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Mannahnin reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with
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In a scripted format, you'd get the silly results when the situation is low stakes, a negative result when failure is recoverable, and a... -
Mannahnin reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Our responses are based on you saying there was zero expectation, not that there was never a requirement. Zero expectation means (to me)...
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Mannahnin reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
And it even says a DM could grant a circumstance bonus for good roleplaying, so that's a reason for a player to want to do so.
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Mannahnin reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Agreed. It doesn't say you must, but they put some word count into helping a GM do so, and provided personality traits as well. How...
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Mannahnin reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Including a sidebar devoted specifically to this topic (page 16) is not what "zero expectation" looks like.
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Mannahnin reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Having played one, I found the Binder filled kind of a similar niche to the 3.5 Bard. Eg, if your party needed a specific role filled...
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Mannahnin reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
No, the book says how each Vestige appears and how the DM should roleplay them. You CAN just make your Binding roll, but there was at...
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Mannahnin reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
You don't have to play out an elaborate deception when you can just make a Bluff check, either, but there's typically some expectation...
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Mannahnin reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Sorry, what? You made your Pact roll (I almost always simply declared I failed it because that was WAAAAAY more fun) and that was it...
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Mannahnin reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
What we did was a dramatic roleplay the first time each Vestige was bound. But then the player got a seal or item that represented that...
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Mannahnin reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
The Binder was super flavorful, and I think the ability to tailor your abilities to whatever challenges you think you would find ahead...
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Mannahnin reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
It's slightly easier with Binders because there are only 2 things that will happen if you fail: 1. You will show the Sign of your...
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Mannahnin reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
I liked the idea that clerics would petition for spells, instead of simply taking them for granted. The problem (as I saw it) was that...
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Mannahnin reacted to CandyLaser's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
The truenamer had a host of mechanical problems that made it not work well; notably, using truenamer abilities required a skill check...
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Mannahnin reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
Binder and Totemist were two of my favourite late-era 3.5 classes. Played both, and while they weren't A-tier, they were both so full of...