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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General Settings of Hope vs Settings of Despair.Selfish genes outcompete altruistic genes. Altruistic communities outcompete selfish communities. -
TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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The odds of rolling an 8 on 3d6 are 21 in 216 (ie about 10%). The odds of rolling an 8 or less are 56 in 216 (ie just a touch over 25%)... -
TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
The Torchbearer 2e version of Lightning Bolt can only be cast during a "warfare" conflict, that is, a skirmish or battle involving units...
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TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
To add to this: while the PCs, typically, do not want to be in combat, I assume that people playing a game which has an intricate combat...
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TwoSix reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
The problem with 3e spell points is, the refresh per long rest. Thus there is a vast amount of spell points that can all be spent for a...
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TwoSix reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
For a magic system designed for this purpose, this is certainly something that can be answered. Perhaps combat magic is powered by the...
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TwoSix reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
A non-attrition approach is designing class powers and combat encounters, on a per-encounter schedule (per short rest). The 5e Warlock...
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TwoSix reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
Speaking of RPGs, tend to be greatly improved by explicit win conditions and scoring. Like, the same game with an explicit way to win...
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TwoSix reacted to schneeland's post in the thread D&D General Hours actually playing RPGs, D&D? with Like.
Assuming Beyond the Wall counts as D&D, because of its "B/X-ish" rules, that's 9 sessions of roughly 2-3 hours so far this year. So...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General Hours actually playing RPGs, D&D?.About 20 sessions of my Monday game (2 hrs each), 8 sessions of my weekend game (4 hrs each), and about 15 sessions of my Friday game (3...
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TwoSix replied to the thread Hours actually playing RPGs, non-D&D?.Sessions are roughly 3 hours. Between Dolmenwood, Daggerheart, Mork Borg, Sickest Witch, and Monster of the Week probably about 30...
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Heh. Even with the power of a VTT behind me, my newbie player STILL struggles with his battlemaster fighter. And this is a player who...
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I think it makes it makes proficiency or lack of proficiency very obviously binary. You either roll the extra die (and it’s always the...
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I actually love the proficiency die. I Pooh-poohed it back when it first appeared in the D&D Next playtest, because I didn’t like that...
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TwoSix replied to the thread 2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books.Ultimately, the comparison between 5e24 and other editions doesn’t matter. What matters to people is the success of 5e24 compared to...