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UngainlyTitan reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game) with
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Rule zero can save you from bad dice. I wonder if the player-characters would say the same thing. "Remember when we stomped that... -
UngainlyTitan reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game) with Like.
There's an interesting design methodology worth exploring here. D&D is a game that blends narrative and gameplay. You can roll a 1 on a...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game) with Like.
I will say no mechanic will save you from bad dice at the end of the day. I mean if the dragon hadn't been stalled out by a spell but...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game).I find that the players love these kinds of spells. If you really find it a problem, then talk it out with the players and agree not to...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Christian Hoffer's post in the thread Chaosium Names New CEO, Mike Mearls Departs Company with Like.
Chaosium has announced several personnel moves, including the hiring of a new CEO. A recent press release announced a bevy of moves at...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to mattcolville's post in the thread What Does a "Successful" RPG Look Like? with Like.
"People keep saying that you can't outsell D&D, but I'm confident that my upcoming ruleset, Oubliettes and Otyughs, will do so easily."...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
Solasta is closer.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
Yeah, I've been selling D&D books since 2e as a retailer - they don't ever stop putting out books even when they've got new rules on the...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
Because a lot of people want to see it fail for their own self edification.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to mamba's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
I’d argue the rules were the least of their problems such as? Haven’t been following Sigil closely…
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D.Dunno, I like Solasta, I find BG3 more fiddly but that is just in passing, not why I responded to this post. I tried project Sigil and...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
Then: "The two top designers leave WoTC. Sales must be bad. D&D 5.5 is on health support. It can't survive." Now: "WoTC wants to hire...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to darjr's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
Note that job listings do not mean they are going to hire someone external. An internal person could still be the primary choice for them.
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I don't think it is particularly interesting or important, unless it creates actually gameable opportunities.
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread Do You Care About Cosmology?.For a game like D&D no, as lore to rob or for your specific campaign possibly. Cool lore can be very cool, depends on execution.