D&D (2024) Rules that annoy you

[Eubani]

Nah, bandaging, disinfecting and stitching can all be done under 6 seconds

Even after being stabilized a character is unconscious for 1d4 hours. Also healing HP doesn't mean healing of physical injury it can also be regaining the intangibles that make up parts of HP which can vary in time to recover.

 

[mamba]

Using healing word to get someone back into the fight is fine. I've got no problem with that. The issue I have is with someone using an action to make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check to stabilize a dying character. How do you describe that action in the fiction? What is the character making the check actually doing to stop their comrade from dying?

takes a good look and declares ‘you are not dying, it’s just a flesh wound’

Bardic Inspiration as a bonus action is another one that I find extremely difficult to describe in-game. What is the bard actually doing within the less-than-6-second timeframe implied by a bonus action? I get that it's a bonus action from a game perspective so that the player can do something besides just inspire their friend. That's fine. But at least try to have it make some sense within the context of the game world.

I am not convinced that the Bard itself makes any sense

 

[mamba]

Rituals we have because utility spells were eating intoother s-pells so much people found them a chore and hampering the fun of playing a character

don’t care, rituals make it too easy now, there was a reason why you needed a spell slot in the past, utility also should come at a price

 

[mamba]

But level 4 is Hero and level 8 is Superhero!

as if these titles make any sense, add them to the annoying pile

 

[mamba]

A level 1 character is still a main character of the heroic fantasy genre. They aren't over-the-top for their genre. And it's not like they can fight an ogre or do things like that at 1st level.

I don’t think they were complaining about 1st level chars

 

[mamba]

And yet we're going back to some short hand (and capitalization of game terms!).

capitalization just makes sense, whether the short hand is better is another matter

 

[Blue]

I don’t think they were complaining about 1st level chars

Well, they replied to it and had no problems with it being 1st level characters. Perhaps let them talk for themselves, as opposed to you guessing (incorrectly) what their intentions were and then trying to correct someone else based on things that only existed in your head.

 

[Xeviat]

As for being able to stabilize someone from dying within 6 seconds, regardless of what dropped them, I see this as mechanically restricting what injuries look like.

If someone gets dropped to 0 by a black dragons breath, they're only a half dissolved pile IF they die instantly due to massive damage. Otherwise they're dying but fixable.

 

[Vaalingrade]

If we're going to make healing realistically* annoying and hard to do, then we need to make completely realistic resurrection easier.


*from a certain point of view. The realism argument in D&D is 90% perception.

 

[Xeviat]

If we're going to make healing realistically* annoying and hard to do, then we need to make completely realistic resurrection easier.


*from a certain point of view. The realism argument in D&D is 90% perception.

Remember, there's no way for a level 1 character to realistically sprint as fast as a real world human can.