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Post by frostwolf on Jun 25, 2016 16:10:43 GMT
I too made a melee adept. Fun concept right? I was trying to go Ork Apache warrior, but without bows and still durable in a fight.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 25, 2016 16:42:44 GMT
Elf. Definitely Elf. Too busy with swording everything to death to deal with most technology.
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Post by frostwolf on Jun 25, 2016 18:04:15 GMT
Yeah, the technology stuff looked too confusing and it didn't really fit a character I wanted to play. Trying to make something like a street samurai didn't fully appeal to me either due to cybernetics and having to keep track of your ammo.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 25, 2016 18:15:08 GMT
I had a somewhat similar approach. I do wonder if Tiberia got slightly annoyed at that, given that the whole setting is rather techy.
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Post by frostwolf on Jun 25, 2016 18:20:34 GMT
I had a somewhat similar approach. I do wonder if Tiberia got slightly annoyed at that, given that the whole setting is rather techy. That's possible. I have been told that it is difficult to play a melee character in a world with guns.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 25, 2016 18:28:41 GMT
Tiberia did houserule that melee characters get two attacks.
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Post by frostwolf on Jun 25, 2016 19:00:00 GMT
I'm still not really used to the combat rules of 5e, so I'm not sure how different they actually are.
When I played at origins, I found that melee did pack a heavy hit, and if your character was fast enough then they could hit multiple times while your opponent only hit you once before they reset initiative.
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Post by Canuovea on Jun 25, 2016 22:03:48 GMT
Yes, that multiple attacks per turn thing... it is nice, but it also turns into a bit of an arms race.
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Post by frostwolf on Jun 26, 2016 0:00:46 GMT
Yes, that multiple attacks per turn thing... it is nice, but it also turns into a bit of an arms race. Honestly anything that makes combat particularly easier over the normal rule turns it into an arms race. Just look at dexterity and Finesse weapons in 5e. Edit: By 5e I mean 5th edition D&D. I realize I did not make that clear.
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Post by tiberia on Aug 8, 2016 4:19:21 GMT
to be fair the first few weeks of TTRPG 101 covers "differentiating Dungeons and dragons editions"
so far we have
(Chainmail) Dungeons and dragons Advanced dungeons and dragons Dungeons and dragons 2nd edition 3e D&D 3.5e D&D pathfinder/3.pf/3.75 D&D 4e D&D 5e D&D
so currently we are on 5th edition D&D, which is the somewhere between the 6.5th and 9th edition of D&D (or maybe its the latest edition of chainmail), depending on how you count them.
could be worse. Rifts never left 1st edition.
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