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mamba replied to the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""".it contributed, I don't think it was the only criteria agreed, guess 4e drove that lesson home, finally -
mamba reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I'm going to take the other side of this, just a little. An increase in speed if it did not reduce the other elements you value would... -
mamba reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, in part because it only tends to work in the context of accepting that none of the things that are eliminated to make it faster...
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mamba reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's not even better at sandboxing unless we accept a somewhat idiosyncratic definition of sandbox.
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mamba replied to the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""".I agree that needing a new version is not where you want to be as a publisher, I am not sure we can call creating these new editions at...
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mamba reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Some of the examples of "better" also seem to really push a metacurrency, points that the players can spend or gain via their...
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mamba reacted to Guest 85555's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Where you are going to have a lot of disagreement is around degree of player driven experience and what that means. For some sandboxes...
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mamba reacted to Sorcerers Apprentice's post in the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""" with Like.
So it's not actually a rule, at least not one that's part of the core books it ostensibly regulates. I wonder why they didn't print...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""".they certainly were not the main drivers for new editions. I see it the reverse way, needing a new edition was the reason why they could...
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mamba reacted to Mike Myler's post in the thread D&D (2024) Check Out The All-New Relaunched EN5ider Magazine For D&D! with Like.
Welcome to the first issue of the all-new relaunched EN5ider Magazine! After over 10 years of publishing more than 600 articles EN5ider...
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mamba reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""" with Like.
See, that's where I think there will be a difference between "we are consolidating spells into 3-4 major lists" vs "we are scrapping the...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""".all good, just clarifying it since there are different threads going on in parallel
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..not sure I agree with this, that is the problem with sandbox being vaguely defined. It is designed to utilize more player input / is...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""".true that would be more akin to being upset about a feat or spell, not a whole class
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mamba replied to the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""".I am not saying it is widely criticized, just that it got more mixed results none of which have anything to do with the playtest. I...