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TheSword replied to the thread What TTRPGs Excel At Not Having Combat?.A bit more detail on Power Behind the Throne… Just so you know it isn’t just me making it up. Worth also remembering that I’m also... -
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Yeah, it seems the parameters changed. That's why I gave the suggestion that I did about how any system that has a halfway decently... -
TheSword replied to the thread What TTRPGs Excel At Not Having Combat?.I mean even on page 6 of posts he said… So even the existence of combat wasn’t discounted provided it was quick and non-tactical...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.Yes, @GuyBoy in Curse of Strahd negated the points-of-dim-light nature of the setting by making camp in the woods with tiny hut. It’s...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Yeah exactly. See my suggestion for 3 alternative uses for legendary resistance.
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Clearly the answer is my favorite game that I am always looking to plug.
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TheSword replied to the thread What TTRPGs Excel At Not Having Combat?.With all due respect that isn’t what was asked… Reynard is of course free to change his mind but he asked for dramatic decision based...
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TheSword replied to the thread What TTRPGs Excel At Not Having Combat?.That’s a bit rude. Why would you be baffled when I have just given you a full eight reasons why WFRP 4e excels as a game without combat...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I do think have having solutions to combat situations that aren’t always death are not necessarily a bad thing. Death is a ‘full stop’...
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TheSword replied to the thread What TTRPGs Excel At Not Having Combat?.Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e of course. A system with careers like herbalist, envoy, peasant and nun A well developed status system...
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.My suggestion would be instead of using legendary resistance to shut down a players success instead use it to give the creature a suite...
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TheSword reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I think it’s overblown. Magic resistance in 2e was a worse shutdown of character abilities to my mind. In 5e, those legendary...
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TheSword reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Yeah, Mearls is just wrong. But I tend to play enchanters anyways, so I just hate how 5E has mauled hold person, charm person and the...
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TheSword replied to the thread Call of Cthulhu General Thread [+].@GuyBoy one for you.
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TheSword replied to the thread D&D General Forgotten Realms Book preview from NYCC.Absolutely. It was probably my favorite time in the Dales. Though there’s been a Zhent invasion of shadowdale pretty much every edition...