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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
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I absolutely 100% complain about crit fumble tables. If all nat 1 does is miss, I could not care less. Misfire breaks the weapon, and... -
Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The gun doesn't get 4 iterative attacks. The user does. A PF1e gunslinger who is supremely skilled (level 16+) makes four attacks per...
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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.
. It describes how they are a catch 22 no win tool that ultimately forces the GM to choose between what foundational level system...
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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.
Same opinion. Scaling boom spells are less broken than 3E and 5E save DCs. Remember Warmage being OP in 3.5? Neither do I. 2E...
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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.
It's not just damage per attack and per round that was messed up. Much of the problem is rooted in pointless changes like the shift from...
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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.
I'd say that shifting from flat energy resist and DR to 50% pretty squarely falls under that "if". The change erased the downside posed...
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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 point is that martials are balanced by rolling multiple d20s per turn whereas casters can cast and roll zero d20s and the target is...
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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.
Again, this is you entering a discussion about PF1e and 5e, and then acting like folks are being weird or not listening when your...
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Deekin reacted to Mecheon's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
"Just don't use your class's features while the other classes get to throw out spells all day" is not a good selling point for including...
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Deekin reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The problem is the combination of per-attack fumble chance and representing the increased lethality at higher levels through multiple...
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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.
It ironclad should be what you look at. Because that controls the player's experience of misfire. Absolutely not. Because if you...
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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.
I'm aware of the regression to the mean. I have no confidence that Mearls knows about such a thing. Mostly because I have no confidence...
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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.
I think the bigger claim here, and one that is very relevant especially in the context of books Mearls has helmed previously...
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Deekin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
Every edition of D&D does things slightly (or not so slightly) differently, with different emphasis and design goals, and a different...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
I personally would not call it a WotC setting though. It's also not exactly a "5e" setting in its worldbuilding, because that...