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Lanefan reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with
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The more common pushback on B/X race-as-class isn’t the existence of limitations but the limitations not making sense from a... -
Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
The GM and the players have different jobs, but the GM creates/decides on the world and all the things the player can choose from to...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].Do you allow Evil PCs in your game? Or CN hell-raiser PCs? If you do, good on ya! :) If you don't, however, then you're making...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
Worldbuilding and believability are much more important to me than making sure every possible heritage and class is available and every...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].Not sure where you're getting that from, unless your average party size is only 2 or 3 characters. BX and 1e etc. solved this by...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
True. In previous editions, fighters were actually better fighters than other classes.
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Lanefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
As I mentioned before, climbing and swimming. Can be life or death in any number of situations. Far as that goes, in some...
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Lanefan reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I mean, I do think giving every class that doesn't have one a flavorful non-combat ability or two would be an improvement, but mostly I...
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Lanefan reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
And then further pushed away when they decided Rogues had to suddenly be good at fighting and damage in 4e (strikers) and continued...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.In early days when the Thief wasn't very good at combat they didn't really tread on the Fighters' toes at all. Sure a Thief might get...
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Lanefan reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Why? Only he called himself that. Well, I guess Willow did too, but not because he actually was, but because Madmartigan was the one to...
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Lanefan reacted to Krachek's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I think it is decided each time the most clever and charismatic player play something else than fighter. When the most skilled player at...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Aragorn - fighter with extras. Any swashbuckler - fighter with extras. Lancelot - pure fighter. You've got lost in the weeds, I think...
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Lanefan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You are asking about the early game and what went wrong. Adding skills was exactly that. That is a different argument than "skills are a...
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Lanefan reacted to billd91's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It may be one of those player kneejerk reactions that are kind of inexplicable. You can beat their PCs up, even kill them, and some...