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You definitely wouldn't have to remove them to do what @BookTenTiger was suggesting. I don't think you'd even have to tone down Magic...
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I know this is annoying, but sorry that's not the same thing as what you said! "Walking over social encounters" is not the same thing...
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Do they though? Have you ever actually seen it happen in the wild? Because I haven't ever seen that, despite having seen "asked to roll...
Sep 1, 2025
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Yeah and ironically I suspect they probably had blaster versions being designed, just the Draconic one wasn't. It's sad because the...
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Sorcerer Design didn't go far enough in design because the community was scared by the Playtest being a gish. If the Playtest sorcerer...
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I'm not sure what point it makes though? I don't understand what you were trying to say with it, but it's usually brought up as this...
Sep 1, 2025
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I mean, you're misunderstanding and thus misrepresenting my position, ironically enough because you seem to be unable to see the nuance...
Sep 1, 2025
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Shadowheart is evil, unless the PC convinces her not to be, which whilst most players do manage it, isn't a given. Whether it's her...
Sep 1, 2025
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A very important thing about the possible Hamanu redemption in Lynn Abbey’s final book is that it was also read from Hamanu’s...
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Ooooh good example! Yes that. The trouble with that is, unless the DM is unusually reasonable and realistic, this often turns into an...
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Almost certainly. It would be a huge difference though and would feed through to videogames too. Without miraculous healing and so on...
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I think D&D as a whole would have been better without clerics and divine magic.
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Yeah, I think it is straightforwardly true that religion in a d&d-esque fantasy world with clerics and such would be radically different...
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True. Like Rogue Trader where your actions affect whole planets.
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