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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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You asked me about the designers intention which I have no idea on. Whether I have used them or not I still could only guess on the... -
Ppemerton reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Are you trying to make me guilty by association? Is this really the argument you are trying to make in any good faith? Hopefully not...
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Ppemerton reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We played 4e for a couple of years before ultimately bouncing off it, but minions was one of the things I liked. Yes, if try and treat...
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Ppemerton reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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RE: Minions D&D stat blocks and combat mechanics provide a probabilistic model of combat. Like every model, there are strengths and... -
Ppemerton reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That would be High-Concept Simulationism. If you're going to use GNS terminology, at least use it correctly. Just because you can...
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Ppemerton reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dispel Evil and Good cleric spell 5th level in use with Like.
Why should a touch spell with a save automatically hit, but a touch spell without anything mentioned need an attack roll to hit?
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Ppemerton reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not even sure if I would say that Tolkien even really did much zero to hero with exception of his hobbit characters. FWIW, there is...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I do not agree, since I consider both obstacles to be overcome by the PCs, not that I'm in favour of doors having their DCs changed...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
4e got a lot of criticism from the sim crowd about how the opening of doors supposedly had shifting DCs depending on one's level on this...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
No I do not see the difference. See below. I imagine I'm not alone when I was playing 1e-3e where there were good and bad NPCs and they...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Who is in charge of designing monsters and challenges for the encounter? And how is that different from ANY D&D game where the GM...
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Ppemerton reacted to JiffyPopTart's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And here is where I think a creative GM can step in and merge the fiction with the mechanics in a way that makes the players feel...
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Ppemerton reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Which is one of the things that makes discussions with conservative, long-entrenched D&D fans so tedious. They turn off and on rules at...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You'll obviously get no argument from me on that score. :D The truly funny thing is, the whole "D&D is simulationist" schtick only...
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Ppemerton reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There is no such thing for Fighters. They just do get better at things because the rules say so. You are now inventing post hoc...