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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Alternate firearms rules (input needed).Makes sense if you are trying for the feeling of say firearms in samurai movies like The Seven Samurai. They are not without their... -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Well, I came into gaming in 1980, and I can't remember a killer DM, but it certainly made sense at the time. I feel that any killer DM...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.I'm not sure what the fluff text says*, but it never really bothered me because D&D has always like this. Clerics have always got their...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Well, gaming is a social contract between all players, but sounds like an excellent excuse to go buy a copy of Axis & Allies (or...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Well, that's why you just convert to the D&D system, spell slots or other Abilities/Spells at will, by day, or per other condition is a...
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Completely agree. The idea that "D&D doesn't do generic fantasy very well" has always struck me as one of those instances where the... -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Really, I've found D&D has always been a fairly good generic fantasy system meant to be modified (or was anyway). Especially when you...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.I do after. So if someone rolled a 1,1,2,3. They'd drop one 1, and then re-roll the other till they got something other than a 1. Main...
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If you're using normal acrylics use multiple (separate) thin coats. Dilute the paint with a touch of water onto a wet palette and slap...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Your Core Classes if The Core 4 Aren't Allowed.Here is the crux. It's the setting, what players can play, what the conflicts and situations they are expecting to be presented with...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Your Core Classes if The Core 4 Aren't Allowed.Hrrm... 1) You pick your culture, country, guild, or whatever. Let's go with the four elements just for an example. Each one has their...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?.Well, you put it in Con and make the character a wizard so they die ASAP and you can roll up a new character. Funny thing, in 5E I can...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Friday Nonsense: Add One Stat To D&D (For PCs).Things I have used in the past: Lives: We got 1d4 lives per character for one campaign I was in. Rolled at character creation. This was...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General How Did You Generate Your Most Recent Character's Stats?.I have a heroic 4d6 system. Roll 4d6, drop lowest, then re-roll all ones until you have no more ones. This makes for a lowest level of...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.I don't think that is true. Monsters in 1E AD&D were divided up into ten levels ranging from trivial to boss monsters, roughly based on...