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Pedantic reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with
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But I don't wanna do -any- animal people at all. I'm just acknowledging that furry/scaley is where a lot of folks are headed. So I'm... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..I think you're better off writing like 4 charismatic mammal species, and then doing the big book of slightly more specific animal people...
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Pedantic reacted to Sepulchre's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) A5E Warlock Rules Discussion - Eldritch Grasp + Synergies with Like.
Your player is right. If eldritch blast hits or the the targeted creature fails its save, they take EB damage and then have to save or...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..Different resource models for different classes is absolutely a good start. I personally think running Fighter/rogue powers through...
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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 understand why people reach for the 2e comparisons — it’s the clearest precedent we have for overextension and audience fragmentation...
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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.
So my issue with this is that the character and player decision space becomes divergent. Like the characters cannot make plans based on...
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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.
"My magic has yet to recover. We may still face significant peril, so I say we wait a day or two before we face the enemy head on." The...
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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.
The problem with this as I've mentioned before is that players usually know the mechanics to at least some extent, and knowledge of the...
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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 Like.
It just seems very strange to me that the world would know that spells come in discrete levels, that they can power those spells only a...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..I think the big 4e mistake (aside from naming them "Healing Surges" which nearly suggests the inverse role they serve, Trespasser's...
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Pedantic reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
I want to hone in on this element for a moment. I think part of the tragic element of ADEU was the fact that essentially, each power...
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Pedantic replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I pulled this section out, because I think you're broadly right here (in that there's a rejection of adventure path style or sometimes...
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Pedantic reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I'm not sure that one-off products, and that's what most of these are - even if a variety of one-offs, would constitute fracturing the...
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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.
Perhaps. But then again, WotC has already shown they’re willing to take risks—for example, crossing brands with Magic: The Gathering...
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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.
They absolutely do, though — D&D is explicitly branded as “the world’s greatest roleplaying game” and continuously positioned as the...