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Pedantic reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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100% agreed. This is why I've beaten my "perverse incentives" drum for something like eight years around here. Game design is very... -
Pedantic reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The the scare quotes show a bit of the problem with this statement. As phrased this could be essentially a tautology. This assumes...
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Pedantic reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I think there’s a lot of unexamined assumption in that framing. You’re describing an idealized table of close friends who all share...
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Pedantic reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
That is kind of like saying I don't really want my car fixed because I'm unwilling to go on youtube, learn how to rebuild an engine, buy...
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Pedantic reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
But it is not a time sensitive scenario and all the players agree to it. So what's the issue? And you did not answer my question: why...
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Pedantic reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
You can have social contract and conventions to avoid such things, but I generally feel it is awkward and bad design if the system...
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Pedantic reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Sure, but that people really did not like how 4e solved the issue doesn't mean that they still wouldn't like to have some solution for...
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Pedantic reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I'm not going to speak for Micah--we don't share that much in taste, though not nothing--but my feeling is that reducing GM overload...
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Pedantic reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread ChatGPT lies then gaslights reporter with fake transcript with Like.
Yes. Both to guns and the use of AI. How folks use the tools is problematic. So are the tools themselves, their easy availability, and...
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Pedantic reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Nolzur creates inclusive miniatures, people can't handle it. with Like.
Maybe you didn't realize it, but yeah, you kinda were saying that. It is implied by the construction.
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Pedantic reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Views on 24 MM/SRD monster mechanics now with Like.
An effort was made to give more creatures a distinctive ability of some sort, and (more importantly) to make distinctive abilities bonus...
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Pedantic reacted to Gradine's post in the thread D&D General Nolzur creates inclusive miniatures, people can't handle it. with Like.
I want you to know that I mean absolutely no offense when I say this, but this is unbelievably naive. At the very least when we're...
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Pedantic reacted to Gradine's post in the thread D&D General Nolzur creates inclusive miniatures, people can't handle it. with Like.
This, on the other hand, is not it. Not to say that straight calling a person a loser is a worthwhile endeavor, but it's especially...
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Pedantic reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
OK, I see what you're saying. Thank you for elaborating. As I understand you you're talking about the difference between (broadly)...
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Pedantic replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I feel like we're on the verge of rehashing the same points all over again. "Play to find out" is a strong signal that you as a player...