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rmcoen replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion.I specifically went with the playtest OneDD version of Exhaustion to keep things "simple" (as simple as I can, anyway). 10 levels, each... -
rmcoen replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion.Most of my games, the encounters are once/day while traveling, maybe 2 or 3 at a given location, and rarely a true dungeon crawl with a...
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rmcoen reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion with
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I'll say that reducing max hp without a save seems like it should be scary- the lvl6 melee warlock in one of my recent sessions was down... -
rmcoen reacted to Matrix Sorcica's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion with Like.
I've seen and since used hit dice drain. Target must spend 1 or 2 hit dice. If unable, immidiately reduced to zero hit points. Really...
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rmcoen reacted to SteveC's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion with Like.
I think the most important thing about using Exhaustion in 5E is making sure there's a way to get rid of it. From what I remember, you...
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rmcoen reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion with Like.
Obligatory: This is why getting rid of 3E's ability score drain was a bad idea. It's more granular than level drain, more nuanced (you...
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rmcoen reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
Big fan of this take. This also helps give an explanation to the “Mos Eisely Cantina effect.” No one wants to be an adventurer; it’s...
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rmcoen reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I think it is a reasonable and interesting way for the world to operate, but one thing I have gleaned over 40 years in this hobby is...
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rmcoen reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
There are two problems scenario in game that I've seen play out. Protecting a World that Hates and Fears Them: In such a scenario where...
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rmcoen reacted to GuyBoy's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I think there are two (or maybe more) types of adventurers in the context of this question. The first type are your classic adventurer...
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rmcoen reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with
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One of the things I like about the gritty, grimdark world of the Witcher is how the local people fear and dislike Witchers. It keeps... -
rmcoen replied to the thread How does your group handle an absent player?.We do "more than 50%" quorum. Right now, with 5 players, that means we play if 3 players are available. (I'm the DM.) Absent player...
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rmcoen reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread How does your group handle an absent player? with Like.
We do much the same, only our quorum is more-than-half (i.e. if there's 4 or 5 players we sail with 3; if there's 6 players we sail with...
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I ran for a long time with 6 of us. 1GM and 5 of players. If one player had to miss, we played. If two cancel and reschedule. We didn’t...
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rmcoen reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses) with Like.
I don't know if it could be D&D without ability scores, because i don't feel that strongly about sacred cows than others do. For some...