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TheSword replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.I was very active on the Paizo forums for the decade or so I played Pathfinder. What I saw a lot of was players wanting to tell their DM... -
TheSword reacted to Swarmkeeper's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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I’m unclear why people want to create more work for themselves by building NPCs like PCs. Need a Nth level wizard? Use the Mage stat... -
TheSword reacted to nevin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Works just fine. 8 just make notes of what he did that session and if we meet him again he gets a bit better fleshed out with each...
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TheSword reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Creating a 6th level wizard is mostly just giving that wizard spells based on that level and adjusting HP. And that’s it unless you want...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Kingmaker AP in 5E With Bastions?.I’ve done it both ways with kingdom building (PF1) and without (5e) My honest opinion is that the kingdom building in Kingmaker and the...
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TheSword replied to the thread Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for August 31, 2025.The Top Content DMSGuild bundle looks amazing. I’ve heard very good things about Call of the Deep. Plus the expanded products and loot...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.3e did it too. I didn’t like the result then either. Return on investment - pages in a core book and time - isn’t worth it. IMHO...
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TheSword reacted to HaroldTheHobbit's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Current D&D isn’t a delicate machine that will fall apart if you touch it. Make some sh*t up and adjust and adapt in the moment if...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.It seems like what some folks want is a set of tables or formulae to calculate what the CR of creature should be based on its abilities...
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TheSword reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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No,literally, if the game doesn't give you guidelines, it fails. There can be no assumption that the user will go find answers in... -
TheSword reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
...I mean it's not like the guidelines helped get monster balance right in 3E either so I really don't see that as a strong argument...
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TheSword reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Well, if you can only go off the experience you've had... why do you keep trying to speak for every other DM out there? This is what...
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TheSword reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
...Okay but do you really want to go back to doing that? Because I would much rather spend my time playing the game and less time...
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TheSword reacted to bloodtide's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Very much so. Even the game writers will admit the "break the rules" to make things like NPC stat blocks if they want a set character...
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TheSword reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
CR works reasonably well for me as long as I take a look at the party and think about party strengths and weaknesses. No two parties...