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    • entity

      entity posted to his forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Character Builder Powers
      July 25, 2012 at 3:27am
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      entity posted to WotC_Microbless' forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Magic: The Gathering Toolbox Feedback thread
      February 28, 2012 at 10:05pm
    • Marandahir

      Marandahir voted in the poll, "Did you follow coverage of the D&D Next seminars and playtest online this weekend?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:29pm
    • TediBehr

      TediBehr voted in the poll, "Does DR belong in the game?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:25pm
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    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Can the holy damage and radiant damage types exist in the same game?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:16pm
    • entity

      entity added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

      Time to Heal
      If you ask a random D&D player what a cleric does, five out of...
      February 10, 2012 at 4:15pm
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      marco9999
      marco9999
      Healing shouldn't be restricted to clerics! Wizards should have access to healing magic too. IMHO it doesn't make sense that clerics are always healers and wizards never are. Depends on personal choices, what their patrons teach them or give them from on high, etc. That said, magical healing can come in all the various flavors you feel like -an aura around the character, a specific spell that takes a whole round -or more!- and requires touching the subject, a hours- or day-long ritual, whatever....

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      May 4, 2012 12:13 PM PDT
      rghammill
      rghammill
      Healing is a challenge, and not just the role of a cleric. While I think the 4e rules are a bit overly generous, the idea that characters can heal a significant number of hit points without the need of magic makes sense in the general design of D&D.
      Hit points have always been a sort of bucket that accounts for many things other than just physical health. Being worn down during an encounter, to be able to regain some of your health with a short rest works well. Enhancing that 'healing'...

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      August 13, 2012 2:42 PM PDT
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "How many resources should a cleric spend healing allies?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:14pm
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    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Should weapon damage have a type?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:12pm
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    • entity

      entity added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

      Racial Importance
      Dwarves use sturdy, well-crafted axes and hammers. Elves use thin, elegant...
      February 10, 2012 at 4:11pm
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      Hebitsuikaza
      Hebitsuikaza
      The amount of importance race should carry should be somewhat important. Probably the difference between a human, an elf, an orc, a hobgoblin and a dwarf should not be terribly large. However, once one starts talking about halflings, gnomes, goblins, kobolds or even pixies... or talks about something gigantic such as a Dragonborn or Golliath or Ogre... those difference should be extremely significant.
      The difference between extremely small and quick races and large, thunderous, powerful...

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      June 5, 2012 1:02 PM PDT
      Leugren
      Leugren
      As I examine each edition of the game, I like to apply what I refer to as the "Dwarven Wizard" test. In almost every edition of the game, the mechanics of race serve as a sort of straitjacket in terms of which classes a person is forced to choose from unless he or she is willing to settle for a mechanically suboptimal character. I find this stifling to player creativity, and I also feel that it promotes a bland uniformity where every halfling is a rogue, every dwarf is a fighter or cleric, and...

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      June 16, 2012 8:57 AM PDT
    • adembroski11

      adembroski11 voted in the poll, "How important is racial choice to a character mechanically?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:02pm
    • entity

      entity added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

      A Close Call with Negative Hit Points
      Demascus is no slouch when it comes to swordplay, especially when he can...
      February 10, 2012 at 4:01pm
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      xonezerofive
      xonezerofive
      Sometimes it is beneficial to the character that is knocked negative to be stable but not be able to act. Usually GMs will stop attacking downed opponents and move on to another character. You could create feats or spells that make healing on dying characters more effective, or make it so the heal skill in a way to bring a character back to 0 before you heal them outside of combat. Negative hit points are good to have around for lucky crits that knock characters below 0. Having 0 equal dead...

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      June 3, 2012 2:31 PM PDT
      Hebitsuikaza
      Hebitsuikaza
      I would be all for the idea that once a character is down in a fight, they are down for the remainder of the battle. After the battle, assuming the party is victorious, they can be restored and healed.
      Negative hit points need not exist. And characters need only die when either the whole party is taken out or the other party members decide to escape the battle and leave their downed comrade behind.

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      June 5, 2012 1:15 PM PDT
    • adembroski11

      adembroski11 voted in the poll, "Should a character at negative hit points who receives healing add those points numerically to her total until she reaches consciousness, or should healing always grant positive hit points?".

      February 10, 2012 at 4:00pm
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    • entity

      entity added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

      Wizards Like to Roll Dice Too
      Players running fighters and rogues are rolling d20s all session long....
      February 10, 2012 at 3:44pm
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      Homonoia
      Homonoia
      When opposing, intelligent entities are involved (PC vs PC or PC vs NPC) I always prefer an opposed check (both roll their d20 and compare results) simply because that best represents the struggle between the two parties, allowing both to utilize their strengths or weaknesses instead of making it a one sided affair (in fact, I have the passive AC number for that reason as well, I much rather prefer an opposed roll between two fighters then either passively beating against the other's AC).
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      May 24, 2012 9:27 AM PDT
      jcordes
      jcordes
      When playing 3.5, one of my groups came across an interesting phenomenon. Someone read an optional rule that basically said your armor class counts as "taking 10" on an attack defense roll and that optionally a player could roll their AC (instead of your actual AC, take the current AC subtract 10, roll a d20 and add it and that is your AC for that attack). In very tight battles many of my players, especially the dwarven defender, insisted on rolling their AC. It made for much more excitement and...

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      June 27, 2012 2:01 PM PDT
    • entity

      entity added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

      Fighter A-Go-Go
      Out of all the classes, the fighter has proven to be the trickiest to nail...
      February 10, 2012 at 3:36pm
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      Hebitsuikaza
      Hebitsuikaza
      Proficient real world fighters really tend to focus primarily on one fighting style. There are only a few types of historical fighters that used bows, spears and swords-- and they were all from the noble class of society.
      Everyone else has always chosen to master what sort of fighting style, perfect one weapon. This should be considered in the narrative.

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      June 5, 2012 1:10 PM PDT
      Demohidu
      Demohidu
      Something a lot of people forget about the fighter is that its name is a broad term for many different kinds of men-at-arms. This is why many people argue that ranger and paladin should be fighter themes because honestly they really can be.
      The fighter should have a multitude of styles and options available to them but they shouldn't be allowed to have them all. The fighter in question has to pick and choose what he/she actually knows, and from there get better at it. You can make a very...

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      July 18, 2012 12:07 AM PDT
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Sometimes spells should require attack rolls and target defenses, and sometimes they should require saving throws.".

      February 10, 2012 at 3:29pm
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Casters should make a check of some kind to set a DC for spell saving throws.".

      February 10, 2012 at 3:29pm
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Casters shouldn't have to ever make spellcasting checks.".

      February 10, 2012 at 3:29pm
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Saving throws versus spells should not exist.".

      February 10, 2012 at 3:29pm
    • Brapnor

      Brapnor voted in the poll, "Should the fighter be broadly customizable to accommodate a wide range of warrior types or have a specific function in the game?".

      February 10, 2012 at 3:26pm
    • entity

      entity posted to his forum thread.

      Forum Topic: Paper is soooo last millenium
      January 2, 2012 at 1:44am

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