Recent content by BenjaminPey

After I was repeatdly told that I was wrong to think of my characters in a different manner depending on their levels, yes. That is quite annoying. Anyway, you do you. I'm sure you'll find the right and true way to play pretend, eventually.

Did I, though? Can you quote me on that? And maybe re-read what I said in another state of mind? One that doesn't seek to counter, but to understand, even when you disagree?

Because that way I can do other things at level three. Maybe more important things. You know, changing things up a bit. As a game with levels tend to be fitted for.

And what about "people would do better to play the way they like, emphasizing what they want? You asked a question, at what level do you like to start, I gave my answer. I wasn't expecting to be told how my way to pretend to be an elf is not the good way.

You simply don't get it, do you? The challenges. Your character's perspective on life. The troubles they're facing. Is having to gather ingredients for your uncle the herbalist the same thing as traveling across the country to fight in the name of your lord?

You mean you don't choose your subclass at level 3? And even excluding that, I don't know about you, but personally I'm not in the same mental state when playing a starting, fragile, not yet fully realized character for whom every fight could very well be the last, even with the local drunk...

I don't know about "people" but I wasn't speaking about mechanics at all. I was speaking about knowing who my character is, what they think, what they want, where they thrive, what makes them sad. And knowing all that will have a tremendous importance for their further development.

I'd say the most important thing is to add a level cap for this, so maybe Basic, or E6 or any other version like that. Just saying "we'll take 5e but stop at level 9. After that, is +1 HP for level and a feat every two or three other level" could work. Even a hard cap without any further...

On the DM-side the new MM with its easy-to-use stat blocks, its more effective creatures, and the new encounter-building rules, it is smoother to play in 2024. On the player-side, they ironed out the classes and subclasses, mostly to satisfaction. Weapon masteries could be annoying or at least...

I don't find the first levels boring at all. I get why you wouldn't play them because of their lethality, but otherwise, they are very tight, well-designed piece of gameplay with great on-boarding aspects, both mechanically and roleplay-wise. They're also your last chance to face some challenges...

I love low levels, especially 2nd level. The real build-up.

But if you're mounting an ambush, acting first is not at all the only way to be effective. Acting from a superior tactical position, starting the battle with spells and protection already in place, being hidden, being behind cover, etc. The 2014 rule is really one-dimensional in this regard...

If the attacker is hidden, he does have advantage on the initiative roll. Plus, they will have advantage on their attack, and anyone who tries to attack them will have disadvantage: (While you have the Invisible condition, you experience the following effects. Surprise. If you're Invisible when...

Maps is excellent. As a player in both FG and Foundry games, it's the only one that, as a DM, makes me quit my Miro Board on occasions, when battlemaps, conditions and environmental trackers are really useful. The connection with the Beyond character sheets and monsters is what puts it easily...

I love the new MM and use it exclusively since this summer. Fast and easy to use monsters, at last! No more crazy tactics you have to come by by yourself in order to get them to be the least bit frightening. They're all straightforward, now. The directly-applied conditions are a must, too...