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The issue isn't the damage spells. It's the shenanigans spells and the suck spells. If you have 7 big spells and you have 7 fights...

Guys, we don't have to take away long rests. I'm just suggesting that a 9th level Wizards slots don't look like 4/3/3/3/1 + X That's 7...

How is a fiction where a wizard has more or less resources than the other more believable? How does having 4-6 spell slots versus 2 or 3...

Hey, that was the beauty of 4E. Every fight your green and red powers were available. And you never got more than 4 black dailies.

And several hours at the game table. That's the issue.

I don't find this notion very productive in these discussions. You could say that in response to any complaint. Your car runs bad, well...

We have been over this before. Its not nearly as modular as discussed and not even close to the satisfaction of folks that would like it...

you can always go lower than what the encounter building rules tell you. People apparently do that today and are happy with it. The...

Thats fair. Folks who enjoy 5E constantly being told its bad and that being popular is no substitute for "objectively" better design but...

Do remember that calling 4e "some other game" is, for a lot of us fans, straight-up fighting words. "Your game is awesome but it doesn't...

There was a lot of wailing during the beta test and when BG3 first came out that being good was not sufficiently “rewarding”. I do think...

i'd like to say i don't hate the idea of multiclassing in principle but i hate the way it's designed, however if it was implemented in...

Very good thoughts and advice overall, but zooming in on this...gating checks by Proficiency is a thing in 5E, a DM tool, that can allow...

I haven't posted an essay in a while (I've been writing a lot recently, but, you know ... stuff I have to do), but two recent threads...

I think 4e’s best concepts applicable to pacing were 1. Healing Surges and 5 minute short rests. 2. Keeping the floor and ceiling...