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evildice said:
3.5e Sneak Attack can only happen within 30 ft.

And some versions of Ninja get a worse version of Sneak Attack which makes me deeply unhappy, since ninjae should be awesome to ensure that children continue to join the hobby.
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Nah, there was some feat- you know how 3.5 was with splatbooks- that let sneak attack happen at longer ranges.

You could find just about anything in 3.5 if you looked hard enough.
 
Scygnus said:
Nah, there was some feat- you know how 3.5 was with splatbooks- that let sneak attack happen at longer ranges.

You could find just about anything in 3.5 if you looked hard enough.
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As I understand it, a big thing in 3.5E D&D that was spread around a handful of splatbooks, official and third-party both, was something like customizable metamagic. Which was something that allowed for horrendously broken magic workings, and which has had even the smallest hints of similar flexibility nerfed into the ground in all later D&D systems, and offerings.
 
Hatless Nuance said:
As I understand it, a big thing in 3.5E D&D that was spread around a handful of splatbooks, official and third-party both, was something like customizable metamagic.
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I... think I would have heard of that. Metamagic grants some flexibility, but it's hardly customizable. Most of the time it's not even worth the cost of the spell slot. Let alone the feats you have to burn just to use metamagic at all.

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which has had even the smallest hints of similar flexibility nerfed into the ground in all later D&D systems, and offerings.
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Wow, and here I thought I couldn't hate the newer editions of D&D any more.
 
Hatless Nuance said:
As I understand it, a big thing in 3.5E D&D that was spread around a handful of splatbooks, official and third-party both, was something like customizable metamagic. Which was something that allowed for horrendously broken magic workings, and which has had even the smallest hints of similar flexibility nerfed into the ground in all later D&D systems, and offerings.
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That sounds ominous but without enough information to convey meaning.

D&D has always had customizable magic -- many of the "name" spells in this edition were invented by players of a previous edition.

A lot of the most broken spells and combos were in the PHB, for example Shapechange.
 
TanaNari said:
I... think I would have heard of that. Metamagic grants some flexibility, but it's hardly customizable. Most of the time it's not even worth the cost of the spell slot. Let alone the feats you have to burn just to use metamagic at all.
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I only have secondhand knowledge of the subject, honestly, but this is a webpage that is at the least an interesting starting point of all the things that 3E and 3.5E could do.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/GameBreaker/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition

The biggest things were mainly from either Epic Spellcasting (abusing spell modifiers, both metamagic and otherwise, for fun and profit), and the ability to make PCs qualifiable for monster abilities and feats that simply weren't balanced against the notion of "consistent strength per level".
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Wow, and here I thought I couldn't hate the newer editions of D&D any more.
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One thing of note is that the worst game-breaking stuff is often, though not nearly always, available at later character levels. Something that 4E and later D&D has focused on is more minimizing many of the old paths to such overpowered abilities even later on, but they instead focus on giving a lot of possible options that ideally aren't broken as early as possible.

So in effect? Newer D&D has focused on early-game mechanical flexibility and openness over anything much regarding late-game power. Which can be both good and bad.
 
Hellbound Season 2 is out. Gonna do a refresher on Season 1 first.

I really hope it's good.
 
>Diddy killed Tupac

Why is it that whenever a celeb gets caught for something, it's genuinely cartoonish levels of stuff?
 
I don't suppose anyone could tell me why I'm getting ads in Spanish on both Youtube and Netflix? As far as I know, I am not Spanish and don't know a single sentence in that language. Nor have I, to my knowledge, ever searched for any article or video in that language.

R.A.G. said:
>Diddy killed Tupac

Why is it that whenever a celeb gets caught for something, it's genuinely cartoonish levels of stuff?
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What's cartoonish about murdering someone? What was it over? Were they partners in some enterprise and he wanted all of it?
 
R.A.G. said:
>Diddy killed Tupac

Why is it that whenever a celeb gets caught for something, it's genuinely cartoonish levels of stuff?
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Celebrity crime ring. Lots of celebrities get pressured, tricked, or forced into doing cartoonishly horrible things so that this can be used to blackmail them for the rest of their lives. Then, when they won't play ball anymore, it's allowed to come out, which is why this shit is usually revealed years after it actually occurred.

When it comes out immediately, it's because they either fucked up and didn't keep the thing they were going to use for blackmail contained, or because the celebrity refused to cooperate with the blackmailer.
 
Hyp3rB14d3 said:
Celebrity crime ring. Lots of celebrities get pressured, tricked, or forced into doing cartoonishly horrible things so that this can be used to blackmail them for the rest of their lives. Then, when they won't play ball anymore, it's allowed to come out, which is why this shit is usually revealed years after it actually occurred.

When it comes out immediately, it's because they either fucked up and didn't keep the thing they were going to use for blackmail contained, or because the celebrity refused to cooperate with the blackmailer.
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What if they're just framed?

Like OJ.
 
Not done with Hellbound Season 2, but I gotta say that it really portrays the insanity of the power hungry.

Random people are being dragged to what might be hell for no real reason anyone can determine and some have also come back and these powerful people can only think of how they can use it. They completely refuse to acknowledge that this shit is beyond their control.

Something about that feels really real to me.
 
MadGreenSon said:
Something about that feels really real to me.
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"Hell is real! We have proof!"
"Now how do I exploit this to keep my wealth after I died and went to Hell?!"
"I know, I'll order my pet-politicans to make it so I have full control over my property even after I die! Fuck my heirs!"
"Oh no, the angels demons sent one guy to drag my ass across the solar system! Pet-politicans, save me!"
PPs: "I see nothing, I hear nothing, I say nothing!"
 
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Finished Hellbound Season 2.


The show has managed to keep the eldritch mystery of what the hell is going on with the whole "dragged to hell" thing without overexplaining or being annoying. The shit is mysterious, no one knows what's actually happening, and it's good.

Just in case anyone hasn't seen it and wants to be unspoiled, I'll put my thoughts in a spoiler.

The more cynical factions have managed to weaponize people getting attacked by demons on a schedule.

Meanwhile, the young religious fanatics that people hold in contempt have been doing everything they can to get between people and the demons, trying to save them from damnation at the cost of a horrible death. Why are we supposed to hate The Arrowhead again?

So... is it racist if the show with South Korean actors made in South Korea has all of the Asians that fight know martial arts?

When a woman who sees how people are going to die tells you the world is ending, might be a good idea to take her seriously

Who will win in a fight? Riot cops who don't have guns, or religious fanatics who are provably willing to die horribly in great pain for the cause? Yeah, I pity the riot cops.

Also, ending the show with so many people getting the decree of damnation that you can see the glowing faces floating over the city from miles away was fucking awesome

The baby didn't survive the demons at the end of season one, she just came back to life immediately, that's why The Arrowhead's attempts to save people aren't working
 
What forum can I post erotic/nude art and/or weapons and/or bloody art and receive feedback on how to do it properly?
 
Treble said:
Are modern boys really fans of Diary of A Wimpy Kid ?
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That's a book I haven't heard of in years, I remember it was sold in National Bookstore and Fullybooked(just about the only two bookstores in my country since COVID).....that I don't see it as much might mean for YA, it's been replaced by another

At least in my country

Does look somewhat iconic, but not sure what about it would appeal to them
 
SuperPulp2789 said:
What forum can I post erotic/nude art and/or weapons and/or bloody art and receive feedback on how to do it properly?
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NSFW general, I think, but I dunno how many commenters you'll get.

If you write as well as draw, could do a combined art and snippet thread to get people chattering, maybe?
 
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