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I'm A Banana reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over with
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D&D is generalist in a sense that it tries to support or at least not actively hinder wide variety of play styles and genres. 2ed did it... -
I'm A Banana replied to the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses.I think it's a bit of awkward design to patch an apparent class issues with a feat. If a class has an issue, fix the class. True...
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I'm A Banana reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
Let's not get bogged down in semantics, shall we? These are feats and you choose among many at different points on a path, so some...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
More than the chains themselves, I'm happy they are experimenting with feats that require level 8+ and 12+. Having every feat be...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with Like.
I'm having flashbacks of optimization builds from 3e that was a huge turn off for me. Ah well, I guess while history doesn't always...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General Path of Feats: a Superior Design than Subclasses with
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Feat chains shred customisation in favour of cookie cutter builds planned in advance. The good thing about these feat chains is that at... -
I'm A Banana replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over.FWIW, I think there is an argument to be made that being "generalist" (maybe not exactly in the sense you're using the word here, but in...
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I'm A Banana reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over with Like.
This is one of the reasons I'm nervous about the growth of D&D Beyond. We're already starting to see D&D Beyond exclusive products from...
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I'm A Banana reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over with Love.
I think their actions speak for themselves, but here is what I am seeing that I think is a critical change: They're listening to learn...
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I'm A Banana reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over with Like.
Different Mike but I did a whole review of it! I love Dragonbane. Short summary: Roll under is super fast with no math. Initiative is...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
I’ve seen the “Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport” framework come up a lot in TTRPG discussions, and I think it’s a very useful...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread Wes Schneider is the product lead for Ravenloft: The Horrors Within with Like.
The thing people have to understand is that players also want to have a slice of the horror pie. They love being Dr. Frankenstein...
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I'm A Banana replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.Smart Chaotic Evil can be... "I know that burning this orphanage will attract unwanted attention, so I'm going to make it look like an...
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I'm A Banana replied to the thread Wes Schneider is the product lead for Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.I've had a player do an archivist as a Wizard subclass that can use the Cleric spell list and could hand out a version of Bardic...
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I'm A Banana replied to the thread Wes Schneider is the product lead for Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.Part of being fun for the players is being on the same page about expectations from the get go, which is part of why Ravenloft as...