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Aazabaro reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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You'd think I'd actively fabricate the quotes after being asked for them. That would be idiotic. Mearls' from a 13 year old Reddit AMA... -
Aazabaro reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Sure, but you can definitely exaggerate for what kind of proof you require in a casual discussion about RPGs. Asking for the exact quote...
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Aazabaro reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Sure, if he was trying to get published or whatever...this is just a message board, there's no burden. You can look it up yourself, but...
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Aazabaro reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Nah. You're not his supervisor. He doesn't owe you anything; you're just a random guy on a message board. He's not trying to get an...
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Aazabaro reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I've always and continue to say that 5e was designed to outsource more rules to 3PPs and internet homebrewers. Look at Bastions. It...
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Aazabaro reacted to NotAYakk's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
How about replacing Legendary Resists with "Get +X bonus to a save in exchange for a level of exhaustion" (which is now -1 on all d20...
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Aazabaro reacted to Swarmkeeper's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Another point to be made here: that was some very weak sharing of spotlight going on there by players and DM alike. Some of those...
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Aazabaro reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
PCs getting taken out of action by all-or-nothing control spells was never any fun, but at least in early editions like B/X or AD&D the...
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Aazabaro reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Multistage monsters got noted earlier . Overall they are a depressingly blunt and terrible kludge of a bandaid trying to paper over the...
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Aazabaro reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Ya, in 1E&2E, saves just got better from 1st level on. So everybody should have saved except on sub 5 rolls without bonuses. Save or...
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Aazabaro reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
I, for one, liked the Delve format for what it was. The main issue was that it took up a lot of space, one or two pages per encounter...
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Aazabaro reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
Yep! All two of them =) According to Ben Riggs, it was so bad Hasbro considered selling D&D off. You're obviously free to love the...
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Aazabaro reacted to Cruentus's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
It certainly helps me and my table innovate. We get all kinds of ideas from everywhere and incorporate it into our RPG experience...
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Aazabaro reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
For me, I separate D&D from WOTC and Hasbro and extend the bubble of "what is D&D" out to other games too. All the eight games I mention...
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Aazabaro reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with Like.
nothing, but 2014 was selling faster in 2016 and basically right through until 2024 than it was in 2014. So 2024 selling faster than 5e...