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  1. Xethreau

    Level Up (A5E) Help me understand the point of the Garoul gift Lupine Ascension

    I don't care to go into specifics because it is intentionally open-ended. A wolf can do different things than a person. If you want to look at a wolf's statblock, you can find it here: Wolf | Level Up I notice it has Pack Tactics, higher speed, keen senses, and its bite drags people prone. As...
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    D&D General D&D AI Fail

    I regret to inform you that you'll be waiting for Alan Turing for a long time. He ate a poison apple in 1954 and died.
  3. Xethreau

    Level Up (A5E) Help me understand the point of the Garoul gift Lupine Ascension

    And as the designer, let me say that I'm fine with that. It is a utility that clever players will use well even at high level. It is not intended to be a primary attack.
  4. Xethreau

    Voidrunner Introducing the Voidrunner’s Codex!

    Nature, according to the AG, also includes specialties we would consider Earth Science and astronomy.
  5. Xethreau

    D&D General D&D AI Fail

    AI have passed Turing Tests several times already. It is an outdated benchmark now for several years.
  6. Xethreau

    D&D General D&D AI Fail

    X markets Grok as a "humorous assistant." About X Premium I wonder what the punch line is supposed to be exactly.
  7. Xethreau

    WotC WotC President Cynthia Williams Resigns

    Re: Cynthia Willam's departure, I always wondered whether she wrote that infamous line: I guess we'll never know.
  8. Xethreau

    RPG Evolution: The AI DM in Action

    I feel like this is a good moment to say that there are a lot of high quality pro DMs on startplaying.games, including myself. If you want to fight the AI takeover of our hobby AND play more, it might be worth looking into.
  9. Xethreau

    Into The Wyrd And Wild Makes The Woods Weird

    Do you have a link?
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    Into The Wyrd And Wild Makes The Woods Weird

    I picked this up without even finishing the review---no regrets! This is a fabulous resource. I only wish I could get a physical print version!
  11. Xethreau

    D&D (2024) Here's The New 2024 Player's Handbook Wizard Art

    TY, and I agree. Still, at what level does a wizard learn to wield their gear telekinetically? A power this cool, useful, and represented by the art shouldn't just be flavor. (WotC, you can send me my designer fee later! :D )
  12. Xethreau

    D&D (2024) Here's The New 2024 Player's Handbook Wizard Art

    I love the design and the art is wonderful. But it strikes me as very "Overwatch." I would enjoy it as a MTG planeswalker card.
  13. Xethreau

    WotC Vecna Eve of Ruin: Everything You Need To Know

    That's pretty telling.
  14. Xethreau

    WotC Vecna Eve of Ruin: Everything You Need To Know

    I like the idea of 32 distinct dungeons! I wonder, just from a math perspective, how they will be able to keep these dungeons challenging while both prevent the players from over-leveling and keeping the XP rules as they are.
  15. Xethreau

    WotC Vecna Eve of Ruin: Everything You Need To Know

    Am I hearing right that this campaign is supposed to last about 8 sessions? Between the content being "like" 7 mini-adventures and 5e XP math existing the way it does, it is hard for me to imagine it being any other way. If that is a correct assumption, that maths to each plane/character level...
  16. Xethreau

    Level Up (A5E) How to reach 20th Level in 45 days — An analysis of "adventuring day" per character level

    My educated guess: 7 pieces of the rod, each requires 1 game session / level to find. At 20th level, Vecna encountered after a long rest because there is no reason not to. Everyone goes nuclear because there is no reason not to. Downed in 3 rounds or less because 20th level isn't the sweet spot...
  17. Xethreau

    Level Up (A5E) How to reach 20th Level in 45 days — An analysis of "adventuring day" per character level

    4e's approach in this reguard I think is the best. 10 standard encounters per level, with lots of room for modularly customizing what "10" and "standard" means. For example, you can replace standard monsters (1:1 with PCs of their level) with minions with a ratio of 1:5 (easy to remember at...
  18. Xethreau

    Voidrunner Voidrunner playtest character

    A little surprised by the inspiration feature. I guess +1d4 on an opposed check can come in clutch at the right time, particularly if you already have advantage. But most of the time I would just take the advantage. [edit] Also, a little surprising to see Inexorable Concentration here! (But I...
  19. Xethreau

    Level Up (A5E) You don't hate exploration, you hate survival

    This thread exists to be helpful to more people than those as enlightened as yourself, including those [edit] mainly familiar with 5e/A5E as presented.
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