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James Gasik reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Love.
tangential thought, i think it's way past time DnD got past the rut that all heavy armour gets stealth disadvantage, heavy armour isn't... -
James Gasik reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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That's ... very untrue. 4e was extremely friendly to house ruling and kit bashing because it was so transparent. You KNEW what would... -
James Gasik reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
Which is why Healing Word and its ilk in 4e were minor actions (bonus actions in 5e parlance). Draw Steel does the same with the healing...
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James Gasik reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
Didn't 4e have that?
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.Or alternately, give Clerics spells that have healing as riders. Like say, concentration 1 minute, every time the Cleric hits with a...
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James Gasik reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
This is from AD&D. Use this as gospel. If they roll a character without these traits...reroll. 16 or above in at least one, just to...
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James Gasik replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.x So what's going on in D&D worlds, where all humanoid races have brains with which to overcome these things, yet somehow, many of them...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.So as an experiment, I introduced an item into my 5e game somewhat based on the 3.5 Belt of Healing- the main difference being that the...
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James Gasik reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
In 1E lower level thieves were not very good at any of that stuff anyway and if they tried to pick locks in 1980s era adventures at low...
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James Gasik reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with
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Don't ask me, I'm not the one saying they can't. Apparently we just have to trust our DMs, because we are in danger of not knowing... -
James Gasik reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
Healer, particularly combat healer, is an inherently problematic role. You can make the game is balanced around having one, and then you...
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James Gasik reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
How can a player interpret THEIR character anything but correctly?
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.It is interesting that you can easily dispense with any character role in a party but the healer with ease. I've seen parties with nary...
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James Gasik reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
It is always interesting to read stories about how different tables played the same game back in the day. In my main AD&D 1E group...
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James Gasik reacted to JiffyPopTart's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Your post is exactly the energy I'm talking about. In 1989 we killed a pile of kobolds and then when searching in their haybale beds we...