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Hhaakon1 reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Settings of Hope vs Settings of Despair with
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Almost all of my campaigns have been a middle ground between the two. Even Ravenloft. Evil is meant to be defeated but it will return... -
Hhaakon1 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D 3.x Still playing 3e? Share your 3.0 and/or 3.5 house rules with Like.
Like you I conceptually understand that critical hits are bad for the game, as they always favor the monsters over the PCs. But, while...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread Other D&D Variant What is your favorite version of D&D offshoot/D20 fantasy today? Tell us why it is the best! with Like.
Excluding my WIP d20 system designed to what I think is best in D&D adjacent fantasy gaming because that would be cheating: D&D 3.0...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Solasta 2 Announced!!! with Like.
I really hope a second iteration of this game includes a storyline approaching average, if not professional quality. The approach to 5E...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to Edgar Ironpelt's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with Like.
The three most important things about 3.x that brought me back after drifting away from 1e & 2e were, in order of decreasing importance...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with Like.
It's been years since I ran it proper. But if I go back to running D&D-Branded RPGs in the future, it's the one I'll be going back to -...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with Like.
Yep. That makes a ton of sense too. Most of the ones I like are by a small number of recurring designers / authors. I noticed a big...
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Hhaakon1 replied to the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it?.WotC killed 3x with splatbooks for CharOp. TSR killed 2e with splatbooks and an unsupportable large number of settings. So far, 5e has...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with Like.
I think a large part of the problem was that they turned prestige classes into player facing components (helps pad out all of those...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with
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PHB3.0 + PHB3.5 + DMG3.0 + Monsters of Faerun + MM1(3.0) + FRCS + PGFR + Magic of Faerun + Races of Faerun + one relevant FR locational... -
Hhaakon1 reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with Like.
3E has the distinction of getting worse more books you add. Early on we played it like 2E. Once the splat books turned up things...
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Hhaakon1 replied to the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it?.I agree. It’s what I still run. The core rules are great and super flexible, and it’s compatible enough with what came before - I run...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread D&D 3.x Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it? with Like.
I ran a lot of 3.0 up until like 2007. It was not "all books are clear" in my campaigns for content. I liked it, but I feel like the...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Do you "roleplay" in non-TTRPG Games? with Like.
100% every Risk block gets a back story, my slum lord top hat has charachter goals in monopoly, and my inspector gets a funny voice and...
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HTo be fair, talking in funny voices does not have any impact on game resolution in D&D either.