D&D 5E Does anyone else find Nova-ing is not a problem in 5e?

[S'mon]

I definitely think 5e dragons don't stand up to high level pc groups very well, and seem a bit over cr'd.

 

[FrogReaver]

Raising monster HPs and limiting Smites per round are BOTH lazy solutions.

Just (a) design your encounters better and (b) design your workdays better so the players actually have to face attrition.

Which limits the kinds of stories you can tell...

 

[cmad1977]

Which limits the kinds of stories you can tell...

Not in the slightest.


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[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Not in the slightest.

How do you tell a story about a long but peaceful investigation followed by a life-and-death fight, when attrition is required for a life-and-death fight to happen?

 

[jayoungr]

How do you tell a story about a long but peaceful investigation followed by a life-and-death fight, when attrition is required for a life-and-death fight to happen?

I agree, that's tough. A couple of possibilities:

1. Make the life-or-death fight a long one: the big bad is holed up somewhere, and the party has to fight waves of smaller enemies and mini-bosses in order to get to him. Preferably with a time limit.

2. If it's more or less the only fight of the campaign, announce at the start that you'll be using some of the more deadly rules: variant resting, dead at 0 hp, etc.

 

[cmad1977]

How do you tell a story about a long but peaceful investigation followed by a life-and-death fight, when attrition is required for a life-and-death fight to happen?

By setting up a huge kick ass fight at the end of the adventure. Easy.


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[FrogReaver]

By setting up a huge kick ass fight at the end of the adventure. Easy.


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I think somewhere in there you forgot what you were arguing...

 

[cmad1977]

I think somewhere in there you forgot what you were arguing...

I'm not arguing. Nova'ing isn't a problem.


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[Sorcerers Apprentice]

By setting up a huge kick ass fight at the end of the adventure. Easy.

Got some more details on how you do a kick-ass fight that's not trivial when the PCs have all their daily resources, but still level appropriate?

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I'm not arguing. Nova'ing isn't a problem.

It is certainly true that simply stating your opinion with nothing to back it up isn't "arguing". It's also not a very useful activity for either you nor those of us reading your posts.