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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Yeah, I have no problem with that. The appeal to me is that it's more verisimilitudinous. -
Micah Sweet reacted to Tesral's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with
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Some yes. You either can swim, or you don't is a good example. No one gets to craft a sword with their bare hands. (Except Fullautomatix) -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Or you could increase the difficulty of a maneuver if you try to use it multiple times in the same situation, to represent one's...
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Micah Sweet reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
Because then all other races cannot have features any better than a feat and a skill point. Which barely captures what elves...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].I have no issues with certain activities being functionally impossible to accomplish without training and/or tools.
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Micah Sweet reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
"GM force" just sounds like "GMing" to me.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].There's a trope that D&D is a No system?
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Micah Sweet reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So, to answer posts about "find and retrieve quests" being bad or outdated design. Find and retrieve quests, including the classic hook...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread How Complex Do You Prefer Your TTRPG Systems In General with Like.
Clearly it can. I just don't think doing so makes a game simpler. When something people are likely going to want to try in their "you...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Spoilers A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms with Like.
Best episode yet. I like this show a lot more than HotD. This is as good as when GoT was at its best.
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Micah Sweet reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Why even play the game if the DM is just going to save you from everything bad you cause to yourself through poor decision making? If...
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Micah Sweet 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.
Yeah, I'd find it a particularly cynical view that mechanics for manuevers and actions were constructed in that sort of reverse-design...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
May or may not have been the plan but the proof lay in the pudding. I wish I could remember the exact words he used but at a GenCon...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What are you watching in (late 2025 and) 2026?.Cobra Kai was great! Loved it all the way.
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Micah Sweet reacted to jian's post in the thread What are you watching in (late 2025 and) 2026? with Like.
On the other hand, we got Netflix back and so I finished watching Cobra Kai, which was pretty great, no notes. Loved the end of Kreese's...