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Xenolith234 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General Why is "OSR style" D&D Fun For You? with
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It shouldn't be. Its possible to think older games and styles had some virtues that may have been left behind without rejecting the... -
Xenolith234 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Why is "OSR style" D&D Fun For You? with Like.
An offense WotC itself is guilty of on several occasions. And to be fair, if you're doing things differently from the mainstream you...
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Xenolith234 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Why is "OSR style" D&D Fun For You? with Like.
Why is old-school fun? DM-side: --- kitbash-ability. 0-1-2e D&D are far more amenable to kitbashing than are the WotC editions...
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Xenolith234 reacted to fettpett's post in the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant? with Like.
Oh, yeah ToV is far tighter than DM spells. The Theurge and Witch are being redone for ToV as well for Players Guide 2
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Xenolith234 replied to the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant?.That's good. I have the ToV books, I just haven't delved into them and was concerned to expand the ones on my shelf if they gave as much...
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Xenolith234 replied to the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant?.Deep Magic spells are rather all over the place. Slither, for instance.
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Xenolith234 reacted to LPuff's post in the thread Paizo Joins Power Word Meal Campaign For U.N. World Food Programme with
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Paizo has announced its participation and sponsorship of Power Word Meal, a tabletop charity event benefitting Share the Meal. For each... -
Xenolith234 replied to the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant?.Kobold Press seems a bit unfortunately known for bad design in regards to character options (though their monster design is great) - is...
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This is where you get lost. Because THIS is the assumption of some of the play. You use stealth, you use diplomacy. You'll note that...
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No dude, this is false its honestly not that hard at all.
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Yes, you played with bad DMs who didn't even know or follow the games rules. We covered that.
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Xenolith234 reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark with Like.
No, but on average two hits from an enemy is enough to "spend" a first level fighter in an old school game. Either for the fight or...
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This is really it. If one builds a bad character, and yes picking "Wizard" with 11 Int is a bad idea, then you will have problems. The...
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Xenolith234 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark with Like.
Disagree. This is a team game, and not every PC is going to contribute equally to all situations. And every character has their own...
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Xenolith234 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark with Like.
He's pretty set on his version of events I think.