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Laurefindel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Illusion Magic in 2024 with
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Solid analysis of the illusion rules in both books, I agree with your interpretations. I do have a bit of a nitpick though: D&D is an... -
Laurefindel reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
That's because in Tier 3, the base game transitions to planar play. Wilderness survival can and should get more dangerous options as...
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Laurefindel reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
I'm always curious as to whether all the players who always say "We only need four classes" actually play their games that way? I mean...
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Laurefindel reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread How Long Do You Wait Before You Houserule a New TTRPG? with Like.
I automatically know I'm going to ignore parts of every RPG's rules even before the book is released. I play RPGs for the...
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..The skinny; if you think the ranger class is unnecessary, this thread isn’t going to convince you otherwise. If you like the ranger...
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It's without discussion because I don't think there's any question that it's right for it to be there. It was huge and extremely...
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I'd probably add Top Secret. Fame and Fortune points. Megagame resources for PC success/survival.
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Snarf's Inarguable List of Top 10 Most Influential TTRPGs! The following is a product of maths and logicks, and cannot be reasonable...
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Laurefindel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with Like.
I agree that WotC's game designs are strongly gamist (to different degrees of course, and obviously there's other stuff going on too)...
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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 Like.
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...
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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-...