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MrBeens304 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General Weapons should break left and right with
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Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild could have been one of the best video games of all time. But the constantly breaking weapon system... -
MrBeens304 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Of course it isn't, but you tend to have a tone to your posts that often comes off as an attempt to suggest an objective truth - even...
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MrBeens304 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
It's more like different content. Yeah, it's a lot less words, and it's not content that Micah is interested in, but it's content that's...
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MrBeens304 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Yeah, I understand what you mean, but I whole-heartedly disagree with you. I get that you had a bad experience, and maybe you're right...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One of the problems I have is this presumption of the pyramid structure of trad RPG's. There's no actual reason for doing it that way...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's interesting you pick those examples. In every example, the leader has a specific task (or set of tasks) that need to be completed...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've always been a big advocate that RPG's as written are not complete games. They are essentially game creation engines - more along...
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MrBeens304 reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But isn't there circular logic at some point here? 'I think this rule is an issue, and ideally should be changed' 'It isn't a problem...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I thought we weren't allowed to characterize any part of a game as "lazy design"? Seems a little uncharitable.
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Probably because they didn't think that anyone would ever define destroyed in such a way to preclude killed or unalived. 🤷 I mean, I...
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MrBeens304 reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
i don't really have a horse in this race but it occurs to me, minions weren't just any one type of monster right? you literally had a...
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MrBeens304 replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.A thing that has come up a lot in this thread but hasn't really been discussed holistically is that context has a significant impact on...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I will say this, when I say by gut, I am not guessing. I have years of experience, my number sense has always been a solid skill, and I...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
4e's system was the bomb. It worked great! I had a much easier time building close encounters, either with the system or by gut. It was...
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MrBeens304 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is certainly a table preference thing, but "RPG runtime" can be a concern and is not just a a universal truth that it is not a...