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Yesterday, 04:01 PMSo, apparently, what drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class is because 4 Clerics can cover every base a Rogue could potentially bring, for...1149 replies | 57117 view(s)
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Yesterday, 08:46 AM/Wave I used to love mapping while playing the original Bard's Tale on my Commodore 64. It really was the only way to find the null areas that...55 replies | 4048 view(s)
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2024-05-30, 02:56 PMTheodoxus replied to a thread Whats one of your favorite homebrew rules used at your table in D&D 5e/NextThey're just a different name for the same thing, so yes, Clerics would use Perception to cast spells, and a Wisdom(Perception) check is now a...25 replies | 2544 view(s)
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2024-05-30, 08:37 AMThe parts you're missing is in the OP where the Elf: Fey Ancestry + IF was brought up - hence why it's been the sticking point for 7 pages. Also,...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-29, 02:15 PMIn such an economy, a 300 gp diamond would be the size of a grain of salt, if not smaller.95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-29, 02:06 PMAlso (I think this was mentioned upthread, but maybe another thread) Bless is granting a boon that makes the character capable of resisting (or...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-29, 08:52 AMTheodoxus replied to a thread Whats one of your favorite homebrew rules used at your table in D&D 5e/NextHmm... I have two, The first is swapping the game mechanics from D20 to AGE (3d6 w/ stunt die). I can elaborate if desired. 2nd, is stealing from...25 replies | 2544 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 05:55 PMInteresting take. That actually works with my own homebrew world where magic is just augmented reality taken to the extreme. Could definitely see an...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 05:20 PMI suppose, if you're less interested in tracking material components - definitely something that works for some groups - you could use the same basic...95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 01:58 PMYeah, I can see that too. I wonder if there was ever a point in the Wizard school subclass discussion where they toyed with the idea of dropping 2...95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 01:45 PMSo, you're saying it's perfectly ok for a Fireball spell, in its annotations, to include all the mechanical aspects that aren't actually part of...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 11:50 AMThis is a good point (and was back when you first asked it). RSP, do the spells in your world have any descriptive annotations, or is it just...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 11:17 AMMaybe, though there's been discussions for 10 years about the need for AT and EK to be shoehorned into specific schools. Everything else noted is...95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 10:14 AMThis. See if you can get a bonus (+1 or 2 if you want to be conservative, +5 if you want to replicate the general die bonus) for an advantage effect...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 09:49 AMWas it 2nd edition that had overlapping schools? Or did I dream that up... But it makes way more sense to follow modern science and intermix...95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-27, 12:52 AMRSP, have you read the source material? Done a deep dive on classes, spells, skills? Have you maybe noticed that there are some pretty glaring...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 04:44 PMOk, RSP. Two questions, if you'd do me the honor of answering. 1) The specific character who learned the hard way that IF is nigh useless to cast...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 01:37 PMPresumably, magic works a tad differently than vitamins (or anything else that's "good for you", as one can die from drinking too much water as their...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 01:29 PMI suspect that information would be a Elven state secret. Any mage trying to divulge that to the greater world would end up eating some version of...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 12:31 PMOur houserule for 3.PF was -Con score instead of -10. It helped a bit with the insta-gib. Given my play history, it's the primary reason I...95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 09:58 AMHeh, I've contemplated doing that. My homebrew world has 12 nations, and 12 unique dialects for them, but after a bit of mental gymnastics on how...109 replies | 8902 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 09:46 AMTrue, however I don't know if RSP is coming at this as a DM or a player. A player could certainly make a case that "hey, there's a lot of advantage...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 09:24 AMSince 99% of the time, I play a Life Cleric 60% of the time, I more often than not have Revivify on my list. But the only time I ever used it with...95 replies | 6610 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 08:23 AMIt's been 30 years, and it was oWoD. I have some nWoD books somewhere, I'll look into it. From what my very sketchy memory provides, the skill system...1149 replies | 57117 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 08:39 PMRegarding Social and Exploration, because let's be real, that's what the ability check system is all about outside of some very edge cases that are...1149 replies | 57117 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 04:05 PMIt's kind of the difference between knowing how guns work, and knowing how to shoot. I know how guns work, the chemistry of gun powder and bullet...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 10:22 AMIs it meta-gaming to know that the enemy has some form of 'mind control' and that the best defense to it is Protection from Good and Evil? I mean, it...202 replies | 7222 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 05:11 PMWhich begs the question, if Rogues are so good, why are they rolling? Isn't the point, if the task is easy enough, you shouldn't be rolling? It seems...1149 replies | 57117 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 12:28 PMTo be frank, the bluetext was less about a silly answer and more about the fact that I've read a number of articles from various e-zines about how...1149 replies | 57117 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 09:32 AMWatching youtube /twitch channels like Critical Role, et. al. Seriously though, it's a great question. We know more than one DM hasn't read the...1149 replies | 57117 view(s)
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