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James Gasik reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread RPG Evolution: What Do You Mean, "Run"? with
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Well, the problem there is that PCs aren't shabby at making a retreat impossible for opposition in a lot of games either, and a lot of... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use?.That's the rub isn't it? 5e is "sort of" designed around not needing as many magic items-some, like magic weapons, or saving throw...
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James Gasik reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use? with Like.
Of note is, ofc, the attunement requirements. Since we did mention a wand, I believe most (all?) wands require the user to be a...
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James Gasik reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
heh, maybe but really, getting extra 1st level spells and maybe even a cantrip at 3rd level is too little too late for most spell. they...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
We're trying to square a circle with compass and straightedge. On the one hand, in the old way, going back to 3e, since that's when à...
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James Gasik reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
I think this is an understated issue with Rangers. Rangers as D&D and most fantasy world are trained Solo Play (Witchers, Wow...
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James Gasik reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
sorcerer can be in ignorance about the source of it's power, but it still should be there to a degree, I agree with @James Gasik in the...
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James Gasik reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
I remember having the same issues with PF1e, the spells were really thematic but for some reason they decided to delay the spell...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
Well, all "jobs" in FFXIV inherently manipulate aether, which means they're all, in some sense, "magic". The difference is that a...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
Well, at least with mage armor, because you can swap out one Sorcerer spell each time you level up, you can replace it with something...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..So if I'm understanding this right, they want a bow using class but don't want to play Bards. I'm assuming they want it to be a ranged...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with
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One thing I find genuinely hilarious about this is that FFXIV has precisely the opposite problem. It doesn't have a "Ranger" class... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use?.Generally, the way I see it is, if any companion can use magic, they all should be able to. If you rule "well, this one can and this...
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James Gasik reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General What items can what types of familiar or animal companion use? with Like.
Ugh, this is such a PITA thing when stuff like Rings of Spell Storing or the Reserve Ioun Stone come up. It's also potentially...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..On the other hand, when a subclass requires you to make choices to best utilize it before you get it, that's at least somewhat...