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Every class can have some heavy "DM and Campaign" dependencies as can multiclassing. There may be limits on using spells from other...
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hm for me fun to play depends on quite different indicators than the ones you state and honestly up until now every class I tried out...
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I want to know what happened to sunrods.
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Why? That demand makes no sense to me.
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Never has a company been better embodied by a fictional character than WotC by Sideshow Bob, I swear to god. The constant unnecessary...
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If you take the most mindlessly literal interpretation of his statement, sure, but Hasbro's behaviour re: firing successful teams and...
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it took the attempt leaking and the backlash of the community for them to do that. They did not do that out of the goodness of their...
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I don’t think it fair to criticize the design for something it doesn’t do anymore which is survival sim. D&D is heroic fantasy now...
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Pure and simply, the community has become too wound up about balance and expedience. Can't have a pet monster or follower trivialize an...
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5E's poor handling of mounts, pets, familiars and the like grates on me. They've become handicaps that have to be poke-balled to work...
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I love that online play is an option when necessary, but agree that in-person play should be the priority. I think that having people...
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This feels like the result of the original, basic, and advanced game all doing nearly the same thing but differently. The XP lost vs 1...
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I think the reason I bounce off any hard line discussion of 1e rules is just the actual structure and organization of the books...
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I've never understood some people's aversion to magic gear as a power add. It has plenty of precedent in modern fiction and mythology...
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Yeah. It's almost like that 1e Bard made no sense at all. If you're one of those people that hates puppies, joy, and the cold side of...
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