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maeve reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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I agree that tier 2 is the sweet spot, but I wouldn’t want to start in the sweet spot, or any growth at all takes you further from the... -
maeve reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Why anyone would want to skip them, I don’t know. The early tiers are the most fun in my opinion, why would you want to shorten the time...
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maeve reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
That is what Keith’s post read like to me, that 2024 leaned into epic fantasy moreso than 2014 and to the detriment of everything else...
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maeve reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
It seems like the best way to make NPCs and monsters make more sense in the context of the world, including their ability to challenge...
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maeve reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I was going to say, I kinda agreed with them about the 21 strength for an NPC guard. Most of my npcs are low level, rarely reaching...
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maeve reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I just wish they could/would make an edition of D&D that is designed to be a toolbox, with a GM (or group collaboratively) mixing and...
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maeve reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I mean, he may be exaggerating, but I do not disagree with “One of the things I love—and I speak in the present tense—about 5E14 is...
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maeve reacted to the Jester's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
There is so much power creep. SO MUCH. Every class is powered up. You could argue that martials need more oomph; but if that's the...
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maeve reacted to Steady Vane's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
His reticence on the 2024 rules reminds me a lot of A Knight At The Opera, another 5e blog that found themselves not liking the new...
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maeve reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
"knee jerk" isn't writing this post after playing and writing for the rule set for well over a year "lack of familiarity with other...
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maeve reacted to schneeland's post in the thread It's Time to VOTE for your MOST ANTICIPATED TTRPG of 2026! with Like.
Indeed, it sounds like things will really wrap up now - Update #67 - Good News for the New Year. I think I'll at least need to give the...
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maeve reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread It's Time to VOTE for your MOST ANTICIPATED TTRPG of 2026! with Like.
Since Jeremy Strandberg finished the first draft of the last chapter of Stonetop, I'd say that 2026 will indeed be the Year of Stonetop.
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For your second bullet: “the first time you take any move marked with an asterisk, cross off ‘would-be’ on the front page [of your...
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I am not shedding any tears for AI startups, but I am nervous about the full economy effects of the bubble bursting. And like the Dot...
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Beyond only wanting art and writing designed only by humans - to the point that I would stop buying products from a company using AI for...