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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with
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OD&D White Box in 1974: $10 > $68 adjusted for inflation Moldvay: $8.99 > $33.48 Mentzer: $12 > $39.75 Black Box: $20 > $48.14... -
TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
It is, for all intents and purposes for marketing, a board game. It is super cheap for a board game of that size and heft (I lifted one...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Exactly. It's chock full of other stuff besides the rules. For comparison, the 1983 Mentzer Basic set which also only covered levels...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
It doesn’t help that spell descriptions in 5e have a ton of low-information text in them. I know 4e spell/power cards are unpopular...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
I personally feel that this is the best way to teach people to play complex games. Boardgames or RPGs. I best learned Kill Team via...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
The designers of Heroes of the Borderlands felt that they needed to define HP. As far as I can tell, they did it in a number of places!
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
I've seen that happen. A lot, actually! I've had players insist that a spell doesn't have a Saving Throw when I ask which Save it is...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
I sometimes DM for a friend who is a skimmer as he reads. He doesn’t seem to be aware that he’s skimming. If when he casts a spell, I...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
The hit point tokens say HP on them, are the shape of hearts, are punched out from a punch board where they are labeled “Hit Point...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
I just feel bad for the OP: they bought 4 or 5 starter sets (wowsa $$$) and everyone had a miserable time. I'm glad that people are...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
But what you are describing ia not badwrongfun. Badwrongfun is criticizing other people for how they enjoy playing and telling them to...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
At this point it seems like everyone is going around in circles. @GreyLord doesn't like the Starter Set for whatever reason, so just...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Well, no. Nobody said that. There was a reading comprehension issue, obviously, but pointing that is not an accusation of badwrongfun...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Imaro's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
Who did this? I see a ton of corrections around the OP's mis-information that was presented about the set... but who is badwrongfunning...
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TThe Fighter-Cricket reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set with Like.
If you think about it, having a really good adventure in the starter set could be really intimidating for potential new DMs, at least...