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Keldryn reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Guaranteed? No. But if you play a lot of TSR-era adventures (modules, supplements, and Dungeon), you're going to have so many +1... -
Keldryn reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Nope, as much as the pessimists would like it to be so, that ain't it. That is actually (close to) the definition of détente. A pause...
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Keldryn reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Aye. I blame being tired. I wrote that while on sleep meds waiting to finally get tired enough to sleep! I disagree--flatly. THAC0...
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Keldryn reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If I was a designer in charge I would at least consider killing off open multiclassing. I would survey it at least though. Have a...
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Keldryn reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The back and forth here isn't working because we're mixing and matching TSR editions in attempts to gotcha each other. I'm not...
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Keldryn reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, and 4E, for that matter. 3E, for example, did actively perverse and hostile-to-the-playerbase stuff like intentionally designing...
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Keldryn reacted to Azzy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Keldryn reacted to MuhVerisimilitude's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean in this case whether it is good or bad is fairly obvious, yeah? The more complex PC-generation is, the less you want the NPC and...
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Keldryn reacted to MuhVerisimilitude's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This isn't an indicator of system complexity, but of bad design aesthetics. The system should be asymmetric. There's no reason why an...
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Keldryn reacted to jayoungr's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On the other hand, it's far easier to create a character in 5E than it was in 3.X. Fewer moving parts and less pressure to know exactly...
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Keldryn reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We have already seen that a 2e gold dragon did not adhere to that limit, as the last two have AC -11 and AC -12. In 1e, while age...
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Keldryn reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I said this earlier, but, I think it got lost in the scrum. You have two methods of achieving a result. One method is simpler than the...
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Keldryn reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General Changing Order of Character Creation, from 1e to 2024 with Like.
Yeah, I get it. But, I can say this: If this PHB is anything like the last one, once you learn the rules, it doesn't matter what order...
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Keldryn reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General Changing Order of Character Creation, from 1e to 2024 with Like.
I am going to briefly interject to say that despite the ... heat ... in this discussion, I agree with both you and @ezo Very briefly-...
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Keldryn reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General Changing Order of Character Creation, from 1e to 2024 with Like.
Rolling for character stats is no more "realistic" than point buy or standard array. The appeal to the idea that people have no control...