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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.Agreed with 99% of your thesis. Well said. its just that it seems ALL (especially casters) are unique. Creating an occasional... -
SkidAce reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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Our group had a disagreement about an NPC Mage casting misty step or casting Counterspell and then dropping a fireball. The spell... -
SkidAce reacted to touc's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Kingmaker AP in 5E With Bastions? with Like.
I ran Kingmaker in both PF1E (mostly as written, real life killed the campaign during the 5th module) and then over 10 years later with...
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SkidAce reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I can understand the desire or want to have more / different NPC statblocks, and there's nothing wrong with that desire. But I...
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SkidAce reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
This is where I would usually tell my players that the three core D&D rulebooks are not the end-all-and-be-all representation of any...
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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.Agreed. My concern is that nearly all of the ones that appear to represent the various levels of "generic mage" have these non-spell...
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SkidAce reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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SkidAce replied to the thread Intrusive Ads.More supporters please. "One of Us, One of Us!"
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Well, I guess THIS Post was the one that took me over the edge to finally subscribe. Sometimes your pants need kicking, and sometimes...
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Sure, but IMO much more to the point, they gave a specific breakdown of exactly why they did so--and it is pretty much the same...
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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.I would like to add that it seems that people are conflating two different concerns into NPCs should be built like PCs, and its causing...
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SkidAce reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Serious question: why? I started creating custom monsters long ago before there were any rules for making them, or if there were any I...
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SkidAce reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
3e did it too. I didn’t like the result then either. Return on investment - pages in a core book and time - isn’t worth it. IMHO...
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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.I liked this post and quoted it for truth. I wish I could praise it more.
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SkidAce reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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It seems like what some folks want is a set of tables or formulae to calculate what the CR of creature should be based on its abilities...