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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting.I'd have to agree. Despite everything being presented up front and equally, the actual layout and feeling is still a matter of... -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I run home-brews and do lots of history and backstory, but tend to give everything the PCs really need to remember in an elevator...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mapping: How Do You Do It?.Draw a schematic as you go in theater of the mind. Detail combat areas when needed. I usually do this on the battle mat in the middle of...
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Marc17 reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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Yeah don't get me wrong, I actually would love to see a "standard 5e setting" that WotC supports with lore and adventure arcs and such... -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Completely disagree. For a new game (according to the game developers I know), things like character classes (or archetypes) and the...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) So the Armorer still need be Wearing before Don his armor..I don't know if I would call all what we were finding errors exactly, but rather very strange layout and possibly bad proof reading or...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting.I'm sort of surprised people are so down on halflings and gnomes. They have always been fairly represented in the games I have been in...
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Marc17 reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) So the Armorer still need be Wearing before Don his armor. with
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Reminds me of how the 3.5e Expanded Psionics Handbook had the Déjà vu power written out in full twice (on purpose). -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) So the Armorer still need be Wearing before Don his armor..Well, the real issue is that such editing errors seem to be common enough in 5.24 that people my group were making fun of such while...
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Marc17 reacted to ...m...'s post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting with Like.
...i think 5.24 core rules start from the assumption of a cosmopolitain player character population in a cosmopolitain high-fantasy...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Naw, I see it as keeping the foundation and retrofitting the house above. Ascending AC from 2E is purely cosmetic. So are saves if you...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I'd agree, but the base ideas of combined XP chart, ascending AC, intiutive saves, etc. would have fixed most of that. I think it would...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.That is a lot of work for not much payback, and one of the first things I think items would be enchanted to deal with. Even in a game...
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Marc17 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
For a game meant to offer essentially infinite replayability but is still a game, having a best option runs counter to the design goal.
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Well, unless they are playing a unix based system, then all discrete numbering begins at 0.* :-) I prefer for my players to have some...