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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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Hi Tessarael, I was just teasing. I think you are right, for that specific player, if they are that concerned with something like that...
Nov 12, 2025
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Perfectly valid and fair approach, but that's not the table at which to have a specialized polearm build, if the chance of generating a...
Nov 12, 2025
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2024 Backgrounds are the the "racial bonuses" or "racial level caps" of this edition. Almost an unplayable situation where the mechanics...
Nov 11, 2025
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You cannot simply weight a +1 in str for a fighter the same as +1 cha for a Fighter either just because they both give bonuses to a few...
Nov 11, 2025
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I don't agree. It is really campaign and DM dependent. A flexible DM will adjust things a little to make it work for all the players...
Nov 11, 2025
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Yes and they felt creating a new character would be more fun for them at the table, and I believe it was. It is oversimplifying it...
Nov 11, 2025
Tessarael
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Right, I much preferred 2014's backgrounds being of limited mechanical benefit for that exact reason. Classes are the same and there...
Nov 11, 2025
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EN Publishing has just fulfilled the giant Voidrunner's Codex box set to Kickstarter backers around the world. Rocket your D&D 5E and...
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The argument was if you are an elf, you can pick an origin feat of your choice (such as magic initate or lucky) but if you want to be a...
Nov 11, 2025
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Pathfinder 2E did do a good job with species feats, in my opinion. :)
Nov 11, 2025
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And yet culture matters less, mechanically, than species--which hardly matters at all. Like culture literally has no impact on your...
Nov 11, 2025
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Regarding culture being meaningless and having no mechanical benefit in D&D 2024, may I suggest A5E Cultures and Heritages as a much...
Nov 11, 2025
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You are not answering me, why do they need to be there at all? I also don't think it is a minority that want them open. This was the...
Nov 11, 2025
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I did want the ASIs removed from species, but felt like them being moved to Backgrounds just punted the problem rather than fixing it...
Nov 10, 2025
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I think there's a case to be made for fewer, more impactful choices in many areas of modern D&D. Multiclassing is one of those.
Nov 10, 2025
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