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Lots of food for thought here. But one question that I have: How does a DM be more strict about the rate of Long Rests without seeming...

1st: This is what happens when you do not exclusively use power players to playtest your material. 2nd: what is point of designing an...

I don't think challenged vs. not challenged was that big of a deal. Rather I think that most groups just don't want to get into combat...

I think it was more that WotC realized that virtually nobody played the way the DMG recommended and they wanted to actually make money...

Alright, well that’s definitely the problem. I don’t suspect you’re much slower than most, no. You’ve just got an above average sized...

Yeah, I will say one of 5e’s strengths is that it can make players feel like their characters are in great danger, even when their...

It would be an interesting experiment! The 1st level problem could be solved by just saying you can take a long rest when you reach a...

Side note, I find a lot of old school players take this too far in the opposite direction and are way too precious with their spells. If...

Agreed. Big fan of having to take your long rest at a haven myself.

Haven’t gotten the chance to yet. I’m talking about classic 5e, because that’s what Mearls was talking about in the opening post. I’m...

Dude, combat has been hit point based attrition since Chainmail

Yeah, because they didn’t want to do that many encounters. But that is what the system was built around. Well, your group is far more...

Things like Battlemaster maneuvers and whatever equivalent limited resource other subclasses have.

Again, I think a lot of these people actively worked to find ways to read the advice that would support the way they already wanted to...

Actually 4e introduced it and 5e repurposed it. It means 6-8 combats with one or two short rests in between. Which the DMG explains. It...