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  1. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) WHY is there (still) no Class that allows you to use both Arcane and Divine magic...?

    I gotta admit. IMO, this is one of the most inane rotes currently coming out of certain camps. Really? It's an optional rule? Yes, we know, "it says so". But what rule isn't an optional rule? Point to any rule in the PHB that is not optional. So, let's play a game where the setting allows for...
  2. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Someone who speaks two languages is called bilingual. Someone who speaks many languages is called a polyglot. Someone who speaks only one language is called an American. I'm one of those last ones. So your translations would do me little good. Smaller words maybe? So if you could just please...
  3. ChrisCarlson

    Do You Want 400 New Magic Items For Your D&D 5E Game?

    I was very much in the "I really don't think I need something like this" camp. Insomuch as I even read the thread and skipped posting originally. Then I came back after a while and read all the contributor posts and how great you guys sound. Passionate. Helpful. Friendly. Taking feedback...
  4. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Tabletop Rules and Guidelines

    Would you go so far as to say you have a very black-and-white opinion of black-and-white opinions? ;)
  5. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Tabletop Rules and Guidelines

    You don't just let the one player tell the other how their character's words should be interpreted? You make the dice inform each other? Like, instead of: "My wizard tells your barbarian to go eff off, but in a joking way. Cuz we're buds who can talk to each other like that." You prefer: "My...
  6. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) WHY is there (still) no Class that allows you to use both Arcane and Divine magic...?

    Easy answer: The DM decides it is so. Seriously, if its a campaign specific thing that wizardly magic is capable of raising the dead, just add it.
  7. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) WHY is there (still) no Class that allows you to use both Arcane and Divine magic...?

    I'm not seeing it. FS is a "divine caster" built on an otherwise arcane caster chassis. Not really a blend of magic from both such that the OP is asking for. Though I could see, opening up the FS spell list to include both its own and the core sorcerer list would definitely do that. Regardless...
  8. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) WHY is there (still) no Class that allows you to use both Arcane and Divine magic...?

    Watch it, bub! Don't you dip your facetious little toes in the Blood War pool, lest you find them bitten off most heinously!
  9. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Don't what? Say the things you said? Or believe the things you said?
  10. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Because you keep saying things like... ...that's why.
  11. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Because wearing black while hiding at night makes being a ninja too easy. Real ninjas need the challenge of wearing white. Yeah. That's how hardcore they are.
  12. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Advanced Grimlocks for 5e?

    Speaking of transforming... At some point they need to announce -- in unison -- to the PCs, "We grimlocks, SMASH!" Just sayin'...
  13. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    So how do you get from there to the part where you say that the internet voices were ignored? If you believe the vast majority of howler monkeys were also involved in the surveys, that's where their voices were counted. Or are you saying some people should have been given more than one vote, by...
  14. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) Drizzt as a LG 8th Level Champion

    Nod. I'd go so far as to say, anyone who takes anything D&D-related too seriously is missing the point.
  15. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Heck, the devs made a point of not participating in their own company's discussion forums related to the very product they were working on. For various reasons. What you describe being just one of them.
  16. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Are you of the opinion that there were people passionate enough to post opinions online that were not also contributing to the playetest feedback? And if so, in large enough numbers as to be significant?
  17. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) I'm *GASP* Actually Going to Be Playing 5e in a Few Weeks -- What are the Character Creation Pitfalls to Avoid?

    Or even just a door with two or more locks. The spell only undoes one of them per casting. How many slots are you willing to expend to get through that door, spellcaster?
  18. ChrisCarlson

    D&D 5E (2014) So... what happened during the playtests?

    Huh. That's odd. I wish my memory of details, and/or my desire to spend the time researching for that matter, were stronger. In either case, I would bother to list a few items MM specifically identified as being included in the final product that his personal preferences ran counter to. But...
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