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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations.I never said purely player facing. You'd sell stuff to DMs and add stuff in the books so DMs could convince Players to come to the... -
Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations.Here's the part I don't get That's every generation. Every edition sold to players for money. The difference was how they related...
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Minigiant reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with
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This does feel really D&D-focused. While he's not entirely off-based with his first few gens, they're really D&D gens, not encompassing... -
Minigiant reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
For generations 1-3, I suppose what he says is fair enough. At 4th generation, he gets very muddy, and unfortunately the change to his...
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Minigiant reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
I find the notion that 4e is not a 5th generation game somewhat baffling. @mearls' definition, as I understand it, is that 5th gen...
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Minigiant reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
I assume he left it in 4th gen because it fits nicely from a ‘many character options’ perspective and the rest is too complex for a 5th...
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Minigiant reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with
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TTRPGs didn't have generations or evolutions. TTRPGs instead had thematic trunks that grew branches, that were sometimes interconnected... -
Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations.Sure. But my point is the internet allowed a bunch of the fandom with their own preferences to reach each other and share their twist...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations.I don't think it has to be one side or another. Must how the game have to completely lean on tactics, story, or simulation.
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations.My main gripe with this theory is that there are only 5 generations. Once D&D really hit off in the Internet, the generational shifts...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you rule using a Hand Crossbow with a nick weapon.It's weird. It's the Ammunition property that forces one handed weapons with the Loading property to require a free hand. If there...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General What if we gave dragonborn four arms?.I kinda feel dragonborn and kobolds with 4 arms, 4 legs, or wings is an uncommon "gene" that can be given with ritual.
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Minigiant reacted to LuisCarlos17f's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
Let's remember the spellcaster PCs are designed to spend the spell slots in a different number of encounters but an enemy spellcaster...
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Minigiant reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance with Like.
CR5 is about akin to a single Level 10 character, give or take, but yeah, they're also built differently. PCs dish out more and take...
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Minigiant reacted to Shadowedeyes's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Undead Army Necromancer is not Designable with Like.
Not to go too far off topic, but on the Indomitable topic, I'm sure the buffed 2024 version does have an effect on encounter balance...