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Campbell reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with
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It absolutely can work, it just needs heavy testing & balancing within interlocking systems. See: the DS! Talent and their choices... -
Campbell reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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Abilities meant for use outside of combat can either be used at will or have some built-in limitation. For example, a Void Elementalist... -
Campbell replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.That's all without even getting into New School Renaissance games like Into The Odd, Black Hack, The Nightmares Underneath and Worlds...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Flat math is here to stay. When you look at how designs are trending, games designed after 5e have even flatter math. Draw Steel, Fabula...
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Campbell reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Drawback is, you become weaker. DS balances offence and defense with them being proportionally opposite. With more encounters you gain...
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Campbell reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib? with Love.
Yes, I'm much more what is the game you're playing? 5E D&D campaign? Yes, I do more planning between sessions. Vaesen? Some planning...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment..All I will say is that any game that does not provide me with a different starting point when it comes to encounter design gets thrown...
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Campbell reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
You still aren't addressing how a DM determines strength relative to size. I'm making a dungeon for third level PCs. Can I put an ogre...
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Campbell reacted to delericho's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
It's probably not a good idea to simply forbid resting until the requisite number of rounds are complete - a few bad rounds could lead...
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Campbell reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
It could explain things better, but there is actually a definition in the 5.0 DMG: Deadly. A deadly encounter could be lethal for one or...
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Just played Draw Steel on Saturday and the biggest compliment I got was from my player who hates low level D&D and was not thrilled at...
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Campbell reacted to Edgar Ironpelt's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Players will fight this tooth and nail - and they won't be wrong to do so. As a player I would fight it tooth and nail - or more likely...
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Session 0 / Start of the NCS game! Renegade Red Wizard (Fire Elementalist) Neverwinter Noble (Talent) Faithful of Oghma (Conduit)...
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Campbell reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Of course, it's always possible that the players are having fun with the nova loop and 5mwd, but the GM wants something else. That's...
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Campbell reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
ALSO: The rest issue is significantly mitigated if a long rest requires 10 days (or a week or a month or a winter or something) instead...