Level 1 and 2 are tutorial levels. Someone who has been playing for a while can forget what it's like the first time you tried...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to J-H's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
5e's subclasses make the system much more customizable than 1e/2e, but less than 3/3.5. I have no experience with 4e. The forum...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Mephista's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
And this is where I'm going to stop. The lack of choice is a design decision in a large part of the game, making it simpler and more...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Vael's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
I dislike Prestige classes because I'm not a fan of a la carte style multiclassing. I'm generally happy with subclasses ... for the set...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread D&D 5E What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions. with Like.
You want to overburden new players by forcing more build decisions before they even play? You want to alienate old schoolers by...
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FFirst: We are of course dealing here with tastes and preferences--whatever everyone around a given table is cool with is cool for that...