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    D&D 5E (2014) Deep Dive into Descent Into Avernus

    My bet is, a party with such an alignment burden found workarounds long before this product was released. If not it's going to be just one more tweak to suit party their GM makes. "Or they can run off the piss of the righteous"
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    D&D 5E (2014) Deep Dive into Descent Into Avernus

    Well, yeah if cutting a bargain with infernals is allowed within whatever flavor of good they are using.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Deep Dive into Descent Into Avernus

    Well, this adventure by design offers a lot more than soul coin hot rods in it that a character of unflinching, uncompromising "good" wont be able to abide ornparticipate in. So, for some groups this adventure may need tweaking to make it more suitable to their tastes.
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5 year AAR/Lessons learned

    Good things learned Online presence in vital. Streams, twitch, YouTube play and discussion and teasers are play a critical role in exposing to new players. Agree with accessibility points above - simple intuitive core mechanic seen often in play, organized play at FLGS etc. Need to fo better -...
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    D&D 5E (2014) I am thinking of eliminating reactions.

    Our group does not have these issues. Reactions keep your attention on the events even when not your turn. I see it as a net positive. Heck, I would like more.
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    Child abuse in regards to Dungeons and Dragons IRL, how should such things be handled.

    My point was to speak to an attorney as a defense, not gunning ip. These adults have gotten involved inbetween parents and children and a subject of content is involved. They describe the parents in rather serious ways. Before talking or interacting further I would touch base with an attorney...
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    Breaking out of the "paladin trap."

    Well, I am very glad you have do thoroughly codified your ideal paladin and it provides you the kind of play you prefer. I wont follow you into the path of judging one set of play or challenges or preferred archetype as more challenging, easier or exsmple of "well written" writing or playing...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Saving throw to resist a grapple

    Not part of any hivemind, so just responding as an individual. First, why? I get the notion ofsdome thread theory but every house rule is another exception you have to reference and this one hits a lot of stat blocks. So, unless you get a noticable in-play gain at the table, why add the house...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Consequences of Failure

    Well, there was that rant blog post from dome guy that keeps getting referenced and one of its presumptions was that one of the problem from players calling for checks was just this - players trying to use their best rolls skills ehen other stuff was appropriate and gms unable to handle it -...
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    Breaking out of the "paladin trap."

    No idea about that - to me it just looked like different preferences. No idea where happy it not came into it.
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    Child abuse in regards to Dungeons and Dragons IRL, how should such things be handled.

    Speaking conservativrly, as an adult (legally) I would not entertain under-age minors in my home without explicit parental consent. It's just too problematic on nu eros levrls. When I run one-shots at flgs, I try and make sure it goes thru the store. The situations described here are some...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Party Balanced

    This does bring to the surface the notion that in 5e race-class-dub-class also needs background for a group to be assessed. The skills, tools and features matter for these "vs all threats" ganders.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Damage Multiple Option concept

    In my last session the 8th level barbarian hit the nook andxsquished it in one swing. How did I accomplish it? By selecting mooks for the mooks. It was a 15 hp hobgoblin. Bog standards out of the book, just a couple more hp within its range above average but not max. Most of the "mooks" went...
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    Pathfinder 2E Are you moving from 5E to PF2?

    "PF2 clearly isn’t an “advanced 5E” but I feel like it is kinda pitched as the “advanced mainstream fantasy RPG”. Is that how you see it?" First, after picking up the pdf, I now hope to run a few one shots at flgs. Hope that counts as enough "planning to play" to not be considered thread...
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    Breaking out of the "paladin trap."

    "The trap not to fall into as a player is to expect the DM to change his planned campaign around to make you its star." As you move into with your tldr- talkl to the gm so everyone has the same expectations. I would dicker with how likely this is a trap.
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    Breaking out of the "paladin trap."

    "Isn't that an inherently lawful evil perspective? " I gave up on alignment debates f thst nature decades ago, so my answer has to be " It depends. Maybe, in some settings it might be but in other settings it wouldn't be. At some tsbles, maybe that one act would define a character's alignment...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Consequences of Failure

    And so...what? That's an actual question since there wasnt actually a conclusion presented there. You seemed to be presenting evidence for something but did not actually present something. I mean you basically state a couple observations and an assessment you made based on forum posts but no...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Consequences of Failure

    "In a formal sense there is nothing stopping a 5e GM adjudicating the action declaration I kill the ogre by chopping off its head with my greatsword in the same way that s/he adjudicates the action declaraition I befriend the ogre by offering it a basket of foodstuffs. But the presentation of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Beyond: Aberrant Mind

    Imo yes. I think this is a test of combined features. Some may bake it into other types.
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    D&D General Should a low level character know to burn a troll?

    Yes, imo, for my games unless trolls were rare.
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