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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
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.First off, simulationism for some IS the game. Second off, if the adventure requires them to get to an island then one of the obvious...
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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.
This assumes they aren't making an informed decision. People in a game without the aforementioned broad-skill-pulpy approach who do...
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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.
Bluntly, the can very well capsize and drown. Sailboats and rowboats are vastly different beasts. Trying to operate a sailing boat in...
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Lanefan reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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I 100% agree....and it's a preferred playstyle, not a rule. I want to acknowledge that others here have valid preferences. Yes, even... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.The key words there is "almost". Most of the time it's pointless and then just that key once, it isn't; which makes all the other times...
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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.
You're assuming larger parties include larger groups of players. There's nothing stopping people from playing more than one character...
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Lanefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
As a complete tangent, I kind of want to make a statblock for "quantum ogres".
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.True, the "Barbarian in the bar last night" example isn't a great one. However, we don't play out every second of our characters'...
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Lanefan reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Being able to roll gives people an incentive to invest in and get better at that particular talent. Developing ability scores, choosing...
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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 [+].Sorry, DTP means...? I used to be big on physical books at the table but have come to love having the game rules etc. online because...
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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.
Time for second breakfast. The problem with mentions at the table is I don't recall them later to fix. We work with physical copies...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".The Market has, to a very large extent, said what it's been told to say. EDIT to add: the thread is about "play to find out" but has...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".It would stop me talking about it here. I'd find somewhere else to talk about it, directly analagous to choosing a different store...
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Lanefan replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".That's in no small part due to my being both able and willing to tell "social pressure" to go jump in a lake. I've never cared about...