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    The Actual Table of Contents for Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    Why would internet resources become more suspect on that issue? There are a multitude of sites that cater to names, I find it doubtful that all are malicious or misinformed. Even if you played at a table with no electronics whatsoever (which already makes you a minority of players I would guess)...
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    The Actual Table of Contents for Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    Doesn’t really change the fact that it means the book holds less content/value for people that already have those options available in non AL games. I find this especially irritating because their measured release schedule really doesn’t need to be weighed down with filler and reprints. No it...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on this article about Black Culture & the D&D team dropping the ball?

    There's really no point in discussing it, it's a usual clickbait article from Kotaku trying to stir up **** over race relations. I could do a large breakdown of all of the logical leaps and inadequacies of the article, but what would even be the point? Seems most posters here are of similar...
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    Check Out The Forge Domain From Xanathar's Guide

    Not really, seems pretty decent. With no assumed magic items whatsoever it can be rocking a 22 AC by level 6, and the inclusion of Searing Smite gives it a good edge in melee compared to other clerics. Actually, some of their other spells are quite good too, with Heat Metal, Wall of Fire, and...
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    AD&D 2E Is 5e Basically Becoming Pathfinder 2e?

    There is a massive, titanic gulf in the difference between even early 3.5/P.F. and what we have now, both in terms of player options and rules minutia themselves. Seriously, I think you can rattle off the effects of every condition in 5e in less space than the grapple description of those...
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    Xanathar's War Mage is Gandalf, Dr Strange, and Elric

    Yeah, this smells pretty rotten to me honestly. I didn't pick up the SCAG and while this turn ultimately vindicates that decision, it also means I have absolutely no reason to ever pick it up, discounted or otherwise. Seems like a poor model to release content that devalues your other content...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Full contents leak for Xanathar's Guide

    I have mixed opinions on the subclasses. I'm really disappointed at the inclusion of kensei, hexblade, and redemption paladin (assuming that's the pacifist one, I can't remember its exact title) since all of those ones were pretty garbage mechanically. Depending on how much changed from the...
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    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana October 2017: Fiendish Options

    The Tiefling options are kind of hit an miss, with an annoying amount of overlap on some options and some serious power creep on others. The DM-centric options are where it shines though, pretty much all of that content is really good and I will probably use several of them the next time I...
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    Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    Those points might make this instance of pre-order bonuses slightly more palatable to people based on their own viewpoints, but doesn't really address the underlying issue. It makes you a 'bad' consumer in as much as you can be one, really. Your choice to take increased risk out of disinterest...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with D&D Beyond and Xanathar's Guide to Everything pre-order

    Those points might make this instance of pre-order bonuses slightly more palatable to people based on their own viewpoints, but doesn't really address the underlying issue. It makes you a 'bad' consumer in as much as you can be one, really. Your choice to take increased risk out of disinterest...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do you allow third party material in your game...

    Both campaigns I play in allow UA material, and for the most part it has been fine. One player was a horizon walker which was found to be just fine balance wise, and I personally have been playing a gunsmith artificer, which I think is slightly underpowered. As BoldItalic states though, I think...
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    Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    Alright, here's the actual fallout http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/01/square-enix-cancels-controversial-deus-ex-mankind-divided-pre-order-program nothing 'opinionated' there, simply the fact that this attempt was so particularly egregious that even video game fans were no willing to stomach...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with D&D Beyond and Xanathar's Guide to Everything pre-order

    Alright, here's the actual fallout http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/01/square-enix-cancels-controversial-deus-ex-mankind-divided-pre-order-program nothing 'opinionated' there, simply the fact that this attempt was so particularly egregious that even video game fans were no willing to stomach...
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    Mike Mearls "Invented The Baked Potato" in Xanathar's Guide With The Cleric Forge Domain

    Seconded. It's always nice to see creators excited for their craft, but we're creeping closer to the release date and I think it would be nice to have a little more concrete information in there somewhere.
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    Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    Nothing ridiculous about it, it's indefensibly anti-consumer by directly encouraging poor buying practices with the implication or statement that you will be denied content for not doing so. If you saw a listing for an apartment, that would throw in a free toaster if you didn't come do a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with D&D Beyond and Xanathar's Guide to Everything pre-order

    Nothing ridiculous about it, it's indefensibly anti-consumer by directly encouraging poor buying practices with the implication or statement that you will be denied content for not doing so. If you saw a listing for an apartment, that would throw in a free toaster if you didn't come do a...
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    Who Needs Iconics Anyway?

    Pretty good article, I always enjoy reading about the names and characters that shaped early D&D, since it was before my time. I also really liked how the early fore-runners became existing facets of the D&D lore, it would get old fast if it was overdone, but in its current capacity I find...
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    Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    Huh, that's bizarre. I know it said 284 when I checked earlier, and none of the surrounding posts have numbers close to that. Are there any known forum bugs that could cause a post count to be misrepresented? As it stands it seems I am in error, and that is an extremely new account only...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with D&D Beyond and Xanathar's Guide to Everything pre-order

    Huh, that's bizarre. I know it said 284 when I checked earlier, and none of the surrounding posts have numbers close to that. Are there any known forum bugs that could cause a post count to be misrepresented? As it stands it seems I am in error, and that is an extremely new account only...
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    Pre-Order DLC comes to D&D with Xanathar's Guide to Everything

    The guy you quoted has 284 posts. I'm not sure if "russian" spambots have that kind of time to while away on forums for niche hobbies. I think the more likely scenario is that people who might comment less often are feeling obligated to speak out about industry practices they find concerning...
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