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Zzakael19 reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with
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Healing Surges were a great idea.... it has nothing to do with how much of your HP they heal. Healing surges were a pacing mechanic, a... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Retreater's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) Removing Pointless Death (+) with Like.
One struggle I've had as a GM is the pressure of building thrilling, challenging encounters that aren't too over-tuned that they risk...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+].The turn when the guy playing a Conduit in my group realized that their baseline restoration ability was a Maneuver that can, with...
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ZJust played Draw Steel on Saturday and the biggest compliment I got was from my player who hates low level D&D and was not thrilled at...
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ZPlayed at a con , my first game of DS PCs are very potent as first level Very dynamic combat with lots movement Liked the tag team...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I never said there was. I know the (Gygaxian) AD&D rules pretty well. What I said, which you quoted, is this: There is a clear process...
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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Dungeon/Exploration Turns. These dictate resource management and the possibility of random encounters, key aspects of dungeon...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+].Session 0 / Start of the NCS game! Renegade Red Wizard (Fire Elementalist) Neverwinter Noble (Talent) Faithful of Oghma (Conduit)...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.It does appear in B/X and OSE at least, and most NSR games I've seen? Core dungeon procedure: Turn starts, decide Actions Check for...
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ZLooks like I'm joining a DH game as a player. I made a Galapa Seraph, and tempting as it was, I did not go with Winged Sentinel. 😂...
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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I’m sure games prior to this point used it, but not any versions of D&D. Or at least, not consistently. I do recall some products that...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This is wrong about Gygax's AD&D, in multiple ways. For instance: In the MM, Elves are 1+1 HD. Nothing in the Elven PC build rules...
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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I don’t think that all GM side procedures constitute GM fiat. Sure, a GM could always ignore the expected procedures by exercising fiat…...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General D&D 6e ala Steampunkette: Structural thoughts with Like.
So I've talked a few times about what I'd want in a 6e game. Often enough that at 3am this morning I was plagued with thoughts of game...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Fabula Ultima general thread [+].I guess that's pretty true to the genre as well? JRPGs are full of setbacks, the hero(es) failing at something and being lost / diverted...