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jmartkdr2 reacted to MNblockhead's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) DM imposed restrictions to the game (+) with
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Does anyone here take different approaches to this depending on the campaign? I don't even mean leaning into the style of one game... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General Reinterpreting Fullcasters as Halfcasters, while preserving the Fullcaster feeling. (+) with Like.
But in the spirit of a plus thread, if you changed full caster progression above 5th level spells to be like Warlock Mystic Arcanum, you...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Sword of Spirit's post in the thread D&D General Reinterpreting Fullcasters as Halfcasters, while preserving the Fullcaster feeling. (+) with Like.
I define full vs half caster based primarily on the maximum spell levels they get (warlock is full caster because of mystic...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D? with Like.
I think it's a bad thing. I can live with stuff being sold exclusively on one store; there's a lot of stuff on DriveThruRPG that isn't...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) DM imposed restrictions to the game (+).I’d tweak that slightly - anything goes tends to reveal underlying instability. With an established group who know how to read the rest...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The impact of reducing Ability Scores? with Like.
I think others have done a fairly representative job of laying out the winners and losers of the proposal. I don't have anything in...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to NotAYakk's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The impact of reducing Ability Scores? with Like.
Sure, both before and after you can use a quarterstaff to get +1 damage, and you can use magic weapons, etc. But those are before and...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The impact of reducing Ability Scores?.I think for a CoS game in particular it might go over fairly well - the kind if player who will balk hard will overlap with the kind of...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The impact of reducing Ability Scores? with Like.
Broadly, yes. Yes. There's a point where I would probably NOT feel that way. It's somewhere between 12 and 14, I think. A starting...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The impact of reducing Ability Scores? with Like.
I would frame it as most players don't want their PCs to feel inadequate, and what feels inadequate is usually determined by what their...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The impact of reducing Ability Scores?.My own experience has been that higher ability scores lead to more diverse parties and fewer cookie-cutter builds. When you raise the...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Xenolith234's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
I think there’s an expectation that all 1st-party content will be allowed, which definitely wasn’t a thing I recall prior to 3e. Even...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
Definitely. The idea of a brand new player showing up with the expectation that the DM will integrate all of their preferred 3PP just...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
The D&D game I joined right after college, literally everyone involved in it changed their stated sexuality and/or gender by the time it...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
I'm not going to bother reading the entirety of the thread; but I just want to bring up the idea that LGBTQ+ representation being...