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TwoSix reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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Well, that's kind of exactly it, isn't it? Fiction as a constrain on design, vs. a tool to explain the design. The problem with D&D's... -
TwoSix reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Sells Over 20 Million Copies with Like.
Yeah, I was gonna bring up 69ing with Minthara as the most explicit but even that requires an evil playthrough IIRC so it's very avoidable.
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.That's fair. From my perspective, it's relatively easy to generate supporting fiction from rules inferences (like magically empowered...
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TwoSix reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
To be fair (and acknowledging we have to give a lot of grace if someone was basing a sim perspective on 5e to begin with), the complaint...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes.Any class-based fantasy game should offer a simple warrior, a simple mage, a complex warrior, and a complex mage. Player preferences...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?.And even the engine only has so much value. Larian has already said they're doing a major revamp of their engine for Divinity...
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TwoSix reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story? with Like.
D&D includes 1000 "brands" -- FR probably half of them. The only reason to call it "Baldur's Gate 4" would be to lure players of BG3 --...
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TwoSix reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
And I want a unicorn with a shiny saddle. But I've never seen a system that can handle that. The mythical Lego RPG that can be used to...
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TwoSix reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Don't reckon that is coming from WotC ever, but you might want to check k out what Brotherwise Games is laying down with Plotweaver, the...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Absolutely. If it isn't your hobby, it's your job. :) And I'm going to read your opinions very differently if you're talking about...
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TwoSix reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I read that and thought “Okay, so it’s not the story he had in his head” but it does emulate other kinds of fantasy. Again, what I...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.I think it's just the very universal situation that the more you're immersed in a specific topic, the more the small details seem like...
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TwoSix reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't know if it is knee-jerk specifically. However, you don't make comments like "that it had chosen to fully indulge a decade’s...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?.As a total tangent, people often use "origin characters" as a synonym for "companion characters"; but "origin characters" are only a...
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TwoSix reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, considering it was a design goal.of 2014 as well, the fact that 2024 is simply more successful at the stated design goals seems...