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jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with
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I mean, I don’t have a problem if a specific player wants to opt-in to having a weakness. But a truly random methodology isn’t going to... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
if i'm allowed to simply retire them any time i like whats the issue with retiring them straight away when i see their initial stats...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.This is where my logic takes me - the risk may be very small, but there's no upside to rolling that can't be achieved other ways without...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
To me, the argument for rolling falls down because there’s no positive argument that having 2 players with characters with a wide...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D General Alternate firearms rules (input needed) with Like.
I think high damage with saving throws is fine. Load time of 4 actions. it becomes almost a 4e per combat ability except charachters can...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs).Getting away from ability scores, I think Damage Reduction could help a lot with figuring out the fictional difference between AC and...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs) with Like.
I feel "Comely" and "Hideous" work better as a feat (that improves Persuasion and Charm effects if in close line-of-sight). I have...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Epic Meepo's post in the thread D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs) with Like.
Spellcasting. Does having a stat called Spellcasting make the game better? Probably not. But it means I never again have to read...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Exactly. If a game isn't even fun to play in the first place, then balancing it isn't worth bothering about. If a game does contain...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Alright, from my own stuff playing around in Google Sheets, I have determined: There are 65 different arrays which are valid under 27...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced? with Like.
Sort of. 'Is it balanced?' needs to consider 'Is it fun?'. Fairness in rules, some measure of equality in the ability to affect the...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
Sorry I don’t consider ‘well you MIGHT get better character stats next time’ to be adequate compensation for having bad stats right now...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs) with Like.
Edition Resistance: check this stat to see if any of your other stats are affected by WotC money- or IP-grabs. Alright alright alright...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs) with Like.
Je Ne Sais Quoi: a new ability score used only for unspecified rolls. It has no associated skills, but gets added to things like death...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats? with Like.
Yep. And yoru experience is fair. It just probably isn't universal. This, to my mind, is the actual point of game balance. In a...