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    D&D General Nolzur creates inclusive miniatures, people can't handle it.

    I see no more verisimilitude problem than for Charles Xavier. As the party level up the cleric will have a levitating wheel chair. For healing magic the DM could state that for this specific curse it don’t work. that’s it.
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    D&D 5E (2014) How should spells be organized?

    By rating : from Gold to Red!
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    D&D 5E (2024) Elves without racism [+]

    So Drow would be a culture rather than a sub race? And then we can apply the same concept to Dwarf culture, orc culture, human culture? Orc eladrin? Dragon born drow?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Challenge Rating Is Imprecise (And That's OK)

    I fully understand the intent of CR when I relate it with the comments of Perking and Mearls telling that the DM can change monsters hit points during a fight. I simply don’t expect tight challenge (and balance) from the game.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Challenge Rating Is Imprecise (And That's OK)

    The CR intent is to be used the other way, avoid monster to steamroll the party. Designers don’t care about monsters being slaughtered by too weak party!
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    Proliferation of Threads on Same Topic (Martial/Magic, Fighters, etc.)

    For the « martial vs magic » topic I can see that Some posters are deeply concern about the topic. The feeling to be unheard is obvious since the DnD playtest don’t address at all the topic. This topic show a very unsatisfying game experience, and posters are asking for an official rule...
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    The Art and Science of Worldbuilding For Gameplay [+]

    The harder to create are NPcs and organization with flaws and incompetence. Flaws and incompetence are the key to provide an environment for good adventure.
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    D&D 5E (2024) What should be ability score cap for standard PCs?

    Indeed 25 was the kind of score for mighty character in old time. So 25 should be the cap!
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    D&D 5E (2024) Changing Three Metamagic during Long Rest Should Stay.

    Sorcerer should have a feature in line with memorize spell that allow to choose an extra meta magic for the rest of the day.
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    Church of Bones, Prague

    Our game fantasy's is often less creepy than real life!
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    D&D General The Crab Bucket Fallacy

    It depends on how you got fun from your game. if it is important to succeed rolls, dealing more damage than the others, or making more useful action, then every bonus is important, every spells is useful.
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    D&D General The Crab Bucket Fallacy

    We are playing a social entertaining game, so each player is equally important around the table and so are the PCs.
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    Musings On Post Apocalyptic RPGs

    I don’t think it need a game to play post apocalyptic style. PA is all about setting, and make PCs shine because everyone else is gone! PA or some extent decadent, chaotic, uncivilized world offer plenty of occasion to let the PCs do task that matter.
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    The GM's World, the Players' Campaign

    I think that DM should leave enough blank space in their world building to add new races, character concept, faction, god and religion, bring in by the players.
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    D&D General The Crab Bucket Fallacy

    So the Wizard is the bucket and the fighter play the crab?
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    Musing on Conan themes in RPGs

    I see two things. No leveling. you are Conan, you don’t start level 1. But your gear and some abilities may change depending on the scenario Conan is facing. A game oriented for mini adventure. Conan move from an adventure to another. So no boring travelling or downtime. Conan is a pirate...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Where should optional rules go and why?

    Variant on rules that concern players should be in the PHB. Like those on resting. i would see in the PHB a set of variant proposed to adapt the game to different style and ambiance. Gritty realism, low magic, hyper heroic…
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    D&D 5E (2024) Limiting Short Rests to 2x/day

    M’y wish rule would be: a short rest is a rest of 5 to 60 minutes that you can take a couple of time during the day. The DM will use the current conditions of the adventure to evaluate the time and the availability of the short rest.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Limiting Short Rests to 2x/day

    Whatever rule will be official in 5.5 there will still be plenty of variants and house rules to adjust the length and the number of short rest.
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