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occam reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with
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Dragonlance was itself influenced by some depictions of gnomes and little people in pop culture and folk tales (leprechaun shoemakers... -
occam reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media with Like.
Uh, I think some of that's Tolkien prior to D&D: Burgler Baggins. Dwarves like Thorin affected by dragon sickness. Bow-using elves come...
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occam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
I was really surprised how much that adventure freaked out my players. Great feeling of dread. If I had to do it again, I'd probably use...
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occam reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
Yeah, I don't like everything about the current D&D, just like I didn't like everything about the previous versions of D&D (I've played...
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occam replied to the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird?.But a level 2 Fighter can't be an Eldritch Knight, and a level 2 Rogue can't be an Arcane Trickster, so constructing the rule to avoid...
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occam reacted to Tessarael's post in the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird? with Like.
Rounding up after adding the fractions seems reasonable to me.
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occam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with
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That's right. Dungeons & Dragons is about exploring dungeons in a world ravaged by dragon lords where everyone is a high level wizard... -
occam reacted to Lazybones's post in the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird? with Like.
Perhaps the logic is because the first two levels in those classes don't grant spells? Paladins and rangers now grant spells at L1, so...
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occam reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird? with Like.
So if Allice was a 7th level wizard first and then took levels in fighter to become an EK she would get 1 first level spell being a 3rd...
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occam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird? with Like.
It IS weird. The root cause is the "round down" rule, which causes the discrepancy because the actual single class progression for...
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occam reacted to Silam's post in the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird? with Like.
Consider Alice, a character who is an Eldritch Knight 7. They get 4 level 1 slots, and 2 level 2 slots. If that character then becomes a...
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occam reacted to BenjaminPey's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
I ran Dragon Heist twice, the second time around in reverse. They were Xanathar's goons in charge of retrieving the dragons, which...
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occam reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread Wizards Hires Erin Roberts as Game Designer for D&D with Haha.
Sigil-style pizza is round but has a hole in the middle of it. Radiant Citadel-style pizza just has an entire pepperoni stabbed through...
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