D&D 5E (2024) This Feels Like 4E

[Zardnaar]

That comment was made in yesterday's session.


Combat before this. That circle is a spirit guardians.

The orc minis are orc bezerkers and gonlins are goblins. Low encounter.

One player was colluding with another to maximize Hew and Cleave attacks. The Kobold mini is a berserker mini

Druid was using thunder wave to throw NPCs into the spirit guardians. He didnt realize druids got conjure animals but he is starting to see the combo.

Rogue:assassin was doing its things. Nick is nice freeing up Rogue bonus actions.

Previous fight they didnt loot the room just push on due to spirit guardians.

Also flgs has a terrain room. I can raid it.

 

[bedir than]

what feels 4e?

 

[Cap'n Kobold]

Is it the level of tactical synergy that the party are using? Utilising forced movement so much?

 

[Charlaquin]

Care to place your bets on how long before this thread devolves into edition warring?

 

[Zardnaar]

Is it the level of tactical synergy that the party are using? Utilising forced movement so much?

Player making the comment was using forced movement and weapon masteries to use emanations and cleave+hew synergy.

Theyre kinda struggling with weapon masteries. 2/5 played 3E and 4E 2 are new and last ne doesnt really want to read abilities.

 

[Zardnaar]

what feels 4e?

They were using positioning and various abilities more than they usually woukd.
. They do basic combos like paralyzed +focus fire, buffing or using comnand with dangerous zones occasionally.

Normally they dont bother to much with that level of synergy in combat. Focus fire+los of dane of buffing etc.

They cakewalked the encounter anyway.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Care to place your bets on how long before this thread devolves into edition warring?

Why should it?
It has been mire than 10 years now. Utilizing the battlefield was a strength of 4e. With all the upsides and downsides.
I understood the title immediately.

 

[Charlaquin]

Why should it?
It has been mire than 10 years now. Utilizing the battlefield was a strength of 4e. With all the upsides and downsides.

It shouldn’t, but yet it still does happen every time 4e comes up, despite how long it has been.

 

[Zardnaar]

Why should it?
It has been mire than 10 years now. Utilizing the battlefield was a strength of 4e. With all the upsides and downsides.
I understood the title immediately.

Used to do it a bit in 2E. Less hard coded in suppose.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I wasn’t aware that terrain, movement and positioning had been absent from any edition of the game.

Also, BG3.