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Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and there’s a lot planned for it (arstechnica.com)
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[+] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's different measurements of old.

    How your body works

    How you see society

    If you play with THAC0

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There's a bit of nuance to THAC0. If you've never heard of it, you're young. If you know what it stands for, you're starting to get old. If you know how it works, you're old. If it's the right way to play, you're d u s t y

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    THAC0 is just subtraction instead of addition. I'll never understand the hate it got.
    I have no problem with ascending armor classes and attack bonus. The math is the same. It's easy and intuitive. But if you're having issues subtracting whole numbers less than 20, you've got a problem bigger than the wrong game system.

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