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tetrasodium reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with
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That's still a good chunk of us Gen Xrs that missed 1e, I'd say anyone born in the 70s would have had a good chance to miss 1e or... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.When I was running levelup for players new to it I would frequently need to stop & explain rules that were different from wotc's dnd5e...
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tetrasodium reacted to Weiley31's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with
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They did "technically." The Strixhaven book legit had a rule where the you could use the Power of Polyamory to pretty much allow ya to... -
tetrasodium reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I doubt they would want to call that out if they can get away with not doing so, i.e. it is not so catastrophic that D&D shrinks by 50%...
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tetrasodium reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
The reason you're confused about Mearls is saying, per your previous statement, is you're deciding to interpret everything he's saying...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Effects that kill you at 0 hp.How exactly would a GM running an adventure they themselves out together do that any more strictly than running what they wrote? Also...
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tetrasodium reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Effects that kill you at 0 hp with Like.
For the people who like to play the way I am talking about, it is player skill. I'll give an example. Suppose the party enters a new...
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tetrasodium reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
There were almost no purely player facing BD&D or 1E materials. It was 99% sold to DMs, except for hapless stuff like the players...
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tetrasodium reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
I think there are a lot of issues with the forge’s model. But, I also think it’s important to note that a model’s utility is not...
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tetrasodium reacted to Divine2021's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
I don’t care about your interest, but it’s kinda silly to claim that Pirate Borg et al aren’t easier to GM. Simply in regard to time...
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tetrasodium reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
it does not need to be a refinement to go in the same general direction, 5e is also still 4th gen in his classification
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tetrasodium reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
It surprising the thread's gone ten pages without anyone mentioning the six cultures of play. This reads almost like a vague restatement...
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tetrasodium reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
Mike's post deals in generalizations. Just because you can find exceptions doesn't mean that it isn't true. Life is like a scatterplot...
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tetrasodium reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
Sure, but if you get through that, or download the sane layout versions, you are looking at what, 4 pages of rules?
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tetrasodium reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
That's not what Mearls did. He's saying it's a fourth generation game, not a fifth generation one. Fifth generation games are the...