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Ahhh, the joy of natural language. Sigh. While a strict reading of "line of sight" certainly supports the idea of being able to close... -
The real issue I've always had with the 5E skill system is that they originally made an interesting choice by moving a whole bunch of...
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5e favours the Tool Proficiency for some of these. Not a fan of your idea for tying Dexterity to Athletics. Seems like you're...
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leozg reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with
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Personally, I find it the most tolerable merging, but others might disagree. Even with a merged STR+CON stat giving bonus hp, it’s still... -
leozg reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with Like.
Knowledge and Personality can wield spells, analogous to Physique and Finesse wielding weapons. So to me, Essence looks inessential...
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leozg reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General How would you feel if Official Adventures only covered 3 levels? with Like.
Adventures for four levels. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20 Also adventures for "background" level zero, and epic 21+
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leozg reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Sage Advice Compendium Updated To 2024 with Like.
Good to have this clarified even if I don’t like it – particularly in the way that this makes it so if you fail your save against a...
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leozg reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with Like.
In the deep structure of the various D&D systems, there are only four entities. Wisdom and Constitution are false abilities. Wisdom is...
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leozg reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with Like.
D&D needs to re-embrace Feats. Aggressively, like shifting back to the wide diversity of feats Pathfinder (1e) offers. They brings...
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leozg reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with Like.
One of the reasons I play RPGs is because I like having mathematical constructs and abstractions to help define the characters (and...
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leozg replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities?.Made me remember Dex mods in Ad&d 2e where 7-14 Dex had no modifier difference, so players tried to keep it 7 unless they needed a bonus...
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leozg reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with Like.
GURPS only has four attributes. Intelligence, Dexterity, Strength, and Health. The vast majority of skills are based either on Dex or...
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leozg replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) According to the Hasbro Q1 earning call D&D sales are up substantially..At some point they decided to release this 2024 version instead of a new edition, so maybe it would be interesting to compare the...
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leozg reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is it possible to balance the six abilities? with Like.
I don’t treat the physical stats any differently. What is 13 str compared to 14? Long ago I stopped trying to quantify the scores and...
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leozg reacted to Mephista's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) With Only 4 Ability Scores, How Would You Handle Spellcasting Abilities (+) with Like.
I'd ditch WIS entirely and go with INT and CHA. Wisdom is basically the notice-things-attribute (thus perception, insight, Survival...