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Well, he’s not!… from a certain point of view!….

Yeah, I know, that’s also what bothers me. Like I said, it’s okay to voice his disagreement, but there is a respectful way to do it… and sadly, not everybody care. What is weird to me is that, when I was young in the 80s-90s, you could not say in school that you play DnD or love the Turtles or...

To be fair, I’m pretty sure that it is how 3.5 players felt 15 years ago. The only difference is that 15 years ago they had an alternative if they wanted to continue buying books. With a franchise as big as DnD, it’s impossible to please everyone, someone will always feel left out. What make...

But the problem was also that they wanted to feel special. So if everybody is a demi-god in epic level, that doesn’t set them apart. Being more powerful in high level was the reward for having it tough in low level. Some players want that kind of power curve. And also, some players felt...

I can’t help but wondering… I never used a module, in any editions or other TTRPG, I’ve always made my own adventure in my own homebrew setting. I tried to sometimes, open a module, look. Through it, but everytime I close it and decide I prefer to make my own. I remember when I looked through...

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Awww man!!! Such a nice game!… opening the door after a discussion and seeing one of your friend eavesdropping… priceless…

In the campaign that I'm starting in a month, I would need to check, but I do believe that the Wizard (Staff of Defense and 20 Intel) has more AC than the Fighter with a Plate (Two-handed fighting style with a Two-handed Sword)... not 100% sure , but at least close enough that we joked that the...

I can honestly say I skipped 3e (was burned out of DnD at the end of the 90s) and I got back to DnD with 4e when the PH2 was already released. So I can't say I followed the OGL story back then. But I can't help but wonder, what would have happened if WotC didn't play with the OGL back then...

This. And also, I do believe that by making them play by the same rules as the other classes (AEDU), they made playing a Wizard more accessible to new players. I remember the first time I played DnD (it was 2nd ed), I wanted to play a wizard but the spell list, the need to memorise that one...

I would say it's more like ordering fries expecting Standard Cut and getting Steak Cut instead. 4e was still DnD. Every edition makes change. 3e moved away from thaco and made major change to how multiclass works, but it was still very much DnD. I fully understand that 4e made changes that a...

I don’t think Essentials is bad, just not to my personnal liking. I always loved the variety of powers forceach class that the 4e structured brought, so I must say I was a little bit disappointed when I saw that the fighter was back to doing melee basic attacks, had no daily and instead of...

This reminds me... is there something more boring than a player that just say 'I attack' during his turn?... Please, at least give me a little description... something... 'I attack... with my sword!'...

I’m always amaze how two person can read and interpret two completely different things from the same text, or focus on different parts of the text. For me, the first part saying that house rules add fun to your games by making them unique, can serve as handy patch for rules that you don’t like...

I never really understood this position, that somehow 4e discouraged, was against or hard to house rule. I made (and still use) a couple of house rules or modifications, particularily regarding fighting in elevations, and on the contrary, it always felt very easy to do so… I mean, there is a...

No I’ve checked. They mention miniatures and grid as something that can be considered and improves the game, but in no way is it worded as highly recommended like in 3.5 and 4. Like you said, DnD miniatures launched in 2003, after the release of 3e. Since they had no in house miniatures to...

I have no doubt, I just looked in the intro of the 3.5 DMG for fun and they do say, right in the first page: ''The D&D game assumes the use of miniature figures, and the rules are written from that perspective. This book contains a battlegrid and other tools to help you visualize the action.''...

While I don't think that 4e was designed specifically to sell miniatures, it's pretty clear that they still had that in mind to try and monetize the brand. While they list miniatures and battlegrid as only useful in the player handbook, they do list them as necessary in the Dungeonmaster Guide...

I love the first time a new player to 4e realise that kobolds have more than 4HP (minions excluded of course). I just love kobolds… sneaky bastards… I remember as a DM instantly falling in love with the multiple role of monsters and the joy of building diverse encounters… it’s not just a...

That’s why I said ‘usually target AC’, but I didn’t feel the need to go into these kind of details since I found them irrelevant to the discussion.