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Maybe a little bit, but honestly isn't the sheer statement of "skilled play" and all the context around it pretty uncharitable as well... -
Well, it can at least increase the players’ confidence in knowing what their character is capable of. And, certainly it’s difficult to...
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Xamnam reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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With a response of intrusive involved patrons ordering the PC around are not inherent in the 5e warlock concept. Patrons demanding... -
I think it absolutely can. I actually use Counterspell now as a wizard PC and as a DM. I would never use it before because it required...
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Xamnam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I prefer to run warlock patrons as working like actual patronage does. A patron gives money to an artist to enable them to keep making...
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Xamnam reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I see a patron relationship as a possible story hook, something a player and DM can make important if they want. I am not a fan of...
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Xamnam reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
Nope. Sorry, but as the DM it is my call if the Kai Shan Monks have trainees, and whether a player can play one, and there is no reason...
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Xamnam reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
False. Before level 3 the default is that your patron isn’t specified, but no actual rule prevents deciding your patron up front. That...
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I think “player skill” as a jargon term has accumulated too much baggage to lead to productive discussion. It’s a lot like “dissociated...
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But when the challenge of the game isn't puzzles, traps, and survival sim problems, it is inappropriate to say that the game doesn't...
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Xamnam reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think it was simple - they gave a strict by the letter ruling because there was no way to satisfy people with whatever answer they...
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Xamnam reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
I'm fascinated with this. There is no ability an NPC can have that a PC cannot? No Vistani with the gift of plot device prophecy, no...
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I think the "player skill" argument is used too often as too simplistic an explanation for how OSR and Modern D&D differ. First of all...
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Xamnam reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can see it being played (and even intended) that way: seeing an invisible creature is better than, well, not seeing it, but hitting or...
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Xamnam reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
It seems like what some folks want is a set of tables or formulae to calculate what the CR of creature should be based on its abilities...
