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Mannahnin reacted to Tesral's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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Basic GM Rules 4: The Rule of Yes A) Unless there is a compelling reason to say no, say yes. Playing a game with Dr. No... -
Mannahnin reacted to Tesral's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Some skills just need training. I have never heard an unskilled person get a tune out of a violin. (I have one, I know). You either...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Well, as the most absolutely basic element regarding the question the thread poses, it kind of is the benchmark as far as I can see...
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Mannahnin reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I would start by reframing it as "see if you remember this bit of trivia." But yes, as always, don't be rolling on stuff that...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You wouldn't have to do that as a roll, though. You could have "Anyone with Skill Total X in Skill Y knows this particular piece of...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
The problem with this is it turns into a degenerate case where the roll is almost pointless a lot of time because ot the probabilities...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
There are things your chance of success approaches nil if you're untrained in, though most of them are post-industrial. But someone...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I'll be upfront here: "combat" and "as exciting as in OD&D" are two phrases that don't go together IME. Its one reason I bailed out of...
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Mannahnin reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
It's the entangled pairs you have to watch out for.
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You're assuming larger parties include larger groups of players. There's nothing stopping people from playing more than one character...
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Mannahnin replied to the thread Olympics 2026 Thread.I was sincere. Trying to be clear. I DON'T think you meant it in bad faith, but the peanut gallery seemed to be building to a somewhat...
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Dont mean to, but you are gonna do it anyways. No reason to get personal about this. Pro football players often want to play despite...
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No, we shouldn't, but that kind of question comes with all sorts of caveats. Any decision of this sort, including Vonn's, should come in...
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Mannahnin replied to the thread Olympics 2026 Thread.More often than what? I don't mean to imply any bad faith (and I appreciate the acknowledgement of possible cynicism), but it is...
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