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Deekin reacted to darjr's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with
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I think we can. The later bookscan date came after hasbro took over distribution and didn’t match what stores were selling. H*ck it... -
Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with Like.
Biased poll is biased. Unintentionally no doubt, designing a fair poll is hard. It's one of the things I've taught on occasion (it's on...
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Deekin reacted to Reef's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with Like.
Personally, I'd look at it, sure. I love learning new games. But I like 5e a lot, so to make the switch, it would have to be a huge...
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Deekin reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with Like.
How soon we forget. 5e24 was released when it was probably less for the need to do a revision right now, and more because it was the...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
All that does is kick the fan down the road. Either you've just made those spells worthless because they fail so often they aren't worth...
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Deekin reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
This 100%! I would love for the focus to go back to the dungeon as a whole vrs individual encounters but PCs have too many exception...
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Deekin reacted to Zaukrie's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I generally agree that a track that makes the effect stronger over rounds is better than pure shut down spells and effects.
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
My point was that for tradition, simplicity, and lack of modular rules is that .. 5e only supported one subsystem: Vancian magic...
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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Control beats mid-range. Aggro beats control. Mid-range beats aggro. Paper-rock-scissors. (Combo mostly plays solitaire until one turn...
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Deekin reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The tripod of 5e's design hindrances Adherence to Tradition Simplicity for new players Not using the subsystems Aka building the...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
He's correct about the end result (Legendary Resistance is a cheap trick shoved in to deal with design faults), and the initial impetus...
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Deekin reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Wanted to add, at any given moment in a magic game, outside lands you probably have at most like 3 playable cards in your hand and at...
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Deekin reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Yeah it was when my fighter player pointed out he had all these new options. But he was crap comparatively vs his 2E one. With worse...
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Deekin reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Well, yeah. But to your credit, you were vocal about this being an issue back then too. You were one of the regulars who was most...
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Deekin reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with Like.
Well, yeah, I'd buy it. You give me the weak 5E casters, stronger 3E melees with great cleave & ToB power levels, 3E DMG NPC & magic...