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Parmandur reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with
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Parmandur reacted to guachi's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Then: die roll >= THAC0 - AC Now: die roll >= AC - attack modifier There's no difference.
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Parmandur reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
The only person insisting that an X encounter day must be enforced is you. I haven’t made any such claim, nor has the 2014 DMG. Indeed...
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Parmandur reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
Math and actual play experience both disagree with you on that. Yes, but when that risk is spread between several encounters, players...
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Parmandur reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
This may be another difference in choice of language, but 5e definitely recommends awarding full XP for encounters that are completed...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Oh, add that to my pile of Likes.
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Making Monsters work like PCs is one of the central aims of 3E, for me. Reading old Editions was revelatory.
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Parmandur reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The $150,000 Question: How TSR Learned It Was Dying (And Why I Was in the Room) by Ken "Whit" Whitman with Like.
I am 100% convinced all these stories are coming about because he's trying to give his new business venture credibility. I don't think...
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Parmandur reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread D&D General The $150,000 Question: How TSR Learned It Was Dying (And Why I Was in the Room) by Ken "Whit" Whitman with Like.
I'd also say that his role as a onetime TSR employee is hardly definitional to how any of us know or interact with him*. It seems odd to...
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Parmandur reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The $150,000 Question: How TSR Learned It Was Dying (And Why I Was in the Room) by Ken "Whit" Whitman with Like.
Reading this sentence is so weird for me, because TSR was around for 20 years before Whitman started with them, and he stopped a year...
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Parmandur reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The $150,000 Question: How TSR Learned It Was Dying (And Why I Was in the Room) by Ken "Whit" Whitman with Like.
It is true that some people only play for a few short years because they play in high school and college, after that life gets in the...
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Parmandur replied to the thread What videogames are you playing in 2026?.Ortjoganal not in terms of a game cannot do story...but much like features like maps or rad cover art on novels...the medium does not...
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Parmandur reacted to Uni-the-Unicorn!'s post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book with Like.
Ravinica, Theros, Dragonlance all had setting restrictions suggested. IIRC.
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].I will amend my statement that 3E made mistakes to TSR having made mistakes. The Internet and human civilization may also have been...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Read with a bit of tongue firmly held in cheek...but I am generally not a fan of how D&D was developed over time at TSR, as someone...