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TheHand reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign with
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Yeah since Shadowdark doesn't count, I would vote for Dragonbane. -
TheHand replied to the thread What was your 2nd RPG?.First was B/X, second was Gamma World (1E). Third was probably Star Frontiers, and then it all gets blurry with Marvel Super Heroes...
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Yep. When anyone says something is broken the first question should always be if it’s broken in theory or broken at the table. If it’s...
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My sense is that it is 75% over-reaction from white room theorists. Yes, it is strong, but I'd try it at your table with your players...
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TheHand reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
This all just cements my determination to follow the new Forgotten Realms GM advice and keep levelled Class characters a rarity. Eg...
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TheHand reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
No. It's an 8th level slot (upcast to target 5), and a few hired NPCs before you the night before ylj leave town. Might as well toss...
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TheHand reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
One other thing that hasn't been mentioned yet, is did the game really need another thing to massively bump caster power over martials?
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It really is remarkably hard to be consistently aware of yourself as a person who exists in a historical and social context, whose views...
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This reminds me of a quote from the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy that goes something like this (can't be bothered to look up the...
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Yeah, I think RAW was much less of a consideration back then. Not that people didn’t attempt it, but just that house rules were so much...
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Max HP at level 1 became RAW from 3ed onward. In 1&2, RAW was roll for hp, and we played it mostly as written, so roll and pray. Same...
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Might be that ( or people taking henchman and having more than one character in same party). But, we played it standard (5 players, one...
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1 HP at first level, ooof. We never played that way. We gave everyone max hit points for 1st level. There was so much variability from...
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People have always had house rules. We did max HP at first as well and, IIRC, when you rolled for leveling up you had to get half or...
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Whenever I’ve heard talk about “push button” solutions to problems in D&D, it typically comes down to the whole “The answer isn’t on...