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SI gave it an 8. I would give the 2014 version an 8 too. The 2024 version is better some ways, worse in others. Either of these are...
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SAs I said in the Poverty Thread, it’s rich, inspiring, and vibrant. Best three books we’ve seen in the 40 years of there being 3 books...
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SShiroiken reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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Fighters also had the interesting choice of becoming nearly unhittable even at low levels by putting their second highest stat in... -
SShiroiken reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with Like.
Out of those, I think the two biggest notes: 1) Only fighters had real ranged weapons. Now in a dungeon like setting that wasn't as...
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SShiroiken reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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Conclusion: All of Snarf’s 1e Fighters just happened to have 18 Str and 18 Con. I’m sure he totally rolled it. 😁 -
SShiroiken reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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One of the topics that comes up (you know, not often or anything ...) on D&D threads is the so-called "LFQW," or as other people like to... -
SShiroiken reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
CR works reasonably well for me as long as I take a look at the party and think about party strengths and weaknesses. No two parties...
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SShiroiken reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
The problem.here goes well beyond NPCs. The lack of detailed mobster creation rules in either (or both) the DMG or MM is a major...
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SShiroiken reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Worrying about balance is overrated. Make an NPC. If the party decides to attack said NPC for whatever reason, then the NPC might die...
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SShiroiken reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
5e already leaned into a distinction between PC stat blocks and NPCs. The 2024 revision has deepened this divide; whereas giving...
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SShiroiken reacted to pedr's post in the thread D&D General Legends of Greyhawk: anyone talking about this at all? with Like.
It's very new, and at the moment it's very much about conventions which have run a lot of organised D&D having a new thing that...
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SShiroiken reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General Friday Fun: Explain A D&D Thing Badly with Haha.
I swore a pact to serve a magic sword. No, not this magic sword I'm holding, a better, cooler magic sword that teaches me magic spells...
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SAm I alone in not understanding this framing? Do I need more coffee?
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SJust a point about the length of genre fiction. The thing is, before 1980, there was just so little genre fiction at all. Pre-1980...
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SShiroiken replied to the thread D&D General Friday Fun: Explain A D&D Thing Badly.Standard D&D adventure... home invasion for fun and profit.