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TwoSix reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses) with
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IMO Keep the scores for saves and skill, but don't them to attacks, spell DC, HP. Also, classes add to scores. Strong people don't... -
TwoSix replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.It's like you read my mind.
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General [+] For (hypothetical) 6e: Which arcane caster class should be the "simple" one?.The latter.
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General [+] For (hypothetical) 6e: Which arcane caster class should be the "simple" one?.Wouldn't the simplest solution to just be to not do that? Other spells can be added through magic items or by adding new classes with...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses).This isn't Stack Overflow. :) I'm not posting because I'm looking for solutions.
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses).You also don't generate nearly as much interest and posts. "Let's remove Constitution and Intelligence from 6e" will absolutely...
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TwoSix reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses) with Like.
If someone said it stopped being D&D when they got rid of Save vs Dragon Breath, would they be wrong? My point is simply that where...
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TwoSix reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses) with Like.
We can just make a list of games that ARE D&D and see how divergent they get. Obviously we have all the games with D&D on the vocer and...
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TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
"Mechanic" is cognate with "machine". Something being mechanical means it happens via a process that doesn't require discretion or...
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TwoSix reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Here I think that there are multiple groups who call themselves Trad RPGers. Continuing or Modern Trad RPGers who know what they like...
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TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This is the "vanilla narrativist" hypothesis. I am (or at least have been) an instance of the type, as I've often posted about including...
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TwoSix reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Hypothetical: D&D without ability scores (or bonuses) with Like.
What if the ability scores were there but applied no bonuses or penalties to rolls. For example, Strength just said how much you could...
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TwoSix reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
The nice thing about this all being a side gig is that I can do what I want. I want to run high level D&D! I want a dungeon that is the...
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TwoSix reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I don't see any reason why authorial control mechanics couldn't be a kind of mechanic to discuss. I don't think they define narrativist...
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TwoSix reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Lots of games get called narrative games for a variety of reasons. The only real unifying principle is that they structured differently...