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Kinematics reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) One Store's Sales (D&D 2014 & 2024) with
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At some point, I promised to share my FLGS's D&D sales from July 2014 to October 2025, for those that like to look at lists. Obviously... -
Kinematics reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
Absolutely not. Testing and Project management is my actual day job. I also happen to be a game designer. There are generally two types...
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Kinematics reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
[Citation needed.] By which I mean: You believe that's what gets people playing. I've experienced, over nearly three decades, that the...
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Kinematics reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
writers write the flavor and possibly design cool features, powergamers stress test those features so we do not get broken combos in...
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Kinematics reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
Upon first reading, I had really liked Circle Casting - probably the first time I've really liked a mechanical "subsystem" of 5e. Every...
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Kinematics replied to the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book..Only if you deliberately misinterpret what was said just so you can make a sarcastic remark.
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Kinematics reacted to Marandahir's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
The issue is that they don't want that in their backstory, but they want the features otherwise. I don't think that's unreasonable...
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Kinematics replied to the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book..It turns abstract numbers into a concrete idea that people can grasp. It provides a word and description that can be used to help shape...
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Kinematics replied to the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book..The thing on the Sailor background (wrt monk) is that, on its own, the Sailor background exactly fits what you'd expect a sailor...
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Kinematics reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
It is not this one thing that matters so much, it is that the background system is so screwed up. The best Monks are Sailors and the...
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Kinematics reacted to Scribe's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
Holy...so stupid.
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Kinematics reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
:LOL:
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Kinematics reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I know "tradition" is a popular scapegoat 'round these parts, but honestly it's just differing priorities. While nuking traditional...
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Kinematics reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
This, one of the good ideas of 4E. EVERYTHING is attack. and for defenses to be good: AC: 10+dex+armor(or other ability) fort...
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Kinematics reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
And switch to defenses which spells attack, rather than saving throws that targets must roll. Not only is it simpler and easier to...