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  1. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) (+) Hopes for The Monk

    Just on this, not really. Except for the 'killing with one strike' thing, the rest is just.... Sun Wukong. The Monkey King. Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Those are just, things he could do, not even due to him being the Stone Monkey and all. And this is before we even get to the 72...
  2. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) How should the Shaman be implemented in 1DnD?

    Shaman's a tricky one. Firstly the name's.... Yeah, not going to go well. Whatever you do is inevitably going to be compared to WoW's shaman simply because, WoW be WoW, but it doesn't necessarily fit with how D&D's presented things. I can see options for maybe taking a few ideas from Binder of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Halflings are the 7th most popular 5e race

    Half-orcs are getting replaced by full orcs which, let's be honest here, a lot of people just used the half orc stats to just play a full orc. Especially in 5E with its initial orc offering being among the worst options in the game. You still got your orcy option there, just the weird "You can...
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    D&D 5E (2024) (+) Hopes for The Monk

    I'd argue there's a link in the implication of the power source being obtained through meditation and the understanding of oneself in the universe. Not that, D&D's ever gone hard on that, but its at least sort of implicated in some of the things there, particularly 3E (Not that 3E's monk was...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Poll: How many species should OneD&D include in its PHB?

    I'd like 12, but, will settle for the 9 On top of the 9 1D&D already has (especially gnome, as I will actively fight to keep gnomes around), I'd go with Goblin. While a third small choice, goblins are incredibly popular and will go along well with orcs now being playable Aasimar. Counterpart...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How quickly should WOTC add new classes?

    Yeah, kits are basically just proto-subclasses. Not that kits were ever consistent given how they tended to run the gammut from "Completely changes how your class behaves" to "i dunno you got some extra stuff for being in a tunnel I guess". Basically just less consistent subclasses and, if...
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    D&D General Fighting Law and Order

    I hate digging into single points this deep into a thread, but, this one stuck out at me bad enough I gotta comment on it and hammer on it like a nail. how how in the world does "Being a fan of a fictional character" not make sense? Do you... Not like fictional characters? Didn't read LotR...
  8. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2014) Halflings are the 7th most popular 5e race

    Original Dragonborn were a 3.5E thing, but original Dragonborn were.... Weird. As in "You're some other race who's turned into as a platnium dragon-person due to Bahamut devotion and will lose the form if you ever comit an evil act".
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    D&D 5E (2024) The sorcerer shouldn't exist

    The necromantic wizard is a thing in fiction, so its something they should be able to do ingame, probably moreso than the other schools. They study forgotten magics to bring back the dead or break them down, its not dealing with necromantic beings like what a warlock would do. Its always been a...
  10. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) The sorcerer shouldn't exist

    Thought processes be fun to think about Anywho, I'm going to side with folks saying this isn't the Sorc's fault, but I'm going the other way and will actually put blame to this squarely on the wizard itself being the bad class at saying why it should be the one remaining and shouldn't just be...
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    D&D 5E (2024) What spells should be dropped?

    The only things I'd recommend removing are things that are so powerful they're must-choose no matter the situation, or things that override another class entirely So, True Polymorph is very much in my firing line for being better than what the more shapeshifting dedicated class, the Druid, can...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How quickly should WOTC add new classes?

    And pretty much the first books that came out added in more classes, plus it being a big part of the supplementary stuff at the time. Not necessarily stuff that stayed (Smith didn't last long, the first Dragon Magazine with Witch had, what, 3 different versions of the class?, Acrobat's come and...
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    TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

    I've seen Youtube knock back these only one other time, which was an equally flagrent 'oh they said something bad so its no longer free use' type of deal. So while its not unheard of for Youtube to push back on these, its exceptionally rare
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    D&D 5E (2024) How did I miss this about the Half races/ancestries

    I mean, the D&D cartoon didn't use orcs or anything like that. Bullywugs ended up the go to minions But D&D of those years wasn't aiming for 12 years olds in the slighest. Let's not forget BoVD and BoED which are both incredibly edgy and aiming for audiences over this (ironically having very...
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    D&D 5E (2024) How did I miss this about the Half races/ancestries

    Half-elves have generally always had their various bits and bobs to them to make them stand out between the standard elf and human options so there's been a focus on why they're different to the other options Whereas half-orcs have just been "This is your option to play as orcs" for years, so...
  16. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) (+) Hopes for The Monk

    Plus using other classes as a base saddles them with all of the other parts of those other classes. Something Fighter based is going to still have all of the fighter stuff, just with trying to put more on top to hit a certain archetype. The monk archetype is in pop culture enough I don’t see...
  17. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) How did I miss this about the Half races/ancestries

    You wouldn’t release a car based on purely 50 year old tech in today’s modern environment. It’s gotta keep moving with the expectations of the audience. In this day and age, full orc is expected and half orc would be the neat little bonus, not the other way around like how it’s been in the past...
  18. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) (+) Hopes for The Monk

    Based on what I’m seeing on the warlock stuff, I expect they’re going to be back to the drawing board there so should hopefully be a good sign for monks Hopefully
  19. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) How did I miss this about the Half races/ancestries

    Level limits were dumb and like, the most common homebrew around was ignoring them for a reason But, in the words of Garrosh Hellscream, times change. The orc of today, heck, even Tolkien’s orcs, are as smart as men, and the original playable orcs had a dex penalty, not int. DnD flipflopping...
  20. Mecheon

    D&D 5E (2024) How did I miss this about the Half races/ancestries

    Counterargument: funny, neat, and its not like its going to be unbalanced numbers wise. Plus, folks complain about rapiers being the be-all end-all weapon, so don't just deny weapons from other characters and just, let them use fun stuff Iconic to the general fantasy brand though. Plus, well...
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