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Retros_x replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.I already hate long doorstopper books in printed form, especially as paperback. Omnibus editions are often paperback and remove the... -
Retros_x reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Does Your Game Have Random Encounters? with
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Apologies, I meant "Many here appear to disagree". First off, I do not use it often because, in general I tend to take the party from... -
Retros_x replied to the thread Hit points as luck.Why would you need to remember me of something I never claimed otherwise? Exactly what I described and what I want, physical hits that...
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No matter how much I explained to my players that HP was abstract and basically "luck", they always vividly explained how much their...
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Just finished second book, and will read third shortly. Yes was a bit of a step down, as didnt have the inter weaving thread showing...
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Retros_x replied to the thread Hit points as luck.I dislike HP purely as Luck, because it doesnt make sense. HP loss can ALSO mean endurance, luck etc. But if a Barbarian crits the orc...
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Retros_x replied to the thread Does Your Game Have Random Encounters?.Can you elaborate? Because I have the feel your table and my table could look quite similar except I have numbers in front of them that...
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Retros_x reacted to Lord_Blacksteel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The 4 Classes I Would Not Play 1-20 In 5.5 with Like.
Every class can have some heavy "DM and Campaign" dependencies as can multiclassing. There may be limits on using spells from other...
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Retros_x reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) The 4 Classes I Would Not Play 1-20 In 5.5 with Like.
I appreciate Zardnaar sharing his list, but I think (based only on observation) that he is missing a fundamental point. The majority...
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Retros_x reacted to Velderan's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
We had a couple players out Monday for our usual PF2e campaign, so we went with the Shadowdark gauntlet I mentioned upthread a bit. This...
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Retros_x replied to the thread Does Your Game Have Random Encounters?.Isnt that almost like a random encounter, just you choosing from the table instead of rolling a dice? I personally love creating...
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Retros_x replied to the thread Time travel doesn't exist because time travel wiped out the timelines where it did.I have a different understanding of what a study is. This sounds just a thought experiment. The great filter of time travel. Not sure...
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Retros_x replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The 4 Classes I Would Not Play 1-20 In 5.5.hm for me fun to play depends on quite different indicators than the ones you state and honestly up until now every class I tried out...
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Retros_x reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
I write professionally, but not fiction (genre or otherwise) - I'm an academic in literary disciplines (law and philosophy), and my work...
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Retros_x reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
5E's poor handling of mounts, pets, familiars and the like grates on me. They've become handicaps that have to be poke-balled to work...