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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Another option would be to not just give the defender Disadvantage, but also the attacker Advantage. If they lose at that point, then it... -
Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.I'd say the call for initiative comes with the declaration of attack. From there it just gets into how the DM wants to narrate it...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Nah. They just saw the leopard after it jumped and attacked it in mid-air. Them yelling to look out really doesn't affect anything as...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) D&D Beyond's Development Roadmap Is A Complete Rebuild Of Platform.Wondering. If DDB becomes a large success, or continues to be one as I suspect it is already is by WotC requirements, I wonder if the...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) This Feels Like 4E.True, but I posit that new players being onboarded aren't reading and consuming the rules but just being told what they need to know to...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General What do you do for housing?.My last game was Spelljammer snd they all just lived on the ship. Before that, it was a magical school game and they lived in dorm...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Characters With Unfinished Business.If you have the contact info for the DM, send them email and see if you can get a write up of what happened after you left, or what...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) This Feels Like 4E.Well, my opinion is that the original goal was to focus on the Braunstien game of "What does your character do?" and the DM adjudicating...
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Marc17 replied to the thread Ryan Dancey & AEG Part Ways Following AI Comments.Just read about 20 pages read quick, some comments... Talking about game stores in the late 90's, the WotC Mothership in the Seattle...
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Marc17 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Just now joining in at the original questions: 1.) No, I don't think that is railroading. 2.) As a player, my definition is when the...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mounted Archers.Yes, I was always sort of upset that there was never a campaign appropriate in 3E to taking all those mounted combat feats. A knight...
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Whether or not what he said has some logic to it, it's definitely career suicide, and he had to know that. Thanks for the OGL though... -
Marc17 reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The Revised Monster Manual was released 1 year ago today! How have you liked facing down and using the new monsters? with Like.
I think the 2024 Monster Manual is a bit of a mixed bag, leaning toward overall improvement. Some monsters are definitely better, some...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mounted Archers.Since this is the current version forum section, I went with 5.24. Fireball has a range of 150'. Shortbow and longbow have ranges of...
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Marc17 replied to the thread D&D General Mounted Archers.We're talking mounted archers. Stay separated and far away. Bows have a much greater range than a fireball spell. And mounted warriors...