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I don’t think I understand your question or what my post has to do with agency.

Ultimately, “that is how we play/ed it and it works/ed for us” is the best answer seems like the best answer I can expect about a lot of topics on these boards.

My feeling is, if you don’t want the possibility of that kind of story (where the fiction of the pact matters) don’t play a warlock. At least, that is what I’d say to anyone wanting to play one in a campaign I was running.

I will have to say however that both my groups tend to short rest as much as possible, so having fewer HD to work with matters to the table style.

They’d get to choose which they spend. I see no issue with that. They are still giving that up for other potential magical uses (many magical items in my games grant additional powers via spending HD*) or regaining HPs. I personally enforce a lower HD replenish before bigger HD do house rule...

😂. I just got sucked into reading that old thread and it eventually takes up the very debate in this thread. Nothing ever changes on ENWorld.

D&D 5E (2014) - "If They Have a Name They Get Death Saves. . ." 😂

I don't know what to say. It works fine for me. I am basing it on what a 6th level wizard would have. I might note something like Yalp Waps Evkr6/LN, so I know what kind of spells to give him and if he had any special powers worth noting. (For example, if I made an NPC diviner I’d give him the...

Honestly when I have done similar effects, I have the player/creature roll the hit die sacrificed and that is the bonus or penalty (or the result to look at on a chart).

I am in agreement. There are plenty of 3PP products if you don’t feel like making it up your self and plenty of room to make it up yourself if you are so inclined. No RPG can actually deliver every aspect that every player might want as part of the core rules and it seems silly to think...

The vast majority of NPCs don’t even need stats. For a good number I will just note something like Wiz6/LN. And that is all the info i need. Enough to improvise an encounter if it suddenly comes to combat and enough to have a general sense of their capabilities if it doesn’t. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I’m away from home. But if I get a chance tonight I’ll check my PDF folder

Maybe someone else mentioned it but there is at least one 3PP product that provides CR 1 to 20 NPCs of every class. This may not be the WotC support some people want but by allowing for 3PP products and setting up the DMguild they essentially are. I don’t need NPCs and PCs to be built...

Considering an experiment where I block every user who currently has a thread on the first page of the D&D forum, just to see what shows up and how old the threads on the first page would be. Edit: Of course that'd mean blocking some of my favorite posters, so I am loathe to do it.

Must be some kind of free add-on because I use an OBR die roller. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Oh, and I continue to invite others to participate.

Reviving this thread now that I am back in prep mode (I generally do enough what I think is enough for 2 sessions but then it takes my players 6 to 8 sessions to get through it!) Why so many monster books? Not for different monsters, but for the same ones! [see this thread]

There is no topic for which my interest in discussing it cannot evaporated by the posting habits of some folks on these boards.

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