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jmartkdr2 reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with
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It usually is. Honestly, IMO most multiclass ideas are gimmicks that overly focus on optimizing a single stat while ignoring the lost... -
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I'm seeing some corners of the Internet debate the Titan Druid's relatively weak AC. And after thinking about it and looking over the...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest.On the other hand - Hell Knight to Death Knight is a really obvious progression, and the subclass certainly qualifies as making a deal...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
Which would make something such as "Champions of Light and Darkness" more likely than Return of the Revenge of the Book of Vile Darkness...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Silam's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
Am very excited for the feat paths and I hope they come up with more of these (better balanced than these two though). I think there...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
It's a well established niche. When I read the Hell Knight Fighter I immediately through "Oh so you can be Ghost Rider." (Yes, I know...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons releases Villainous Options playtest with Like.
Remember that getting your power from demons is a villainous path, but getting your power from devils is so normal it's practically the...
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jmartkdr2 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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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.I don't know if CaT favors dice-light gaming more than CaW - after all, in CaW you're trying to get around the random elements. But...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Steady Vane's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
There is a problem that simply by labeling and dividing them up like this, we imply each type can only do its own thing. Which is...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.Even in CaT fudging isn't recommended for getting "good" results, just to avoid the whole thing falling apart. The dice are supposed to...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Reincarnate is and has always been, weird. with Like.
I've had some family in town lately and been putting off getting to this. Fair enough & I stand corrected on thief being even more of a...
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Like you, monsters and magic items are the first things that I reach for. I don't really use mechanics from earlier editions; I strongly...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode.I feel like we're re-inventing the older "Gamist, Narrativist, Simulationist" idea but framing it slightly differently - and carrying...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
I can't understand for the life of me why "fudging rolls" should be more CaT than CaW or CaS. "Fudging rolls" is an age old technique to...