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  1. shamsael

    1st Edition Premium Unearthed Arcana Reprint

    I'd buy this if it had the errata. No errata, no sale.
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    Encounters: this season fails

    So WotC gives us an encounters season geared toward PVP and doesn't modify the core rules to allow it. RAW, a player character can not roll a bluff check to deceive another player character. Our DM came up with a reasonable system to adjudicate, opposed bluff to insight, and everyone cries BS...
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    Necromancer feels too slow

    I plate tested today as a high elf sorcerer with the necromancer feat. My only use of the necromancer ability was in an encounter with kobolds. I slew one of the creatures in melee, the following round binding it's soul and, on the third round casting Cause Fear with disadvantage to one...
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    D&D 5E I hope 5th edition makes room for "Adventurers" and "Heroes".

    You must mean specialty/theme, right? Background represents your trained skills and a minor role playing benefit.
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    1999 Dungeons and Dragons Box TSR 11450

    I've been watching eBay for this item for years and never seen it pop up. I've checked online for pdfs of it and every single download I find is mislabeled, an AD&D quickplay promo that I remember getting for free with an issue of Dragon Magazine. I remember when the product came out but I...
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    Additional Spells for BECMI/RC D&D?

    I've been searching all over for supplements containing additional spells for this version of the game, but have found nothing aside from a few house-keeping (literally) themed spells, I believe in the Millenian Empire box, and the Create Air spell in Hollow World. Am I missing something, or...
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    D&D 5E So did they just drop modularity ? This is what has me worried.

    Cleric's magic does work differently.
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    D&D 5E meeting your 5e character: a 4d6 poll

    I was in a 3.5 game where the fighter had rolled 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 (in that order, somehow). It definitely made it tough for the rest of the party to stay relevant. I was punished heavily for playing a non-combat character with poor strength and constitution scores. Probably the worst...
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    D&D 5E A Modest Proposal to Unify the Fanbase without D&D Next

    Support ALL D&D FANS by depriving 5e fans of 5e? Go away.
  10. shamsael

    Saving Throws through the editions

    I'm pretty sure ability scores as saving throws was in the 2nd Ed DMG.
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    Wait, when were there surveys?

    I had closed the survey early on because I wanted to consult with my group before proceeding, but when I came back with the "answers" it said I had completed the survey.
  12. shamsael

    Best Initiative System?

    The one from the new Marvel Heroes RPG.
  13. shamsael

    Strip "Background" out of classes

    I think in the same way that Basic D&D dictated that Dwarves, Elves and Halflings were specific classes while AD&D seperated the class race concept creating Dwarf Fighters, Elf Fighter-Wizards and Halfling Fighters, 5e could simply offer a simple version of these classes which ties the Ranger...
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    At-Will Magic and Arrows

    I track arrows in WFRP. Not because I want them to run out but because I want them to treat missile combat as a luxury and make sure that combat in general is a dangerous affair best avoided.
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    Will the real Mike Mearls please stand up?

    It's possible that after going to the extreme other end of the field in having such an instrumental role in the creation of 4th Edition, he realized the error of his ways. I love 4e myself, but a while back it did occur to me that while it has a lot of great innovations it does move way too far...
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    Should each ability scores get it's own table?

    All the while I was playing 2E I secretly longed for the adjustment table from BECMI/RC. 3 -3 4-5 -2 6-8 -1 9-12 +0 13-15 +1 16-17 +2 18 +3
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    D&D 5E Poll on the Reaper: is damage on missed melee attack roll believable and balanced?

    You could just tell yourself that the reaper always hits and is rolling a d20 to decide whether or not he hit really hard, or just a glancing blow/wild swing.
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    Give the Fighter more surges.

    How is going twice a flashy computer game power?
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    Give the Fighter more surges.

    What you're saying about crits is a random occurence. "This Ends Now" is something the fighter has control over. The player through the character ought to have the power to decide that a specific fight has gone on long enough and that the other side needs to and will die immediately. This...
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    Give the Fighter more surges.

    In order for "This Ends Now" to be even remotely cool, it has to happen very rarely.
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