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Deekin reacted to mamba's post in the thread Hasbro Opens New Wizards of the Coast Video Game Studio in Montreal to Support D&D Franchise with
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sounds like it, but it's not like the 2024 UAs went much better. They too scrapped stuff instead of iterating on it even once, and not... -
Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread Hasbro Opens New Wizards of the Coast Video Game Studio in Montreal to Support D&D Franchise with Like.
Is it? Like seriously, is it? They trashed several things with no actual testing, just "it didn't hit the arbitrary 70% threshold...
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Deekin reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
1st: This is what happens when you do not exclusively use power players to playtest your material. 2nd: what is point of designing an...
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Deekin reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I think it was more that WotC realized that virtually nobody played the way the DMG recommended and they wanted to actually make money...
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Deekin reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Prior to the 2024 DMG, most attacks that dealt poison damage first had to hit with an attack roll, usually dealing a very small amount...
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Deekin reacted to prabe's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Yeah, and there's also the problem of making six or eight fights in a day make any kind of narrative sense. I think I might have run a...
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Deekin reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
They had Freeform skills in the first few packets, and I loved it! Narrowing it down to a set list was one of the changes I was most...
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Deekin reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
The enormous influx of new players Critical Role and Stranger Things brought to 5E. I remember. I was not one of them. I pushed for...
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Deekin reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
This is kind of where I am. I like how everything works in 5E, more or less, but I don't care for a bunch of filler combat where...
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Deekin 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.
I've never seen that as a strength. Every time I see a live play where the players act like their PCs are in mortal danger when by the...
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
That's why you don't have just fout goblins in the room. You have seven goblins and a ballista. Once four goblin die they can't reload...
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Facetious? That's my basic DM advice for adventure planning. Create an encounter Record who's winning at the end of round two Look...
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Deekin reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I love Matt Mercer, but his skill isn't in balancing combat...it is usually in using his powers of presentation to trick his players...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Oh. My. God. This is precisely and exactly what I've been arguing as a flaw in 5e's design since before it was even CALLED 5e. Twelve...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What should the 15th Class be? with Like.
I'm not looking for a gish. I want a supernatural warrior without relying on spells. Since D&D won't allow the fighter to be...