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Distracted DM reacted to earthsea_wizard's post in the thread D&D General Freeport Trilogy vs Lost City of Barakus with
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Pulled these off the shelf as potential things to run for my group, which has had to move online since I left the country. Looking for... -
I noticed that the Return to Freeport compilation (Pathfinder style adventure path written by Green Ronin in their flagship setting from...
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Given the level progression, this seems to be the correct order Death in Freeport 1-3 Terror in Freeport 2-5 Madness...
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Distracted DM reacted to smetzger's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Yes, Villain point for the bad guy. I use Hero points in my 3.5 game and when I want a bad guy to use a Villain point I give the good...
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Distracted DM reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General Initial Thoughts on the Two 2025 Forgotten Realms books with Like.
Depends on how much you value the crunch and which crunch you want. The player facing stuff is mostly in Heroes, with the adventures...
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Distracted DM reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
you mean you are not using up the spell slot? No, that is even worse than what we have now, the boss used a LR and you just cast the...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I have tried implementing a "they lose something if they use a legendary." Losing a LA is a good idea I hadn't considered! What I'd been...
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Distracted DM reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The problem was that NeoVancian spell was the only option and LR was the only popular counter. Switching to Vancian spells only matters...
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Distracted DM reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but you could as an option, after a failed saving throw, have the creature lose a Legendary Action...
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Distracted DM reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Meant that you'd fix one problem just you enhance another problem. D&D should have supported Vancian Spells but have other types of...
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Distracted DM reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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L Well the 5e monks ears just perked up! -
Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Yup! LU A5E has elite monsters (separate from legendary), they get "elite recovery" that lets them remove any one effect on them; it's...
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Distracted DM reacted to Morrus's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with
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Warrior of Intoxication Monk (formerly Way of the Drunken Master)… man, poetry is dead! Who named it that? -
Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
Changing the name of the Drunken Master is odd, unless they're expecting both the 2014 and 2024 versions to coexist at the same table...
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Distracted DM reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Wow, that is the most elegant expression I've ever seen of the core tension in 5e. Having played a lot of AD&D and B/X (via OSE) in the...