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I don't like the idea of equipment breakage, but thinking about it, stuff does break down, especially weapons and armor. D&D...

all i have to say about this is Jury Rigging + Blade of the West + 9 Iron + 9 Iron + 9 Iron + 9 Iron + 9 Iro

I don't see why you have to be able to see the target of Hold Person when you cast it. The spell wording is: Choose a Humanoid that...

When you cast it, because an opponent needs to see you cast it with VSM and you only cast it when you take the Ready action. Yes, as...

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild could have been one of the best video games of all time. But the constantly breaking weapon system...

Is shrugging off hits really that incompatible with fantasy fiction? Say, Moorcock's Corum Jhaelen Irsei defeated mooks left and right...

I have a question! When someone Readies to cast a spell, at what point can the spell be Counterspelled? On their turn, or when they...

RE: the narrative. In any fiction, death doesn't occur because the author throws dice or darts at a dartboard (well, I'm not so sure...

I agree with you there. I like HP as a simple health bar mechanics, but arguments in favour of versimilitude are feeble IMO. In the...

Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser have metric tons of plot armor! Hit points would be the best system for them. And see my comment about...

I don't know if "incompatible" is the right term. Plenty of fictional fantasy heroes shrug off massive damage. Look how many arrows it...

i mean, Wizards already writes out individual spell lists for all of the casters anyway, i'm not against the idea of classifying which...

What's missing is a momentum bonus for choosing to Dodge, then attack on the following turn. Without that, you're just making the fight...

Minigiant clarified, he was talking about the Ranger as presented in The Strategic Review #2. They do indeed get alternating levels of...

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