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I would imagine that quite a few who "play around the numbers", myself included, do so as a strategy for success rather than an attempt...
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I'm with Hriston here. To me, the numbers are just a game mechanic to determine the outcome of an action that requires a roll. The...
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To answer the OP's question, I don't find that any of the abilities make roleplaying more difficult because, as a player, I play my...
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My solution to this problem is to not play with bad players.
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Haven't bought a WOTC product or licensed product since the scandal, and have no plans to. After great products like Dolmenwood, the...
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We have seen WotC respond to fan movements on a few occasions. Whether ENWorld matters is really more of a question of whether old...
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Railroading is not about the agency of the characters. It's about the agency of the players. A simple example: if my PC is possessed by...
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It is not the output, which is why in the US nothing done by Gen AI is currently copywritable under “human creation” standards.
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i won't deny what you're saying, but i will say i wish 5e had something equivalent to the half level bonus as a base mechanic (i know...
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The gap between Paragon and Epic is particularly notable. But you're right that even Paragon tier PCs are remarkable in power. Well, in...
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I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again.
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Spells caused far and away the most “wait, what? How does this work” play stoppages with my “new to TTRPGs” 5e group as we played...
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The problem is ofc that the scraped training data consists of all sorts of variations. You could probably train a local model on, say...
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I think it's easier to consider this instead of going by the "stat" to instead think of a descriptor or two a person could reasonably...
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In all honesty, Con/Dex/Str, probably in that order, largely because they are physical attributes. They don’t really say anything about...
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You put this in TTRPG General but it probably belongs in one of the D&D areas. I think the most difficult to effectively roleplay is...
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