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Lanefan reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with
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I don't see that as indicating being ruled by one's whims and emotions. This says what they do do, or at least are willing to do without... -
Lanefan reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D with Like.
Yes I always used the % chance to understand. Otherwise every MU uses the same spells. Vancian casting is not just spell slots, it is...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.We do it that the DM randomly rolls what spells they start with (using the DMG as guidance). We also use the chance-to-learn rules...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.Agree with this. MM is excellent for interrupting enemy spells, provided you allow the MM's caster to wait till she sees an enemy...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil?.Pre-2e D&D didn't assume this so much. You might have been taking out the slavers in A-series for altruistic reasons, or because doing...
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Lanefan reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General How do you do smart chaotic evil? with Like.
tangentially, it's amazing how 'evil' it can turn out your groups actions have been when you remove the 'we're the hero protagonists'...
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Lanefan reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General Edition Design Philosophies as Seen Through Magic Items with Like.
Yeah, a lot of costs/risks have been removed from spells - e.g. lots of spells (haste, wish, restoration, gate, etc.) age the caster in...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators.Let's simplify. If I design and write a program in BASIC that consists mostly of code lines starting with PRINT, that when run prints...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Three Things that can't be Fixed in 1e AD&D.That's about how we do it, too. Most times, a caster casting a spell like Shocking Grasp stands behind a meat shield while casting then...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators.You miss the third - and to this discussion most germaine - possibility: You know how to imagine an image, but have no idea how to...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators.An example of something where the AI part would, in the end product, no longer exist: Step 1 - get AI to produce a song or piece of...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.I like this but feel compelled to correct the bolded: saves in 1e are roll-over, not roll-under.
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Lanefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D with Like.
This is just my personal aesthetic sense, but I think you can fork AD&D pretty far and still maintain the “feel” as long as you...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.Agreed it's campaign-specific. I can't remember the last time disease played any significant role in my game; though in the game I play...
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Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Revised and Rebalanced Cavalier for 1e AD&D.Fairer, I think, to put them at the same point within the level. That way, if they're close to bumping in the original class they don't...