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Necroing. For me I prefer AD&D 1e in everything. Only in the organization department 2e is better (and retroclones help 1e in this). I... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Which helps boost the usefulness of Charisma as a stat. OK. :( One outlier - which Glock certainly was - shouldn't be the reason for...
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Again, this comes with a serious downside that a lot of people do not want: it means that 100% of people who are good at combat HAVE to... -
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I DM a Pathfinder 1e campaign and my friend DMs a Dolmenwood campaign, which is like 1st edition D&D. In my campaign, they roll 4d6...
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Lanefan reacted to R_J_K75's post in the thread Kansas City Chiefs Release Hour-Long D&D Actual Play Video with
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So, this explains why their season imploded...Sorry Coach no time for practice, gotta kill this Basilisk. I'm not sure I can bring... -
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The Kansas City Chiefs posted an interesting video over the weekend, featuring six of their defensive players playing Dungeons &...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Problem is, oftentimes the "something specific" a player might be looking for can't be achieved in point buy. How, in point buy, can I...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Through your roleplay of the NPC, ideally. If the NPC comes across as prideful or self-confident or courageous than persuasion is more...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.Unfortunately, @Maxperson is bang-on right: intimidation in real life works exactly as he says it does. Many (most?) of us have direct...
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With the former the reasons for why their old choice of harmful/bad is because threats of violence. Intimidate isn't just another...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Is Point Buy Balanced?.No argument from me on any of this. So how to fix, or at least mitigate? You've already suggested divorcing initiative from Dexterity...
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While it is theoretically possible to produce a character that could be considered unplayable, it is highly unlikely using most of the...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you run an open table game in D&D '24?.Whoever is saying this probably cut their teeth on 3e or 4e, which were way harsher on in-party level variance than is 5e.
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Lanefan reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you run an open table game in D&D '24? with Like.
Completely disagree with your last recommendation here, both in fact and spirit. Setting expectations properly doesn't equate to...
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Lanefan reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you run an open table game in D&D '24? with Like.
Thank you for trying to spread the game to new players. Hopefully some will become DMs themselves and the payoff will become something...