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Laurefindel reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with
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The original D&D Ranger was a warrior, not a subclass of anything much less the thief. What are you on about? Ranger has never been a... -
Laurefindel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
Them too, but critters are hardly the only D&D fans in a silo.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics.Yes, as much as I may seemed reluctant to narrative results in the Daggerheart thread, special results happening twice in 20 rolls in...
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Laurefindel reacted to Flights of Fancy's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with Like.
And yet many don't. Remove the 1 and 20. Return to binary. If you need more than 20 to succeed, or less than 1 to fail, the narrative...
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Laurefindel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
Sure. Fate has been doing this for a couple decades, and Fate wasn't the first. People need to read the inspirations section at the...
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Laurefindel reacted to Reef's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
Yeah, in doing my research into this, I’m watching the Critical Role Christmas playthrough. And 90% of the time, when Hope and Fear are...
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.My issue with those systems is that it kinda locks you into a « and » or « but » etc. Typically, these systems discourage you from just...
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Laurefindel reacted to Elvish Lore's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
My own nerd discussion group is tripping up over the Hope/Fear thing. "Not everything players roll for has hope or fear built in!" I'm...
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Laurefindel reacted to Mournblade94's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
It may not be the kind of game they DM wants to run. I'd just flat out stop the campaign if the tone was different from what I wanted.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.Yeah if the designers purposefully meant it be either a narrative tool OR a purely mechanical device OR both, that definitely goes in...
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.Played a bit of BitD. Loved playing (GM was great!) but couldn’t wrap the game around my mind to GM it. I find things like success with...
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.Hum, not sure if this is for me then…
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative.How does the Hope/Fear mechanics plays out, exactly? My biggest gripe with systems like Star Wars/Genesys is that advantages/setbacks...
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Laurefindel reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Daggerheart Review: The Duality of Robust Combat Mechanics and Freeform Narrative with Like.
Oh yeah for absolute 100% sure. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you want to! That's part of what I like about...
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Laurefindel reacted to Sorcerers Apprentice's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dragon Age lead says Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur prove publishers wrong as games can crush market trends is they’re “given time to cook” with Like.
Conversely, changing the things that the hardcore fans like about your product in the hope of increasing its appeal to casuals is often...