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payn reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with
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There seems to be a misunderstanding with some folks . . . This new starter set is just that, a starter set. Not a new edition of the... -
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payn reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread Are you ready for some Football (Americano)! with
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Before Friday's KC-Chargers game, I bumped Wilson down to my bench in favour of Xavier Worthy in my WR3 slot. If Wilson has great night... -
payn replied to the thread Are you ready for some Football (Americano)!.
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Good to interact with you again, pemerton! I completely agree that Gygax and Pulsipher are describing the same playing style. There is...
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payn replied to the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D.Depends on the focus of the Tolkien fantasy. I think modern folks want to focus more on being bad ass elves and dwarves running into...
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I think D&D has definitely picked a lane and survival simulation is not it.
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The encounters aren't random, but when/if they occur may be. :)
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payn replied to the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D.This was actually a big problem starting in at least 3E. "Back to the Dungeon" is what 3E was billed on. If you look not too closely at...
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payn replied to the thread D&D General Ditching Archetypes 6E?.I agree with much of this. As somebody who does like those mechanical archetypes I like that link between setting/adventure and...
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Archetypes (or Kits, or Subclasses, or whatever) to me have always been mainly more specific narrative descriptors of a particular PC...
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payn reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
I used to go to DunDraCon regularly every year, but I haven't done that in 30 years now, and the last time I even went to a local con...
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payn reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Those days are today, my friend. That's still how the game works.
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@Pamphylian I think you’ve put your finger on a real throughline in D&D design, not just a quirk of 5e. From the very beginning, the...
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payn replied to the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D.Yeah... folks have been there done that and have an entire closet full of the t-shirts. Dungeons and Dragons has grown beyond sword and...