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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General DPR Calculations Wut?.When the system is designed so that on average a pc only needs an 8 or so before magic items lower that to 7 or less advantage is... -
Basically, when your chance to hit is really low, advantage almost doubles your hit chance. But since your chance to hit is so low...
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Well the thing is, this is not statistics or at least not what on an university level people understood about statistics. Its just...
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tetrasodium reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread D&D General DPR Calculations Wut? with
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For people who bemoan these kinds of calculations as a symptom of modern gaming, I direct you to this cover of the venerable gaming... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General DPR Calculations Wut?.I don't know if anyone linked it already but I threw together this spreadsheet on google docs for crunching these kinds of numbers...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not?.You should go back and read more closely with less skimming. There is a huge difference between that bold bit you think it was about...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not?.I saw This post on Reddit complaining about people discussing their sleep scores vo2max and so on a while back. At the time I thought...
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tetrasodium reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not? with
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I guess my query to you is if you think this discussion is silly, why are you here reading and responding to it? "It's all D&D"... -
tetrasodium reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not? with Like.
Incorrect. Gary himself said that the AD&D rules were supposed to be the definitive official rules for D&D rather than the...
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tetrasodium reacted to Retreater's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not? with Like.
Not for me. For me there are clear divisions between 2nd from 3rd, 3rd from 4th, and 4th from 5th. You can't convert the material...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not?.No idea what "foci"refers to, as to the broader question though... Yes but I think that is an oversimplification. When making specific...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not?.The full sentence was as follows partially quoting someone like that to misconstrue what was written wrote does not speak highly of...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not?.No. @Desdichado is correct. 5e is very much an overly streamlined overly simplified evolution of 3.x with some incomplete overly...
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tetrasodium reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not? with Like.
Speaking as someone else who played 3e regularly from 2000 until about 2017 or so, and is currently re-reading almost all of my 3e...
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tetrasodium reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not? with Love.
If that's indeed what he meant, then I'd argue that he's very wrong. 5e is a streamlined reworking of 3e with a few 4e elements...