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Haven’t gotten the chance to yet. I’m talking about classic 5e, because that’s what Mearls was talking about in the opening post. I’m...
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Dude, combat has been hit point based attrition since Chainmail
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I said it 2015 got told to "shut up Zard you're wrong". Got the 5 power feats right kinda.
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I knew this and said this for years now. Under "normal optimization", casters' offense craps out at around round 15-25. Also an...
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And for those people, the 2014 DMG offered the (admittedly poorly named) “gritty realism” variant resting rules. Short rests take 24...
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Oh, yeah, some people understood the assignment, but I think a lot more didn’t, and moreover they refused to accept it when it was...
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Oh, they did. It’s just that no one read the DMG. And when people quoted the DMG saying “look, it says right here you should have 6-8...
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Yep. Despite the DMG saying exactly that, people have been denying it for a decade.
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Wow, 20 rounds of combat between long rests, with combats assumed to last about 3 rounds means they were expecting approximately 6 or 7...
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I agree: even though I did not count xp budgets beforehand most of the time, if I checked after a fight after a hard or medium...
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https://ruinsofotranto.blogspot.com/2024/01/rules-and-reasoning-for-firearms-in.html These seem like a solid starting place.
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Sequel game systems?
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They also made Shadow of the Century, which takes place in a dark future 1980s in the same setting as Spirit of the Century.
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I see why and the dark backstory trope is funny to grating sometimes depending on the level of edge the player inserts, but on the other...
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