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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Well, different people play the game for different reasons. Some treat it as a strict game with win and lose conditions. Others just... -
Marc17 replied to the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book..Still new to 5E and just yesterday read the Invisible condition details and went back and read the thread on it here. I wouldn't be...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Ya, in 1E&2E, saves just got better from 1st level on. So everybody should have saved except on sub 5 rolls without bonuses. Save or...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.I would have expected that if it was disruptive, it would be in unexpected uses of an nigh-indestructible dome. Protecting the Mcguffin...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Favorite Creepy Monster To Run?.I've used hags for effect before. Less as an antagonists, and more in "Sometimes the village faces threats nobody will help us with...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General How often do you use or encounter Dungeons and/or Dragons in your games?.Dungeons, often. Dragons, occasionally and usually not as combat encounters. Last dragon the PCs encountered in a combat situation just...
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Marc17 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread 2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books with
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The main difference is that in the 3E and 4E eras, D&D never merited discussion at these meetings, it was a marginal brand. -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Favorite Creepy Monster To Run?.Doppelgänger. Not in a 'surprise, you are being attacked by somebody you thought was a friend' way, but more of a "if the grandmother...
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Marc17 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General Favorite Creepy Monster To Run? with Like.
A bunch of skeletons, strewn randomly throughout a dungeon. That only wake up when the party gets all the way inside the dungeon. Never...
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Marc17 reacted to BaronVonOwn's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with Like.
Personally I despise Tiny Hut because long rests are one of the most broken things about D&D. It's already hard enough to balance...
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Marc17 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
Take cars. They achieved their basic form and function by around 1920 if not sooner, and from then until about 2005 all we saw were...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data..Ya, every fantasy heartbreaker was trying to be innovative. The thing is that innovation most often leads to less effective methods or...
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Marc17 reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
Having spent time with D&D before the delve format, than with the delve format at the end of 3e and throughout 4e, and now without it...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E.I think the question is more "would you refuse to adopt another version of D&D if the only thing against it was it was different from 5E".
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Marc17 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with Like.
This supposes that "D&D" being on the cover does not matter. For many, it in fact does.