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Pedantic reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D General [+] For (hypothetical) 6e: Which arcane caster class should be the "simple" one? with
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I guess I look at simplicity in TTRPGs a bit differently. I said earlier that I’ve watched my kids tackle video games and card games... -
Pedantic reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Complexity is the currency with which you buy depth. Having attacks be more interesting than "I hit, do damage" is complexity well...
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Pedantic reacted to jolt's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Every table is different, but this strikes me as a solution looking for a problem. By the time you hit high level, you had a lot of...
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Pedantic reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Sure, I get now what you are saying. PF2 is an encounters game thinly veiled as an adventuring day attrition one. PC building is simple...
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Pedantic reacted to J-H's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
I think part of the "problem" here is the trouble people have keeping track of their spells. That's not a "the spells are bad" problem...
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Pedantic reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
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Pedantic reacted to cranberry's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
I personally don't see having "too many" spells as a problem.
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Pedantic replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I really think it's down to direct mapping of player and character decision making and forward causality from action determination to...
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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.
That doesn't help, because the people involved in complaints don't see why that would apply to individual powers. They'd probably have...
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Pedantic reacted to soviet's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Absolutely not. Discussion forums are for discussions (well, arguments). If someone else acquires an IP and releases an inferior...
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Pedantic reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Hmm if species doesn’t have any mechanical differences (ie Tasha’s) and the setting is a vanilla fantasy world… If I was the DM I’d have...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.I don't see a compelling reason this needs to go either way. Your case here doesn't suggest the GM has actually done any world building...
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Pedantic reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think the switch to acending AC probably qualifies here. It's undoubtedly simpler to operate and it doesn't sacrifice any granularity...
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Pedantic reacted to payn's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
You can lead a gamer to mountain dew, but you cant make them drink. Some folks simply do not want to drive the game. As much as folks...
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Pedantic reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think we'll need to be deliberate and specific in order to have a useful discussion here. People are throwing adjectives around like...