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Forum Topic: Warlocks and Sorcerers FEAR Wizards, because Wizards are Jerks

August 20, 2012 at 2:41am
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Sorcerers and Warlocks www.wizards.com

August 20, 2012 at 2:06am
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cowleymen

This is something i totally agree with. another post mentioned splitting different spells up between different classes, but then you need all those classes to cover every magic need. Letting people do different things via flavor, makes the spells seem entirely different

February 10, 2013 6:35 PM PST

cowleymen

I dont think the core rules need to give you that much flavor. Building a mechanic that lets you build your own background is much better. The fighter maneuvers and monk ki abilities are a great example. You can either chose ones that you like, or just pick and chose and slowly build your own fighting styles. By giving a base set of spells and abilites that all of that class has(set spell list) and then encounter powers that build your story.

February 10, 2013 6:52 PM PST

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Forum Topic: Dragon's-Eye View - Appropriate Armor

March 29, 2012 at 9:30pm
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March 29, 2012 at 6:22am
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nukunuku

LOVE the "made up culture" armor - incredibly appropriate and feels very "real!"

May 30, 2012 1:47 PM PDT

Aziabel

Dear Jon,
I notice there are 30 pages of material here, and, consequently, I'm going to assume this has already been addressed, however, I'd like to throw in my two cents as well:
First, I just got done watching on YouTube your panel at GenCon, "The Future Look of D&D." Thank you for that panel and for the involvement of the community. I realize that the level of community involvement going into D&D Next is a huge endeavor and an added complication; but I think it has the great...

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August 19, 2012 4:35 PM PDT

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GMChris voted in the poll, "Do you like Rob’s proposal?".

March 29, 2012 at 4:38am

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March 28, 2012 at 2:12am
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5Shilling

"Going off the grid" is referring not to 'unruled' battlemats, but playing without miniatures altogether. The tactical miniature game is so strongly assumed in 4E that modifying to play without them is certainly not effortless. Doable yes, but not effortless.

April 7, 2012 10:37 AM PDT

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June 3, 2012 5:45 AM PDT

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Evolution: Lords of Waterdeep www.wizards.com

March 14, 2012 at 7:06am
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Alphastream1

These articles are excellent. It really helps me understand what designing and developing a board game might be like. And yes, Bly2729, the original concept was the game would be set in Dark Sun with the Sorcerer-Kings instead of Waterdeep lords! (See the previous article in the series).

March 15, 2012 11:11 AM PDT

barnaby

I love the articles, but that may be because I also love board games. Its really nice to read about what when on behind the scenes.
That extra agent card is huge! At DDXP, I was dealt the card and got it into play during my second round. I knew that having one extra turn for the rest of the game would give me the best chance to win (and win I did). Having played a lot of board games and identifying how powerful that extra turn would be was a key strategy, so even though I started out at...

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March 15, 2012 12:48 PM PDT

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Forum Topic: Save or Die, only when Bloodied

March 14, 2012 at 4:18am
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Forum Topic: There are over 20 "I parry the attack" Interrupts in D&D, which one is your...

March 14, 2012 at 3:50am
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Forum Topic: What is your favorite D&D-based entertainment?

March 12, 2012 at 11:22pm
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Forum Topic: Hit points and healing: a lesson from the successes and failures of 4e

March 10, 2012 at 9:18pm
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Forum Topic: What do you consider a design flaw in previous editions of D&D?

March 9, 2012 at 10:40pm

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Forum Topic: Ranger should be a theme.

March 9, 2012 at 10:24pm
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Forum Topic: what is the RIGHT way to use SoD? The WRONG way?

March 8, 2012 at 8:08pm
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Forum Topic: Bloodied penalty?

March 8, 2012 at 7:42pm
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Forum Topic: Best themes? Sucky Themes? ones that need work? Themes that need to be made?...

March 8, 2012 at 7:37pm
jskell27 voted in the poll, "Sneak Attack".

March 8, 2012 at 7:20pm

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Forum Topic: Save or [insert dramatic effect]

March 8, 2012 at 5:32am
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Forum Topic: He-Man and Spin

March 7, 2012 at 9:15pm
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Deadly Dice
In this week’s Legends & Lore, Mike discussed a save or die mechanic....

March 7, 2012 at 8:42pm
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jl1975

As someone who has been playing DnD and running DnD campaigns for nearly two decades: players should never die. Player character death creates frustration, both in the affected player (if he/she did not see it coming) as well as in the other players ("what are we going to do now") but also for the DM. Game over usually means game over for everyone at the table. Death should never be a punishment for reckless behaviour of players. Talk things out before it gets out of hand. A worse penalty for...

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June 2, 2012 4:02 AM PDT

Kayal

My characters die all the time ...
... and I love it.
It makes the characters who do survive all the more memorable. When one of my characters reaches high level, it's an accomplishment.
For a while, we tried this whole "nobody dies unless sdoing something foolish" approach. Reaching high level was no longer an accomplishment. It felt a lot like graduation:
Player 1: "I made it to 20th level."
Player 2: "Who doesn't?"
So, we eventually went back a few steps to the...

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June 14, 2012 3:45 AM PDT

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