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5e combat system too simple / boring?
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<blockquote data-quote="devincutler" data-source="post: 6793768" data-attributes="member: 6684551"><p>This is how it was done back in the day. 3d6 in order. And paladins and monks had huge requirements to enter, so just playing one was a rare and wondrous treat.</p><p></p><p>I, too, much prefer playing PCs as rolled with interesting stat flaws. I think too much is made of min-maxing (and then those same people complain the game is too easy....go figure!). I just recently played a 3.5 druid with a 6 Cha and an 8 Int. It was a blast. Was I a little behind the 8 ball in Animal Handling? Yeah...but nothing too horrific and by 3rd level I was auto handling my animal companion. But playing a clever person who was simply not interested in complex ideas or written lore was a kick. And I played her 6 Cha not as physically ugly, but as a nature child who never bathes, never washes her clothes, is picking lice out of her hair, and who has absolutely no social filters whatsoever. If the king is overweight, she might remark: "Hello king...wow you're fat!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="devincutler, post: 6793768, member: 6684551"] This is how it was done back in the day. 3d6 in order. And paladins and monks had huge requirements to enter, so just playing one was a rare and wondrous treat. I, too, much prefer playing PCs as rolled with interesting stat flaws. I think too much is made of min-maxing (and then those same people complain the game is too easy....go figure!). I just recently played a 3.5 druid with a 6 Cha and an 8 Int. It was a blast. Was I a little behind the 8 ball in Animal Handling? Yeah...but nothing too horrific and by 3rd level I was auto handling my animal companion. But playing a clever person who was simply not interested in complex ideas or written lore was a kick. And I played her 6 Cha not as physically ugly, but as a nature child who never bathes, never washes her clothes, is picking lice out of her hair, and who has absolutely no social filters whatsoever. If the king is overweight, she might remark: "Hello king...wow you're fat!" [/QUOTE]
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