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by Cervantes
Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:10 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: [5e] Thorough explanation of why it's terrible?
Replies: 261
Views: 83307

Yes, in the universe of d&d it does map and does mean exactly what it says on the tin. We're not discussing actual normative philosophy, we are talking about a game. Yes, in the real world, outside the game world of d&d, ethics is complex, and discussion of objective truths within it are di...
by Cervantes
Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:31 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: [5e] Thorough explanation of why it's terrible?
Replies: 261
Views: 83307

You can call the cosmic forces Good and Evil, and they might correlate with some moral systems, but that doesn't show that these forces are literal objective moral fonts. We can call them "Force A" and "Force B", say they're opposed, point out correlations to moral judgments, but...
by Cervantes
Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:16 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: [5e] Thorough explanation of why it's terrible?
Replies: 261
Views: 83307

"evil races" is a stupid concept, always was and still is. I didn't realize people actually took it seriously. Morality is a complicated thing, something that RPGs can uniquely explore and ask questions about, and having Evil as a Platonic Ideal is lazy. Kobolds can be violent little basta...
by Cervantes
Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:18 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: [5e] Thorough explanation of why it's terrible?
Replies: 261
Views: 83307

Fun counterspell idea: Make casters spend all of their turns canceling each other out, so martials can run up to them and punch them in the face.
by Cervantes
Sun May 24, 2020 5:18 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: 6th Edition Speculation Begins
Replies: 31
Views: 9915

what's the fucking point of 6E. they have no new ideas
by Cervantes
Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:33 am
Forum: MPSIMS
Topic: Moments when a piece of entertainment completely rocked you.
Replies: 2924
Views: 553324

Into the Spiderverse is real good.

Vice is not a fun movie, overall, but it is a very good movie
by Cervantes
Fri May 25, 2018 8:22 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Minor game stuff from around the web for commentary...
Replies: 1408
Views: 202778

it's not really "bigger industries are less scam-ridden" and more "the scammers in those industries are far more refined than those who take aim at the RPG market"
by Cervantes
Thu May 24, 2018 9:58 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Unknown Armies Third Edition? Opinions?
Replies: 7
Views: 1919

i posted abt it. it's still roll-under percentile so who cares, just treat it like a GURPS supplement and mine it for ideas to put into a system you'd rather use they haven't solved the Masquerade Issue either iirc. even though there's a damn magickal AI that would be perfect for quashing magic info...
by Cervantes
Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:30 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Why is math so underrated?
Replies: 234
Views: 40432

i guess my link wasn't clue enough, use http://www.anydice.com for your dice statistics needs. if you click "summary" it gives you standard deviation

unless you're wanting to calculate that shit manually/directly. in which case i d k
by Cervantes
Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:44 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: A Demon Haunted World
Replies: 454
Views: 69363

"Avoidance" is also an ok word for Reflex saves
by Cervantes
Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:50 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

i like the concept dean, def goes a long way in making 5e actually have higher level content

banshee does raise the whole issue of "the outside world in 5e is a smooth featureless plain that exists only in the DM's mind" tho
by Cervantes
Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:33 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Why is math so underrated?
Replies: 234
Views: 40432

that was a thought i had - what if "critical success" provided some sort of meta-currency that could be spent on... something obviously needs some mechanisms to avoid cheesing the system (making easy checks to rack up critical success dice) and some uses for the meta-currency (blunting cri...
by Cervantes
Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:30 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: An interesting essay on hit points
Replies: 29
Views: 6211

the example of bioshock was especially bad since the resource involved there wasn't HP, it was a currency used for buying powers
by Cervantes
Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:13 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

when we say "same schedule", do we have to mean "same resource management system"? can't we have several resource management systems that all revolve around "long rests"?
by Cervantes
Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:41 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

why is "putting everyone on the same schedule" bad? it helps to solve the martial/caster divide, the failure point was that they brought casters down to martials instead of bringing martials up to casters, no?

(that said, i can't even imagine how to bring martials up to casters, so)
by Cervantes
Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:36 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

Not only is it easy to mod Backgrounds into 2.5, but K and I already did in our Tome materials. We called them "Backgrounds" and they work exactly the same. And we did it more than 8 years before 5th edition was a thing. I'm not saying that 5th edition Backgrounds are necessarily copied d...
by Cervantes
Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:27 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

5e Alter Self isn't Polymorph Self, it's a Disguise Self spell that's not an illusion also i live for these 3.5e v 5e slogfests but... where the fuck is the blood? i haven't seen anything 5e does better than 3.5e in its core rules. backgrounds are fine but they're easy to mod onto 3.5e how about pro...
by Cervantes
Sat Mar 24, 2018 8:37 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Annoying Game Questions You Want Answered
Replies: 6000
Views: 1030746

TiaC wrote:What would it do for 5e if I took every d20 roll, subtracted 7 from the DC and made it a d6?
you can just use 2d10 if ur jonesing for that shit
by Cervantes
Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:46 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: A Demon Haunted World
Replies: 454
Views: 69363

For "unequal DCs", just have the spell be done with a +N/-N to DC. So Finger of Death is done at a -4 to your spell DC, slow is done with a +4 or whatever.

Assuming, of course, that you want spell DCs to scale with your level
by Cervantes
Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:18 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

"Assume that a creature is proficient with its armor, weapons, and tools. If you swap them out, you decide whether the creature is proficient with its new equipment." - Monster Manual So yeah, no idea if they're proficient. They have proficiency bonuses but they're not printed so you have ...
by Cervantes
Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:16 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

CapnTthePirateG wrote:I gave up on adventurer's league after realizing I needed to spend an hour arguing with the DM over whether my skeletons could equip the longbows I had on a mule.

5e provides quality gameplay folks!
you obviously can lol, they just might not be proficient
by Cervantes
Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What would it take to make VTM 5e not garbage?
Replies: 128
Views: 18860

sometimes he goes back and is like "no, it's just for marketing purposes" as if anyone here gives a shit abt that
by Cervantes
Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:27 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

it's improv theater/freeform roleplaying
by Cervantes
Sat Mar 17, 2018 3:46 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Content Would Make 5e Good
Replies: 75
Views: 14725

yo link that shit tho