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occam reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands - First Impressions with
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I do not believe that to be true. It takes some lessons from boardgames--which is a much bigger and more mature market than TTRPGs--but... -
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occam reacted to mearls's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
For people wondering about WotC's attitude toward third party publishers, my experience working with them to bring Cthulhu by Torchlight...
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occam reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
That’s a fair point—domain play and “name level” benefits absolutely existed, and they gave players a direction beyond the dungeon. I’m...
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occam reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with
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When people bring up Tolkien as an example of what fantasy they feel D&D should emulate, don't forget that at some point, even the... -
I think even then the exploration pillar was mostly afterthought. Classic D&D had exactly one class that could sneak around: the Thief...
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occam reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
I think the “GP outweighed kills in XP” point gets repeated as if it’s a silver bullet, but I don’t think it proves what people often...
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Armour was pretty effective, otherwise they would not have spent all that money getting it. Is part of a pretty good series on the...
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Some of these posts remind me of the people who claim that a modern tank is easy to take out because "All you have to do is throw a...
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occam replied to the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D.It's worth noting that it hasn't always been this way. In 3e, elves and half-elves had low-light vision (normal vision in dim light...
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And the Joys of At Least Occasional "Simulationism" There's an approach to rule-making that shows up in a few places in D&D 5e (and...
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occam reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Earlier this year, when they announced this, Mike Mearls had said this about the change:
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occam reacted to AlViking's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
Better for who? I get that some people have this concept of an ideal, altruistic owner but there's no guarantee that owner would make a...
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occam reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
I have heard of enshittification. I have also heard of hammers, that doesn't mean everything I see is a nail.
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occam reacted to Hussar's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Head Explains Benefits to D&D Franchise Model with Like.
No, it's more that some of us have heard about the "enshittification" of D&D for decades now and we're rather tired of it. Weren't you...