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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].A piece of woven fabric is in nearly every possible case more useful than a pile of disconnected threads. Threads are potential... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Only if you're concerned about the story arcs of the individual characters rather than that of the party or adventuring company as a...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].That sounds just fine from here. :) I think you knew exactly what you were doing, though maybe you just didn't realize it yet.
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Lanefan reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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In 3.5 Glabrezus could cast Wish for a mortal once per month. Then 4E removed it and 5E didn't bring it back. They were one of the few... -
Lanefan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I don't think unified mechanics is good for its own sake. Mechanics should support the thing they are trying to emulate. Sometimes that...
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Lanefan reacted to Blue's post in the thread 6E Theory [+] For (hypothetical) 6e: Which arcane caster class should be the "simple" one? with Like.
I don't disagree, but I'm not wholehearted with you. Complexity has a couple of niches, and what you say address both of them...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Yeah, me too, for about five minutes bask in the day. Then I realized what they were going for, just blamed Conan, and stopped worrying...
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Lanefan replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Whether or not the players ever "get better at the game", the constant remains: both in and out of character, players will quite...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].The idea of percentile strength - that exceptional individuals could have crazy-high strength scores - is IMO sound enough. But those...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].3e, as with many things it tried, had a good idea here and vastly overdid it. Had they done this only for humanoid monsters - i.e...
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Lanefan reacted to Warpiglet-7's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I know yours is a genuine question an inquiry so will try to answer. First things first: I think 5e (gulp) might be superior to 1e in...
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Gary decided to give druids weapons that resemble sickles (crescent blades) as the sickle was important to druid rituals (harvesting...
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Lanefan reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
i believe i read somewhere it's from a bit of a lore interpretation weirdness originating from earlier editions, how the IRL druidic...
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For me, modern (WoTC) D&D doesn't have someone like Jim Holloway. His art kept it real. Not heroic. Regular looking people, with at...
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Lanefan reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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OK @Parmandur these are fighting words! BECMI and Deities & Demigods are the best of D&D! Even putting them in the same sentence as a...