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Ruin Explorer reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with
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Right, I meant the play loop no longer incentivizes people doing things for money in WotC D&D. I disagree. Characters tend to be... -
Ruin Explorer replied to the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash.In real life? Sure, they wouldn't be. But in the vast majority of D&D groups and groups in a lot of other games, realistically they are...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash.I think that's a very interesting question because the sheer common-ness of the concept does suggest a common ultimate source, but I'm...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to M.L. Martin's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with Like.
The closest I think we ever get are in two sources. First is the explanation of the Law of Gilean in Dragonlance Adventures; while I...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash.I think the problem here is that the bolded bit is hard to support, and it's extremely easy to argue that in practice this is purely...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with Like.
Nah, no XP for gold. Modern D&D characters definitely tend to have heroic motivations, especially in the WotC adventures, where even the...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Bohandas's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with Like.
In some editions the Lady is lawful neutral rather than true neutral
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Ruin Explorer reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table. with Like.
There are specific mechanics associated with the words. You can hombrew this, but if you are playing RAW when you make the command they...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table. with Like.
I love it. I think it is way more powerful and generally more fun as a player or a DM. In exchange for the numerous ways it was made...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Changes to the Command spell and its use at the table. with Like.
Don't have solo bosses! In general have 2×number of PCs enemies for them, if not 3×
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Piperken's post in the thread D&D General What would you do? (Example from my game) with Like.
Get to that long rest. :3
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Ruin Explorer reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General What would you do? (Example from my game) with Like.
Since 3/5 of the party is running on fumes (at best), I'd prioritize getting out for a long rest. If the secret way is fairly secret...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash.Depending on the source, though, that's either for essentially "Lawful" reasons in that he was getting above his station and challenging...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Pale Violet Light's post in the thread What kinds of games do you like, and why? with Like.
I loved HeroQuest as a lad. Tried to replay it as an adult and wow, that game is really boring. Would love to try the other two, but...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks.Rare reverse example - Slow Horses S5. (Not really spoilers as this happens nearly immediately) - A guy shoots a bunch of people with...