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Mannahnin reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with
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In real life, sure. But in a situation where narration really ought to be both direction-of-approach agnostic and at least somewhat... -
Mannahnin reacted to tomedunn's post in the thread D&D General 2014 vs 2024: Monster HP and Resistances with Like.
Following the 2014 rules, the 2024 assassin would be CR 8 (defensive CR 3, offensive CR 14, average CR 8.5) assuming no adjustments to...
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Mannahnin reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General 2014 vs 2024: Monster HP and Resistances with Like.
I’d heard something similar at one point, but reading @tomedunn ’s work on analyzing 5e’s monsters, I have a hard time believing it...
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Mannahnin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General 2014 vs 2024: Monster HP and Resistances with Like.
4E used 1 on 1 skrimisher monsters being the standard. Then it scaled upward on resources for elites and solos. This gave them more...
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Mannahnin reacted to Sword of Spirit's post in the thread D&D General 2014 vs 2024: Monster HP and Resistances with Like.
Sigh. There is a formula because the instructions they give to their business partners instruct them to use it to determine a monster's...
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Mannahnin reacted to Sword of Spirit's post in the thread D&D General 2014 vs 2024: Monster HP and Resistances with Like.
Unfortunately until someone fully cracks the code to reverse engineer the actual formula the official 5.0e challenge rating calculator...
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The phrase "cold iron" comes from a poem and it exists only because it makes the poem parse well. It's the exact same reason people say...
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A load of malarky. In the original stories certain fantastical creatures (fey for example) were especially hurt by iron. Plain iron...
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Mannahnin reacted to Umbran's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
For my gaming circles... When a group is GM and 5+ players, we typically move forward if one player is absent, cancel for that week if...
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Mannahnin reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
Maybe it's because we all play video games, but missing players have never been a big deal to us. They're just not there...
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Mannahnin reacted to TheSword's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
We currently contrive an excuse for why their character isn’t there. Including a retcon if necessary. It’s absolutely fine if that is...
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Mannahnin reacted to kronovan's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
If I'm the GM/DM, I have a VTT on a big sceen at/beside the table for players that have to be home, but still able to play remotely. For...
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Mannahnin reacted to djotaku's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
Your last sentence is the thing I wanted to highlight - I first saw Bob the World Builder mention this and I think it's important...
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Mannahnin reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
Crack 'em over the head with a shovel. I like it.
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Mannahnin reacted to Truename's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
Previous campaign: the PC is presumed to still be there, but “off camera,” and fights were rebalanced so their fair share of monsters...