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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Depends how long you expect combat to go. There are D&D adjacents where you might roll 3-5 rolls in a given combat. There are... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Says who? The numbers, and the expectation that you won't go through characters like cordwood. Even if you avoid combat when possible...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Not sure I remember ever seeing that pre-mixed; maybe it was a regional thing?
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Thomas Shey reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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Point of fact, tonight’s dinner was half of a chicken breast and some buttered California mix.* * broccoli, cauliflower & carrots. -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Characters are expected to succeed in the majority of combats they get into too, but that doesn't mean you don't go through process, for...
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Thomas Shey reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think about it a bit differently. In the extreme cases we all agree what is railroading. One way of resolving term ambiguity is to...
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Thomas Shey reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D General AI Art for D&D: Experiments with Like.
The Faerun '68 thread gave me ideas. An elf woman in 1960s outfit. A dwarf international man of mystery: An orc office worker who...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.I think you're vastly overoptimistic in how often one can avoid that sort of thing. And rolling against an attribute is a poor man's...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.While I wasn't talking about D&D in specific, I don't consider 5e Advantage trivial as a benefit.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.I don't even insist on granularity; I'm okay with the skill system in Savage Worlds which defaults to awfully chunky. But its still...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.I have mixed feelings about backgrounds as a skill stand-in, I have to say; even if they're pre-defined by the system they're used in...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You know, I have issues with this being only two states, and only one party gets any input on what state you are in. RPGs are...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I dunno. You can argue the majority usage has made a distinction there, but there always have seemed to be a fair number of people who...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I’ve personally lived through 4 notably bad winters. The least nasty one was when my folks had to do some renovations/repairs on the...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
You know, making it so I am no longer required to see your posts is not the punishment you think it is.