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I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome
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Huh. I always thought hit point advancement stopped when you two-classed until your second class surpassed your first. Thus ehre the...
Sep 3, 2025
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One of the things that Snarf noted but seems slightly under-acknowledged in these responses (understandably for non-1e folks) is the...
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Let's give the full arcane spellcasters a d4 hit die again! :devilish:
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Just the one bad roll of the failed save, really. His odds of hitting the other PCs were pretty good, and those he didn't kill on the...
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Get it right before you introduce it, not after. Once you've had an NPC cast it in play, you've set and locked in the precedent. A...
Sep 3, 2025
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Once they've met that technique, though, it becomes a known thing in the setting (and one might sometimes ask, quite reasonably, how and...
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Absolutely. 1e was better designed than folks give it credit for IMO, even if the organization left much to be desired.
Sep 3, 2025
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Yeah. I still roll stats before I choose a class or species (etc) in my current games. But then, I've played far more 1e than any other...
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Maybe, but the thread is specifically about Fighters I think.
Sep 3, 2025
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A notion I outright refuse to subscribe to, whatever the edition.
Sep 3, 2025
Lanefan
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Those I'm fine with. Undead and Vampires aren't PC-playable and thus could well have non-standard abilities. This, however, I'm not...
Sep 3, 2025
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I'll add a 4th one: 4. One key thing going wrong that starts a cascade of problems that eventually wipes out the party. The only TPK...
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As a strong opponent of PC exceptionalism, I agree with this statement. No PC is, IMO, capable of things beyond what any NPC can do...
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Except when it only has one hit point, putting it to sleep with a mace kills it in the process. (I flat-out refuse to allow any sort of...
Sep 3, 2025
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@Snarf Zagyg - your disclaimer list is missing one key point: are you talking about the pre-UA 1e Fighter or the post-UA 1e Fighter...
Sep 3, 2025
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