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PYeah, I mean, I would question what the player is trying to achieve by kicking the guard in the nuts. There are certain goals to which I...
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PExactly. A good base of solid, if minimal, mechanics as the starting point and cover the rest with the conversation and player skill.
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PWell, it can at least increase the players’ confidence in knowing what their character is capable of. And, certainly it’s difficult to...
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PThis is a very real problem, and fixed DCs is one possible solution to it. Though, they do come with their own drawbacks - in defining...
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PI think “player skill” as a jargon term has accumulated too much baggage to lead to productive discussion. It’s a lot like “dissociated...
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PI think a major issue we face when discussing "skilled play" is simple: skill at what, exactly? It won't be the same from game to game...
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PPiperken reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with
Wow.
I don't think I ever saw anyone play a Bard in 1st or 2nd edition AD&D. The first time I ever played a Bard was in 5th edition, and I... -
PPiperken reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with
Haha.
I have long considered Snarf to be a bard, so I'm reading this thread in the context that it is an autobiography. :geek: -
PPiperken reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with
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PPiperken reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General This Makes No Sense: Re-Examining the 1e Bard with Haha.
As is well-known and cannot be reasonably disputed, the Bard Class started as an error. Do you know how old mapmakers would put fake...
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PPiperken reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Heroes of the Borderlands, which is Dungeons & Dragons' upcoming new starter set, is one of the largest starter sets the game has ever...
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PPiperken replied to the thread D&D General Take A Look At The Class Boards From The New D&D Starter Set.Mausritter (in color!)
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PPiperken replied to the thread Roll for Effect or Intent?.Any downtime activity individual characters may want to undertake in D&D or an OSR/adjacent game can involve this kind of roll.
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PLets say the PCs are in a dungeon of a keep. Suddenly, there are numerous foes chasing after them. I may ask them what they want to do...
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PPiperken reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots? with Like.
I feel like the Venn diagram overlap of the Excalibur and Green Knight movies definitely gives you an Arthurian horror setting.