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TTinker Gnome reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome with
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Figured that out in 2E. We had a dual wielding fighter solo a lich, dragon and marilith one after the other 1 per round. . Fighter... -
TTinker Gnome reacted to Not a Decepticon's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
I remember humorus post from Order of the Stick forums, that basically went: Calling a Wizard "Sorcerer" is telling someone with PhD...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to CM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
Sorcerer, for if you won the birthright lottery. Warlock, if you want the easy path to power, future self be damned. Wizard, if you...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
I completely agree that the X-Men are a major influence on the D&D sorcerer. In the 3.5 PHB's Background section for the sorcerer class...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to rabindranath72's post in the thread D&D 3.x 3rd Edition Revisited - Better play with the power of hindsight? with Like.
To be fair, per 3e DMG ("Ad Hoc Awards"), such an encounter would not give any XP at all if it didn't use resources or used very few.
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
I think the intent is that the wizard uses pre-made formulae for their spells. Some have a bit of wiggle room (e.g. Chromatic Orb can...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Its not steampunk it's Americanized Renaissance Faire. Eberron magitech.
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
You mean the story where Georgian hobbits meet dark age horse lords and Arthurian knights led by a descendent of magitech Atlantis?
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TTinker Gnome reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Pinning down what is D&D’s fantasy is a Rorschach test.
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
How many words are we going to add to the suffix -punk to before the concept loses all meaning? Are we already there?
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TTinker Gnome reacted to billd91's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I figure it falls victim to the general ghoulishness of gamifying a real disease that real people suffer and die from - like malaria...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General Tucker's Kobolds: worth using in 5e? with Like.
So, several things. Can the Kobolds make things that aren't represented by amount of skill implied by their stat block? In 1e AD&D...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Tucker's Kobolds: worth using in 5e? with Like.
So much this. I’ve never liked Tucker’s Kobolds as presented. To me, it’s not really an exercise in making monsters smarter, it’s stage...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Voadam's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
Whether or not you got bonus money for landing on Go would vary and just be the way your group did it, not cheating if it was not the...
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TTinker Gnome reacted to Voadam's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
80s D&D was always the DM sets the rules and has a lot of discretion in what to apply and how to handle things. So as a player you just...