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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive... -
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Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with
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I think you're vastly overoptimistic in how often one can avoid that sort of thing. And rolling against an attribute is a poor man's... -
Minigiant replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Problem with Treantmonk's Hunter's Mark.Nah. The point is their grognards do not want Rangers to be magical because Rangers in their world arent. They are like LOTR rangers... -
Mannahnin reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Eh, if your table is having drama over whether someone's soldier background should give them advantage on a roll to recognize the flag...
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Mannahnin reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
You don't need to base it on actual granular skills, though. In Shadowdark, characters get advantage on anything they might reasonably...
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payn reacted to TheSword's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It’s a tangent and not related to the OP but I can’t agree with you here. There is a huge difference between the - as you say - popular... -
Mannahnin reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I think I would like Level Up if I were not pathologically opposed to making 5e (especially combat) more complex and tedious. I’ve...
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Mannahnin reacted to Tesral's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Yes. Especially by the 3e skill system. Again D&D is a "No" system. Put down that interesting idea and get back in your box. You...
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Mannahnin reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Marvel Super Heroes, in various versions. They pretty much all have both rules for rolling your own supers and for translating ones from...
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Mannahnin reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
That is, IMO, the delineator between Tactical Studies Rules' fantasy wargame where players used heroes (and their hirelings/followers)...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I agree its mostly fans, but I think if you think at least Fantasy Hero does not hold it as an ethos that they can at least get close to...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
It isn't entirely true even in fantasy though; I've seen people do it before in a number of build systems as proof-of-concept things...
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Mannahnin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
While, again, fan-based, I have to note this process is extremely common in superhero RPG fandom. To the point I've never seen a...
