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Silam reacted to greymist's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with
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I changed my vote from 4 to 5 as I have made resource recovery from resting more difficult in my game. PCs now take a 10 minute... -
Silam reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Yup Not at all, but writing through melatonin right now. There's nothing wrong with homebrew changes, just that a poll like this gets...
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Silam reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Yeah, to connect Feats (such as Ability Improvement) to character level, like Proficiency Bonus does, is probably a better design.
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].I think 3.5’s "iterative attacks" where the 2nd attack of the round had -5 penalty, the 3rd had -10 and so on was unnecessarily...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Overall, I think 3.5 is my favorite edition… it was very flexible, which gave a lot of opportunity to express a lot of different...
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Silam reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with
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Regarding long rests. Our games start each level at max, and allow one long rest per level. Each player can choose when to take the long... -
Silam replied to the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles?.I assume you mean, by "explosive recovery", the fact that in 5e you regain everything on a long rest, and even a short rest can get you...
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Silam reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I think that the survey question & answer options leaves interpretation to a realm I think is probably a bit too subjective on what...
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Silam reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
As a generalization. Outdoor adventures make long rest easy. Indoor adventures make it hard. Urban adventures can go either way.
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Silam reacted to aco175's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with
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I voted 2. My games are a lot of 5-room dungeons and short adventures with a few towns and places along the path where the PCs can... -
Silam reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
The problem here is that with two tests that must be achieved to sneak, it makes it a lot harder for the stealthy PC. Now try to handle...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].It’s a sensible argument, but in practice I do not think it was really a problem. Let me explain… The problem would be significant if...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].I’m personally torn on this one. On one hand, I recognize that it streamlines the pace of the game. But on the other hand, I feel like...
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Silam reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I voted 3, but the better answer would be “they’re hard to get in the middle of a quest, but most quests are complete-able without one.”...
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Silam reacted to Shiroiken's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I mean, the characters typically get a Long Rest every day, but during adventures that's not very often. Most of my adventures take...