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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8088089" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>That is not what I have seen in my games. These are sound tactics. It is not because you fail at something that it was not worth trying. IRL, any tactics has risks. Auto success would mean that the choices would be pretty boring in a game context. Of course if you want to be better at something, you better put chances on your side. But contrary to 3.xed you don't need to specialized. The Help action will give the best character for the job advantage on the roll. </p><p></p><p>4ed was not as tactical as you make it sound.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then do not dismiss the options of 5ed either. I was a fan of 4ed. But it had flaws and was not as tactical as you make it sound. The powers and "spells" of 4ed were redundant to extreme after a while. You had to rely entirely on them and a lot of higher powers were simply a stronger take on a lower one. Up to some point, that was logical, but it was this aspect that made a lot of people compare 4ed to MMORPG. I know you disagree with this comparison, but it stood the test nonetheless. Even I, a fan of 4ed, still consider 4ed to be very close to MMORPGs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Completely disagree with you on that.</p><p>An ancient dragon survives by being devious, ruthless and experimented. It has made its mistakes and survived to mate. It is as simple as that. Just like in the real world, the best dragon predators are... Dragons! They fight each other for treasure, mates and territory. If a dragon survives this, in addition to fighting puny humans, elves and other humanoids for treasures (for rights to mate) then that dragon as experience, knowledge and a cunning that is a testament to its ability to survive by planning and having contingencies for extreme cases.</p><p></p><p>Evertything you bring below just proves my point. Only the best and fittest dragons survive to the Ancient age. This also means that some of the adult dragons are of the stuff an Ancient dragon is made of. So some dragons will have a better tactical appreciations of the puny little 2 legged primates and the power they can wield.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>On this part I agree. Up to a point. An Ancient dragon has seen it all. It will take a lot to surprise him. Would you play a lich stupidly? Not I and neither should you. An ancient dragon will not be prone to panic and instead will flee, take a long rest, heal up and try to fight the thieves to get back its treasure. Being pursued by an ancient dragon is not something players like a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8088089, member: 6855114"] That is not what I have seen in my games. These are sound tactics. It is not because you fail at something that it was not worth trying. IRL, any tactics has risks. Auto success would mean that the choices would be pretty boring in a game context. Of course if you want to be better at something, you better put chances on your side. But contrary to 3.xed you don't need to specialized. The Help action will give the best character for the job advantage on the roll. 4ed was not as tactical as you make it sound. Then do not dismiss the options of 5ed either. I was a fan of 4ed. But it had flaws and was not as tactical as you make it sound. The powers and "spells" of 4ed were redundant to extreme after a while. You had to rely entirely on them and a lot of higher powers were simply a stronger take on a lower one. Up to some point, that was logical, but it was this aspect that made a lot of people compare 4ed to MMORPG. I know you disagree with this comparison, but it stood the test nonetheless. Even I, a fan of 4ed, still consider 4ed to be very close to MMORPGs. Completely disagree with you on that. An ancient dragon survives by being devious, ruthless and experimented. It has made its mistakes and survived to mate. It is as simple as that. Just like in the real world, the best dragon predators are... Dragons! They fight each other for treasure, mates and territory. If a dragon survives this, in addition to fighting puny humans, elves and other humanoids for treasures (for rights to mate) then that dragon as experience, knowledge and a cunning that is a testament to its ability to survive by planning and having contingencies for extreme cases. Evertything you bring below just proves my point. Only the best and fittest dragons survive to the Ancient age. This also means that some of the adult dragons are of the stuff an Ancient dragon is made of. So some dragons will have a better tactical appreciations of the puny little 2 legged primates and the power they can wield. On this part I agree. Up to a point. An Ancient dragon has seen it all. It will take a lot to surprise him. Would you play a lich stupidly? Not I and neither should you. An ancient dragon will not be prone to panic and instead will flee, take a long rest, heal up and try to fight the thieves to get back its treasure. Being pursued by an ancient dragon is not something players like a lot. [/QUOTE]
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