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James Gasik replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.I had a DM who often imposed "situational modifiers" in 1e/2e games for things like "you're using a sword in kobold tunnels, -2 to hit"... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic.Both games were really ahead of their time in a lot of ways. I really loved Earthdawn, and wished I could have played more of it, but...
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James Gasik reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with
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Chapter 13: Adventuring This chapter is quite fluff-heavy, primarily covering dungeons, fantasy ecologies, and adventure ideas and... -
James Gasik reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with Like.
Chapter 12: Magic Image is Wizard's Duel by Phill-Art A relatively short chapter, Magic is composed of both new rules and general...
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James Gasik reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with Like.
Chapter 9: Combat Basics Image is the Duel by Shen Fei This post is going to be a three-parter on account that these chapters cover a...
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James Gasik reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with Like.
Chapter 8: Money and Equipment Image taken from the Wanderer’s Guide to Merchants and Magic Besides being heavily into dark magic...
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James Gasik reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with Like.
Chapter 7: Prestige Classes Image is the Knights of Solamnia from 3.5 Dragonlance Campaign Setting The next-longest chapter in the...
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James Gasik reacted to Libertad's post in the thread D&D 3.x [Let's Read] The Frank & K Tomes with Like.
Chapter 6: Feats Link’s Spin Attack colored by Creamy423 Third Edition introduced the concept of Feats, representing special abilities...
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James Gasik reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I mean, is it "WotC's direction", or is it that 5E has simply run its course? Or some combination thereof? Or is there even no...
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James Gasik reacted to Mephista's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
At some point, we need to set a baseline. Now, no ability generation is going to be balanced. This isn't point buy's faults, but the...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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Yes. Yes I do expect that. Because I saw it. For years. People straight up telling me that I was a fool to argue that PHB dragonborn... -
James Gasik reacted to Mephista's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I remember when the paladin shifted from a mundane horse mount in 3e to a summoned beast in 3.5. The mundane concerns of caring for an...
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James Gasik reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
To me there is a real struggle with a lot of people in the hobby of having the game look like a certain way and what the positive and...
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James Gasik reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes with Like.
because that's an entirely null argument to change the imbalance between the two, everything a fighter player can come up with to...
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James Gasik reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes with Like.
Yeah, but that's not the "Wizard fans" who are doing this... it's the two sides of Fighter fans arguing amongst themselves. "Wizard...