So, AngryDM did a little interview with the guys from Dungeonscape/Codename:Morningstar. All I can do is shake my face-palmed head at WotC.
There's a little "reading between the lines" to do; but it is apparent to me that WotC is pant-shittingly afraid of losing their thorns and bushes.
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- Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:28 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
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- Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:23 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: How to make larger creatures "feel" large? (3.x hack)
- Replies: 32
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This thread might be relevant . With some heavy searching, I also found this thread . When a weapon is larger than you it should just stop doing more damage and get a bullrush effect for free. If a player is wielding some gargantuan greatsword through some means it makes no more sense that the huma...
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:08 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: How to make larger creatures "feel" large? (3.x hack)
- Replies: 32
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- Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:11 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: How to make larger creatures "feel" large? (3.x hack)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5452
Can you be more specific about what problem you are having? Why is your immersion shattered? Well, TarkisFlux hit the highlights for me (thanks, btw). But more specifically ... some examples are needed: So you've got a halfling (small) waltzing up to a Mountain Giant (colossal), and commences to ha...
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:41 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: How to make larger creatures "feel" large? (3.x hack)
- Replies: 32
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Don't, don't, don't break up monsters by body part and treat each body part as a separate monster. That has worked in exactly one place ever and that place was the first seven Final Fantasy games. In a tabletop RPG it goes straight to sillytown. I don't mean to be dense; but could you detail that a...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: How to make larger creatures "feel" large? (3.x hack)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5452
How to make larger creatures "feel" large? (3.x hack)
As the title suggests, I'm trying to figure out how to go about hacking 3.x to make fighting much larger creatures actually "feel" like you're fighting something really big. The Problem : D&D does a passable job of simulating combat between creatures that are approximately the same siz...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:55 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Anatomy of Failed Design: nWoD
- Replies: 103
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- Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:49 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Angry Drunk Review - 5e Monster Manual: A Modern Relic
- Replies: 294
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Nagas are in tons of fantasy settings, but still rare enough that they make a great filler monster. No one complains when you don't include them, but if you've got time, no one is shocked. 5e gives us 3. I think we could have gotten by with 1 or 2, and 3 seems a little excessive. Under pre-5e, 3 is...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:06 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Give me a system
- Replies: 31
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You can actually download them both from the actual FATE website. (they only ask for a "donation")Schleiermacher wrote:I don't know what's difference between FATE Accelerated and FATE core, but FATE core has the advantage of having an SRD: http://fate-srd.com/fate-core
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:03 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What should one dislike about DnD5e mechanics?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 16679
Keep in mind that in one of the playtests, there was text actually telling you that it was fine for the player to make a roll, and for the DM to then decide if it passed or failed after they rolled without ever setting a DC. http://new1.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/4748835+_f64911d674ae69ddd979e2b...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:01 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Angry Drunk Review - 5e Monster Manual: A Modern Relic
- Replies: 294
- Views: 97960
In 3e at least, D also has Dire animals and Dinosaurs for another decent chunk. In 3.5 celestials were no longer a unified entry, but they all ended up before G anyways. True. And Celestials were broken up in to Angels, Archons, and Guardinals - all still early in the alphabet. And Eladrin. Oh yeah...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:23 am
- Forum: About the Gaming Den
- Topic: Report Bugs Here!
- Replies: 429
- Views: 290176
FYI: Okay, with Maj's help, I figured out what it was: Frank's assumption was indeed correct - for whatever reason, new messages was indeed the cause of my blocked pop-up message (I don't know if this happens with anyone else or not). Further tests: I was ready to accept Frank's assumption and move ...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:07 am
- Forum: About the Gaming Den
- Topic: Report Bugs Here!
- Replies: 429
- Views: 290176
I figured out what I was blocking. It's the really annoying mouse pointer image in Wiseman's sig. :D Good to know. (that thing always messes with my eyes ... I think that's an intended feature, though) :cool: I'm getting the blocked pop-up on the main page; so I don't think that's what's happening ...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:49 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Angry Drunk Review - 5e Monster Manual: A Modern Relic
- Replies: 294
- Views: 97960
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:44 am
- Forum: About the Gaming Den
- Topic: Report Bugs Here!
- Replies: 429
- Views: 290176
I've given this a little more thought ... @ACOS - No, you're not. I do not currently have any new messages, am signed in, and have one request blocked for this page. But when I take my pop-up blocker off, I don't see anything different. Have you sent any PMs lately? I've got a theory I'd like to tes...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:02 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Angry Drunk Review - 5e Monster Manual: A Modern Relic
- Replies: 294
- Views: 97960
As for front loading the early letters, its mostly just weird and I wanted to point out that while I'm on M, I'm also nearing the end of the book. It does give the impression that they just had to stop making entries towards the back of the book though. You could seriously pad out the R, S, T's of ...
- Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:17 am
- Forum: About the Gaming Den
- Topic: Report Bugs Here!
- Replies: 429
- Views: 290176
Am I the only one whose popup blocker gets activated @ signin? I've run every scan that software compatibility will allow, and I've got nothing. The only thing I can think of is if it is something with the site itself. Have you checked your messages? -Username17 Huh; I have been trading some PMs th...
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:07 pm
- Forum: About the Gaming Den
- Topic: Report Bugs Here!
- Replies: 429
- Views: 290176
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:47 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 429733
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What should one dislike about DnD5e mechanics?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 16679
@fearsomepirate: Frank's actually right on this one. What you propose is actually all fine and good with a game that doesn't require you to buy 1000 friggin' pages just to start playing . The offensive part about that is that the majority of those pages are filled with shovelware fluff - they could ...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:50 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What should one dislike about DnD5e mechanics?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 16679
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:27 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: What should one dislike about DnD5e mechanics?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 16679
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:12 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 429733
I just found it a bit odd that they're willing to spend page space on a Jules Verne style legacy robotcrab that is interesting to fiddle around with exactly once ; but can't be bothered with giving us more actually useful stuff ... you know, like stealth rules and meaningful reasons for clerics to e...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:40 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: D&D 5e has failed
- Replies: 1907
- Views: 429733
Okay, we've got a look at some of the magic item pages: Apparently, we needed something that could produce 2 gallons of mayonnaise at a time . Also, has anyone ever actually even seen an Apparatus of Kwalish in a game? Why the hell does this deserve page space? Also, I guess stuff like Sovereign Glu...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:07 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Rehabbing WoD, but keeping it's spirit
- Replies: 370
- Views: 46046