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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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Often, I find that it is helpful to pair sticks with related but distinct carrots. Helps the players feel like you aren't just making... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like? with Like.
For me at least, what makes spellcasting “casting a spell” is the components: the magic words, specific hand and finger movements, the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Sword of Spirit's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like? with
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I think we've hit on a fundamental divide that people assume their own premise on and therefore have trouble communicating with those... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like? with Like.
This has always been an issue of psionics being shunted off to the "optional" side of D&D. D&D wants to have Psionic effects (telepathy...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like?.personally i think i fall more on the side of a different power/casting mechanic mattering more to the psion than the spells themselves...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like? with Like.
See, again, I liked how they did it in 3e, where psionics was very explicitly different than magic. It used focus and powerpoints, and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like? with Love.
Frankly, I find this silly at best, and it looks pretty dang disingenuous from where I'm sitting. That is, it seems quite obvious to me...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) [+] What does a non-spellcaster Psion need/look like?.by spellcaster psion i think they pretty much just mean a 'psion' who's mechanics are just those of a regular caster's with a themed...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
Of course, then you are giving the DM absolutely NO guidance on how to build encounters. How many orcs are appropriate for a low-level...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
I believe you're both right. You'll get judgment from one side of the aisle or the other no matter what you espouse.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
I didn't say the game is "Bad". I said the game is inherently imbalanced because the original designers didn't take into account the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General 5e System Redesign through New Classes and Setting. A Thought Experiment. with Like.
Not the balance of 4e. The pacing of 4e. The existence of encounter-abilities ensures you can't dump -everything- into a single fight...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I think a contributing factor is the lack of a middle ground when it comes to PC resources. 4e has powers that can be used at-will, per...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Right, sure, that was my point, we are in agreement. Single fight days do not happen mainly due cheesing, they happen because GMs do not...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I think they are common, but not particularly because the players push for them. They're common because people play in Critical Role...