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I'm tentatively interested in a Ravinica setting book. I am glad they are doing something 'new' for 5e, at last. Still not gonna run it in 5e, but I dig nice books full of art and evocative stuff.
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PrinnySquadron posted:The next MTG set is Ravnica. So that probably factored into it.
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Wow, I've been playing since 1e AD&D myself (36 years this summer!) and boy howdy am I glad I managed to somehow avoid getting my imagination mutilated over the decades.Mr.Tophat posted:The game doesn't make me choose. I choose. Sometimes you take the less 'good' (read: mechanically efficent) option so you can do the thematically cool visual awesome thing. Sir Topham Hatt: Hey, I love the visual of throwing knives but this 1d4 damage thing is kind of for the birds. Can I reskin a longbow into like a few dozen small, sweet throwing knives that do 1d8 damage at a longer range? His DM: Yes, sure - but I want to make sure we keep it mechanically identical for the reskin. You need to keep both your hands occupied when tossing them, and eventually replenish the supply in your orcish trenchcoat. Sir Topham Hatt: Absolutely! I'll also keep it to, say, a 60' range because otherwise it's a bit too silly. His DM: Thomas will be so pleased! (note: I do not know the intricacies of 5e, so mentally adjust any screwy rules bits or specific numbers I messed up. The point remains the same.) I did almost precisely this in a 4e Zeitgeist game I ran not too long ago. A character wanted to use a pair of pistols, but a pair of pistols absolutely stinks and there's no character that can do a reasonable job with them. We reskinned a Rifle into a pair of pistols and voila! The gunslinger lived!
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MonsterEnvy posted:Cause it's kind of hypocritical for you to come in here and constantly complain about the game and nothing else. Also I'd give 5e the 3rd best position. After 4e and BECMI, which both do their own thing and do it (mostly) well. The Dregs posted:Fighters, rangers, barbarians, rogues, and monks are allowed. We're allowed one cleric, but cleric can only memorize healing and support spells. We have to avoid overtly magical subclasses and reskin any minor magic we end up with as something mundane. As for that, I don't know how much leeway we have, since none bothered to make any magical classes other than the or cleric. It totally sounds like a disaster in the making, but who knows? Maybe it'll end up somehow rocking? Or be mostly good with some weird warts? It's kind of a truism at this point that a good group can have fun with a bad game. (With the caveats that a bad DM will ruin all that, and a good game would be better.)
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Glagha posted:I feel like this is the tabletop equivalent of "This anime is really good, no really. Just ignore the parts where the MC is trying to gently caress his sister"
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It's weird when "punching and kicking stuff should be just as good as a weapon for a literal martial artist" is controversial. I get it, kung fu has tons of sweet-looking weapons. But you're not picking a weapon because it's cool, you're picking a weapon because 1d4 vs 1d8 is a no-brainer. (And when you get to high enough levels, no more weapons because reasons - those reasons being 'this is better for my dpr now.')
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The Crotch posted:Nobody has ever used darts.
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Glagha posted:Even if monks aren't super great I like playing monk because they feel like the best monk has ever been in D&D, even if that's a low bar for a traditionally subpar class
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Gharbad the Weak posted:Psionics were not great. I thought monks were the best of the group, mostly because they didn't try to shove in that silly power point gimmick and stuck to the same resource system that all the other classes had. The power point thing was pretty clearly "older editions did it that way, so we'll do it that way too." Man, who even designed for that book? Battlemind is probably the best of the three power point classes, though it has some problems, too. (And Brutal Barrage should never have a damage roll. There are definitely ways to abuse vulnerabilities with it, however. And other non-abusive combos which give you miss damage and whatnot.)
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The Bee posted:The Seeker looks really cool at least, but I keep hearing that it's bad. Essentials Hunter fills a similar role and is best played multiclassed to Seeker. There are very few actively terrible classes in 4e. Even the psionic ones are just bad in an "effective but boring" kind of a way. Seekers are below average, for sure, but not a drag on the party. They don't belong in a high-optimized group, but for normal players, sure. dwarf74 fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Sep 21, 2018 |
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Flawless Victory!
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Arthil posted:Are you incapable of making a post without sounding like an overly aggressive rear end?
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(X-posted) Hey, remember when everyone was saying they couldn't really mean eSports when WotC was talking D&D and eSports? They really meant eSports. http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5709-DnDSports-Competitive-Play-With-Prizes
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Flashbacks to the D&D Open at Gen Cons of old.
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Like, 5e isn't a hard-coded enough ruleset for this. Bring back 4e for it and we'll talk.
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OH MAH GAWD THAT'S TORDEK'S MUSIC!
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Splicer posted:D&D didn't start with third edition. In 3e, not even magic gear helped Fighters.
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