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XXetheral reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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Completely agree. The idea that "D&D doesn't do generic fantasy very well" has always struck me as one of those instances where the... -
XXetheral reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
oh, of course they were, but in the past I could see the creature behind the stat block and saw the stat block as a representation of...
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XXetheral reacted to Sword of Spirit's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I would like to see a little more respect for people who share his point of view (I agree with all of his points and more). I'm not an...
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XXetheral reacted to Steady Vane's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
It is a failure of the game design when it no longer caters to the community that used to play it. This is the 4e arguments all over...
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XXetheral reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I get it, I'm still baffled that you can publish an RPG without a skill system, and then people will think it has a skill system...
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XXetheral reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, that's kind of exactly it, isn't it? Fiction as a constrain on design, vs. a tool to explain the design. The problem with D&D's...
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XXetheral reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I just wish they could/would make an edition of D&D that is designed to be a toolbox, with a GM (or group collaboratively) mixing and...
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XXetheral reacted to Sorinth's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Personally I count realism as an important part of any dungeon design, it's not the #1 priority but it does matter. And it's worth...
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XXetheral reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
A lot of the things that are often brought up as good aspects of dungeon maps are things that I think are great about 90% of the time...
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XXetheral reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
I think dungeons should be designed on what makes the most sense on how to build the dungeon (why would the builders make this hallway...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024.(Bold emphasis added.) You keep repeating the bolded claim, but it's factually inaccurate. The text outright says that you cast the...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Using Action Surge to cast spells in 2024.(Bold emphasis added.) The text of Ready does indeed say the bolded portion. Specifically, it says: "When you Ready a spell, you cast...