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rmcoen replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Given that my gaming group has been together (mostly) for 30 years, we don't generally have too much difficulty in this regard. As the... -
rmcoen reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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Depends entirely on the tone and setting of the campaign. Fine for some campaigns, wrong for others. Expectations (and how much exactly... -
rmcoen reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I agree that it can be kind of frustrating sometimes. But I fear it's just a question of play style clash. Some players want to play the...
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rmcoen reacted to Bravesteel25's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I have always felt it a little jarring when I am in a party that has characters ranging from a talking bird to a centaur with nary a...
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That does highlight one of the usual issues with gargoyles, though - usually nobody's fooled by them. One mention of statues in a...
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rmcoen reacted to Brendan Byrd's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with
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If nothing else, the detachable wings are a fun idea to play with: Every time a bell rings, a gargoyle gets its wings... A gargoyle... -
rmcoen reacted to Savage Wombat's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with Like.
Way back in 2nd ed., I had the local would-be evil empire learn a way to turn their elite soldiers into gargoyles. The campaign started...
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Did you just re-invent the "Ecology of..." articles from Dragon magazine?
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rmcoen reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with Like.
@Shades of Eternity At the end of Storm Kings Thunder the PCs face the ancient blue wyrm Iymrith. One of her titles is the Dragon of...
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rmcoen reacted to Shades of Eternity's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with
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Nobody ever uses them beyond a speed bump, and honestly, I'd rather play a gargoyle over an aarakocra as a pc. so here's a quick... -
rmcoen replied to the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them?.In COMBAT, nat20 always hits - but if you needed a 20 or more to hit, then the nat20 isn't a "crit", it's just a hit. A nat1 always...
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rmcoen reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
In D&D specifically, I usually treat a nat20 as “you succeed no matter what and look good doing it”, or else gain a small advantage...
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rmcoen reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
A nat 20 always succeeds where success is a reasonable option. So, for example, if you say that your black ops specialist is going to...
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rmcoen reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
There seems to be a divergence between a ttrpg folk tradition of spectacular crits and fumbles and what most actual game designers want...
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rmcoen reacted to aco175's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
In earlier editions of D&D we used this more than we do now. With 5e we have the 20 as a crit success with the double damage and a 1 as...