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I was going to try and respond to specific parts of the OP, but I kind of have the reverse situation. I don't know what playing old D&D... -
TheHand reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Explain 5(.5)e to me with
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Obligatory comment about how we are in a golden age of old school gaming, with tons of systems, settings and so. many. adventures. -
This probably isn’t what you want to hear, but… the things you dislike about it are exactly what make it so popular. Most people who...
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I think with as many games, getting the right group who is positively invested makes a huge difference in attitude. Bad attitudes often...
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5E (I'm not quite sure about 5.5) had a lot of encouraging to come up with your own description of how a certain ability worked or...
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TheHand reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Explain 5(.5)e to me with Like.
Yeah, I wouldn't use 5E to run even a lightly magical version of a medieval European city. It's much more suited to places like Sigil...
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I do not think it is that it is like video games, and I should add that I have been playing since the eighties. 5e is the big damn hero...
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My simple answer: 5e has the lowest barrier to entry of any version of D&D I've played. For anyone who has never played a TTRPG before...
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A theory I heard a while back is that your teens to mid-20s are the formative time when things ‘imprint’ on you, and that sets your...
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TheHand reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Explain 5(.5)e to me with Like.
D&D in the WotC era (and arguably in the late 2E era) has moved away from "boy, I hope I can survive sneaking into this sewer and...
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TheHand reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Re-Registers Dark Sun With USPTO with Like.
There are people who will be really happy if Dark Sun happens. There will also be a lot of people that will be really unhappy with...
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Hm. I am not debating about militarism in WW2. But, what I got from the film wasn't that "the military" were victims. I got that the...
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I had issues with Minus One for exactly these reasons. Specifically, I think it promotes the problematic ideology that the Japanese...
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Yes. Would it change your mind... about what? Other monster movies? No, it won't do that. G-1.0 is a kaiju/monster movie, but it is...
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I would say if there is a truly good Godzilla movie that way outperformed my expectations, it’s Godzilla Minus One. And yeah, I’m not...