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rmcoen reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with
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It's goo for a world to kinda have a healthy mistrust and be uncomfortable with adventures as a kid whole but it also says something... -
rmcoen reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with
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This works for a while, the "always a bigger fish" scenario, but if the fish gets too big you get the Forgotten Realms "well, why aren't... -
rmcoen reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I'm reminded of the drunk Marl in the village of Beregost (BG1) who accosts the adventurers to tell them to get out of town. There's a...
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rmcoen reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
People dont like adventures because of there boorish anti social behavior. Its a stereotype passed down from the previous generation...
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rmcoen reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
In RL, people often have a love/hate with law enforcement and governments. You know you need them but don't really want to have to...
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rmcoen reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I might allow the peasants to love the PCs and the nobles to not like them after they saved the town from whatever. The locals want the...
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rmcoen reacted to Bayushi_seikuro's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I feel adventurers in D&D are a lot like the Magnificent Seven in film. They're not trusted because they're not generally tied down to...
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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...
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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 Like.
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...
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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...