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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 [+].Ditto, and they're Hobbits here too. :) Me neither, and it shows - far too often. (and my players, thinking they're being nice I guess... -
Lanefan reacted to Tesral'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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I do not have the Tolkien estate breathing down my neck. I'll look at it. I do not have a proofreader. You were right, I fixed it... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.The "risk" lies in not knowing, which may have negative ramifications later. As it would be impossible to tell the players every single...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.How is that poor design? If, say, the roll is to see if someone knows something obscure then sure, the character with the Knowledge...
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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.
We used roll under all the time in our mostly 1e games.
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Divorce your thinking from "strictly one character per player" and you'll soon get here. :) My current group is four players but these...
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Lanefan reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread Difficulty Numbers: Scaling, or Static? with Like.
Hmm, if only some RPG had something like ageing tables...
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Lanefan reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think the aim should be to make it like real life at least in way any good fiction feels real and evokes real emotions. Now if rules...
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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 [+].Love that you still call them Hobbits! :) FYI there's a typo in the first line of your Elf height-weight table, a couple of digits seem...
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Lanefan reacted to Tesral'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.
That depend entirely on who you talk to. I say no. I find the Pathfinder power creep too much. But I do not have to have Humans as...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Sure. To me this is something of a feature rather than a bug, and people are always free to play differently-structured parties just...
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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.
To be honest, I'm never completely comfortable with any party that doesn't include at least one human. I feel it adds necessary (to me)...
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Lanefan reacted to Johnsy's post in the thread D&D General WotC Continues D&D's Advance To Digital First Brand with Like.
Is “digital first” just marketing speak? I’d be concerned if they de-incentivise in person, non-digital play. I really liked all the...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.The bolded could (and, I think, would) get messy the moment anyone in the combat has the potential to affect more than one "group" or...
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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.
Or you could increase the difficulty of a maneuver if you try to use it multiple times in the same situation, to represent one's...