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Reef reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with
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Thank you for the kind words. I really should just not engage in WotC product threads, but it's hard because so much of the action on... -
Reef reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Do you never use props? I think a lot of the fun of D&Ding is crafting props. And I'm quite happy to use those other people have made too.
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Reef reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I'm shocked this is a real question. From the title of the thread I had assumed it was tongue-in-cheek. I'm also shocked at those here...
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Reef replied to the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set.It’s not that your experiences and opinions aren’t valid. It’s just that when a new book comes out from WOTC, your opinion is...
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Reef replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?.I’m sorry, but this is really the answer. You chose to maximize your strengths at the cost in certain areas, and now are confronted...
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Reef reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
This is why dump stats are a bad idea. No stat is dumpable, because all are important. If one of my PCs has a low stat, it's because...
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Reef reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Of course it isn't, but you tend to have a tone to your posts that often comes off as an attempt to suggest an objective truth - even...
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Reef reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Fortunately you're wrong about their intentions for D&D (with regard to this product) so no worries then!
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Reef reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
It would be overwhelming to newbie have to learn all playstyles so you present one generic one.
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Reef reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
the last two words are the relevant ones…
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Reef reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
if a player described looking for secret doors by intuiting how a person might hide something, I would have them roll wisdom (insight)...
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Reef reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
You could, but at that point it feels very metagamey to me. Any player who tried that on me would be treated to a suspicious eye.
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Reef reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Yes, because you don't need to start playing D&D. You've already been doing this version of the game for a decade. Complaining that the...
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Reef reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
The hit point tokens say HP on them, are the shape of hearts, are punched out from a punch board where they are labeled “Hit Point...
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Reef reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Hear, hear! I really dislike that feature.