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XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024 with
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You’re taking the Ready action. The Ready action is an action in and of itself, distinct from the Attack, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help... -
XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024 with Like.
I don’t see any reason it would “turn around and bite you in the bum.” It’s a super niche application of the Ready action that you need...
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XXetheral reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024 with Like.
or the Ready Action if you are talking about a spell with a casting time of an action. You can't take both the Ready Action and the...
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XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024 with Like.
Yes. I don’t dispute any of that. But nothing in that text says you take the Magic action. In fact, it wouldn’t make sense for you to do...
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XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024 with Like.
You did cast the spell beforehand. You just cast it using the Ready action rather than the Magic action. Like I said, the Magic action...
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XXetheral reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Three reasons I can think of. 1) The game is focused on the campaign story, not individual character arcs, and the player (and often...
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XXetheral reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I rather feel that in a functional improv style the details that the players pick up should be made to matter. So if a throwaway line...
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XXetheral reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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Well, I'm no sandbox purist, and I like I said previously whilst my D&D game has some sandboxy elements it probably does not qualify as... -
XXetheral reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
No, I want there to be complicated and nuanced situations that do not have one obvious correct solution.
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XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I think the ideas developed on the Forge were a mixed bag. Taking this notion of the impossible thing before breakfast for example, I...
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XXetheral reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hypothetical: 1 Dragon vs 100 peasants (commoners) First, the idea that dragons would not be unstoppable killing machines for NPCs was...
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XXetheral reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My conclusion so far is that "Trad" labels more than one mode of play. The label gathers family resemblances rather than identifying a...
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XXetheral reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I wouldn't say that you have to accept that which is meaningful to someone else, although at first glance I'd resist the possible...
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XXetheral reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I didn't intend to intimate that there is anything wrong with you... one ought to as readily take what I wrote to imply that there is...
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XXetheral reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We actually do have at least one person on this forum--IIRC in this thread, but I fear I no longer remember specifically whom--who has...