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PWell yeah, the whole design space has evolved. I don't see why the earliest ideas about what a 'thief', or whatever, could be should...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Why do we need thieves??.A fighter is a specialist too, aren't they? The notion of combat abilities vs non-combat skills is a feature of D&D's PC build rules...
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PI think Robin Hood, Aladdin, Bilbo Baggins, Arsene Lupin, Charles Lytton, and Butch Cassidy may have also contributed just a tiny little...
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Ppemerton reacted to Mecheon's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Because its the fault of fumble rules: They always affect martials more because "roll dice for more attacks" has always been a martial... -
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I've always seen it less about refereeing than about A) spells doing increasingly world-altering things which open up completely new...
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Like many things, it is all Tolkien's fault. If Sam Gamgee had not asked for rope from the elves, we would not be having this... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread Why do we need thieves??.The idea that there is some fundamental in-fiction difference between a thief and a warrior doesn't seem very plausible to me. It's a...
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PSo by that light is not Aragorn Tolkien's Mary-Sue? He's certainly more perfect than Conan. Or maybe Beren, whose name Tolkien had put...
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PA thief is someone who steals things, who takes what isn't theirs. You can add some nuance to it by dividing them up by method – a...
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PCan you elaborate on that? I neither understand what you mean by "broken down to a skill", nor do I understand how you are defining...
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PI'll add that the claim "thievery is just skills, and that's different from class abilities" is a fallacy that I'm guessing traces back...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I don't find the comparison of RPG design to the design of safe vehicles very compelling. I think it tends to distort rather than...
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Ppemerton reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The problem is the combination of per-attack fumble chance and representing the increased lethality at higher levels through multiple...
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Ppemerton reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
1) They don't say exactly, only if the spell would work 2) Why is that a problem, exactly? They worked hard to weaken the enemy so that...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Torchbearer 2e adventure site - lair of the basilisk.Reflecting on my little dungeon, I decided to add a little bit of intellectualism to it: Entry floor: There are frescoes – of planets...
