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rmcoen reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with
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Yes, I agree completely. Games like Daggerheart and a lot of superhero games embrace this style. I think this might also cause some of... -
rmcoen reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with Like.
I think you're totally right in identifying that as a separate category that gets rolled into "Sport," which I've always found perhaps...
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rmcoen reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General Combat as War vs. Sport and a Missing Third Mode with
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I’ve seen the “Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport” framework come up a lot in TTRPG discussions, and I think it’s a very useful... -
rmcoen replied to the thread D&D General Reincarnate is and has always been, weird..I had a male gnome thief that died in the Temple of Elemental Evil. He was reincarnated as a female human, and ended up having to "dual...
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rmcoen reacted to Richards's post in the thread D&D General Reincarnate is and has always been, weird. with Like.
And in a more recent 3.5 campaign, we broke into an evil gnome's alchemist shop and slew her, although she hadn't done anything...
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rmcoen reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General Reincarnate is and has always been, weird. with Like.
My druid PC should threaten their enemies with a fate worse than death; body dysmorphia.
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rmcoen reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General D&D 3.5 - splatbook power creep or no? with Like.
The issue with late 3.5 stuff was that while a lot of it was balanced against the PHB/DMG content, very little of it appears to have...
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rmcoen reacted to Tigris's post in the thread D&D General D&D 3.5 - splatbook power creep or no? with Like.
There is a difference for me between power creep and "characters become more powerfull with more options". Powercreep = new released...
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The problem is just D&D is DENSE. Most of the tactical RPGs are (I can't even imagine teaching Pathfinder). The amount of rules I...
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In the Army we called it Crawl, Walk, Run. I think the Scouts call it the EDGE method. Basically it is teaching methods of learning...
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Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...
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rmcoen replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Oh this is easy: I don't use the 5.5e rules (and I barely think I was using the 5.0e rules "right"). I either give the surprising force...
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rmcoen replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.Starting at level 1 allows the players to understand their characters' abilities better and internalize their starting place. Even if...
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rmcoen replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.75% this. More often, with my gaming group of the last 3 decades, this results in player turnover. Kevin got a night job, so he can't...
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rmcoen reacted to jdrakeh's post in the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think with Like.
Real life. When we were young, we had fewer responsibilities or at least responsibilities that were easier to shuffle around. As adults...