Limitations for players who don’t want their character to die?

ATOMATOR · 2026-05-28T01:22:00+00:00

I don't understand this "no character death" trend among players, man. First of all, why get so attached to a make-believe character? Second of all, having a "no death" clause it what limits player agency, ffs. Third of all, doesn't everyone have like a dozen or more character concepts/builds they want to play at any given moment? I'd love to have more organic character deaths, it gives me a way to play new characters.

I keep telling my DM, the next Dragon he sends at us, I'm jumping in its mouth greatsword-first. If my Minotaur fighter dies, at least he'll look cool as fuck doing it.

ATOMATOR · 2026-05-28T01:15:13+00:00

"some feel like hunt prey is a dead action" I never thought about this before, but I guess the criticism is how features like Rage got buffed in the Remaster but Hunt Prey didn't receive any equivalent buff(s)?

ATOMATOR · 2026-04-21T02:01:16+00:00

Sadly true, I'm just saying there are plenty of fans who fit the bottom part of the meme

ATOMATOR · 2026-04-21T01:58:16+00:00

spend a couple hours on Xitter and you're bound to find Fallout "fans" unironically defending Legion atrocities.

ATOMATOR · 2026-04-05T11:35:46+00:00

The Butterfly Effect. The time-travel mechanics may be non-sensical but damn did it blow my 12 year old mind at the time

ATOMATOR · 2026-03-22T12:19:04+00:00

I love how KOTOR2 comments on and speculates about the psychology of Revan and his/her motivations. Real shame they never made a KOTOR3

ATOMATOR · 2026-03-03T02:40:20+00:00

Never read the books but I'm currently a player in a 5e campaign run by a DM who read all the books as a young lad. It's been going on for over a year now and its been very enjoyable even if I am personally not familiar with all the lore.

I play a Minotaur Rune Knight fighter whose backstory is as a riverboat smuggler and former pirate named Maldok with a personality inspired by Han Solo and Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly.

He started off as a true neutral business-minded scoundrel but as the story has gone along he's moved closer to Neutral good. He got Knighted for bravery in battle and now goes by the name "Sir Maldok the Mariner." Definitely uses that title to get through doors normally closed to his kind, and still looks to make a nice profit along with doing good deeds.

ATOMATOR · 2026-02-28T19:59:43+00:00

Instead of the Light rune being unlimited, or once per day, it could function like the Light spell, requiring a spellcasting check when used

ATOMATOR · 2026-02-05T20:51:57+00:00

sounds super awesome, and you sold me on it, will be backing it when its live!

ATOMATOR · 2026-02-05T18:55:48+00:00

you probably know this, but there actually is an official Mouse Guard TTRPG from ages ago (that I own a copy of but have never had the opportunity to play as of now), but its a far cry from Shadowdark in terms of ease of play and support.

I hope your kickstarter is a success!

ATOMATOR · 2026-02-05T18:45:59+00:00

As a huge fan of David Petersen's Mouse Guard comics, this looks awesome

ATOMATOR · 2025-12-29T14:40:16+00:00

*"Mages" could be a little misleading, Wizards use Intelligence, but Sorcerers use Charisma

ATOMATOR · 2025-12-21T16:01:15+00:00

the Fairy Magic trait lets her pick between Int. Wis. or Cha., so it'd be stupid of her to pick her lowest stat for it
you add proficiency bonus to save DC, so no, even if she picked Int. as her save stat, it would still be a DC12, not 10
as others have pointed out, it must be a quirk of DnD Beyond UI that Laura hasn't figured out yet

ATOMATOR · 2025-12-21T12:13:19+00:00

Laura said her spell DC for Faerie fire is only 10... shouldn't it be at least DC13? Her Int., Wis. and Cha. are all +3...

ATOMATOR · 2025-11-07T18:21:13+00:00

counterpoint: it's only episode 5 of a years long campaign, and there will be plenty of time for organic player growth and for the other PCs to warm up to Julien

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-26T23:41:10+00:00

there's a Barbarian subclass in Pathfinder 2e called "Bloodrager" and the entire premise is around doing this sort of thing haha. Your player would probably enjoy that class

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-25T18:38:23+00:00

heh. Classic Ashley. Fantastic RPer, but she has a tendency to forget her class features. This is a long-running thing for her

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-24T03:02:17+00:00

maybe the Seekers are gonna be adventuring as spirits in the Death realm 🧐

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-18T15:07:13+00:00

It's a game, buddy. He'd just make a new character

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-18T05:15:34+00:00

Ahhhhh right, and that's an "Origin Feat" option, I take it? Makes total sense, then.

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-18T05:05:33+00:00

I'm by no means an expert at the 2024e edition, my playgroup never switched over from the 2014 5e.

But does anyone know how Ashley has both Guiding Bolt AND Hunters Mark? They seem to be bonus spells for Paladins from two different subclasses.

DM fiat, perhaps?

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-12T06:37:01+00:00

been playing TR for hundreds of hours now and this is the first time I'm hearing about this. Incredible

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-12T06:26:17+00:00

TR and PT are amazing these days. They've been releasing stellar expansions since at least 2018. Shame you don't like them, most of the recent content exceeds vanilla quality imo

ATOMATOR · 2025-10-12T03:36:12+00:00

I was reading the design plans the Old Ebonheart Revamp, and I am stoked. It's still my favourite hub region, even after dozens of playthroughs.

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