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Laurefindel reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with
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What "strawman arguments" specifically are you talking about? As to the rest, it's unclear to me why you're so seemingly upset. I'm... -
Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..Indeed Less is often better than more, but more is often preferable to not enough. Current D&D hits my goldilocks zone for character...
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Laurefindel reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with
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The number of classes, subclasses and feats in a given RPG is a Goldilocks thing. For some, reducing the number of classes to the bare... -
Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..A class in 5eD&D is two things: a concept that cannot be easily and accurately reproduced with another class, and enough variations on...
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Laurefindel reacted to Mind of tempest's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
The problem with only four classes is that it becomes hell to do a concept well. We should have as many classes as is needed to do...
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Laurefindel reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
By OP logic, there are decent chunk of classes that are superfluous. Paladin - martial version of cleric. Druid- nature cleric. Warlock-...
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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 Like.
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...
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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.
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.