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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General D&D memes thread discussion….“That must be a strange tavern.” “It’s the Mop and Bucket… the one we’ve been trying to keep the Princess out of.” -
jmartkdr2 reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General D&D memes thread discussion… with
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A few weeks ago the daughter of the daughter of a long time friend started playing with us. Three generations at the same table. And... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to ghenxx's post in the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant? with Like.
So, lets break it down. I own 2014 books, ToV books, and 2024 books. I've played A5E before, but don't own the books. I also like Grim...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to kronovan's post in the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant? with Like.
Not an elevator pitch, but ToV is the TTRPG that Kobold's Midgard World setting will be focused on moving forward. I'm a huge fan of...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I disagree. Fighters get to choose what they're good at just like everybody else. If some versions of the game give them fewer choices...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].Because then all other races cannot have features any better than a feat and a skill point. Which barely captures what elves...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
Another idea I've tossed around is using B/X style race-as-class combined with robust AD&D style multiclassing. So if you want to be an...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
That is, IMO, the delineator between Tactical Studies Rules' fantasy wargame where players used heroes (and their hirelings/followers)...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
As I mentioned before, climbing and swimming. Can be life or death in any number of situations. Far as that goes, in some...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Fighters have absolutely been short-changed by the "big dumb meatshield" stereotype. I have had extreme reservations about the class in...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
No they aren't! That's tautological. 'We've made fighter dumb jocks so now all the interesting fighter paragons are suddenly now a...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
The fighter got the shaft when they decided in 3E to enforce niche protection for the classes, instead of letting everyone be...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I think the fairly obvious is that nobody decided this explicitly. Rather, it was the byproduct of other decision that had unintended...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Just wanted to expand on this point. The issue wasn't that 4e didn't have outside combat resources- it totally did (Rituals, Martial...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Okay, so this may be a bit of a "hot take," but I've realized that part of the problem in fantasy RPGs in general, and D&D-adjacent...