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Distracted DM reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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"Fun" is subjective though. There is a certain class of player who enjoys finding exploits and, well, exploiting them. Out of morbid... -
Distracted DM reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
But self nerfing is no fun either! Beating a challenging fight that was challenging only because you intentionally played stupidly just...
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Distracted DM reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
No, that's exactly the transference that's being pointed out. You gave the player a problem to solve and tools to solve it, if the...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun".Agreed on the fast bit. Same goes for a cleric contributing to a wizard spell 🙄 It does say that it has to be a slot equal to or...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun".Circle Casting specifically calls this out and says NPCs can do it. With their X times per day spells.
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Distracted DM reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Circle Magic Concerns In "Heroes Of Faerun" with Like.
Is it me or is it extremely fast? You in theory could circle cast in a single round if everyone was ready. Not sure I like that. It...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D General How often do you use or encounter Dungeons and/or Dragons in your games?.Dungeons and dragons both feature with some regularity, but.. hmmm... Goblinoids and Gaols? Vampires and Villas? 😆
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General How often do you use or encounter Dungeons and/or Dragons in your games? with Like.
When I started my long-running Ptolus campaign, I intentionally set it up so dragons and dungeons would be part of it, since I had new...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Forgotten Realms subclasses discussion..I was saying that I sad that Stoneskin didn't get a rebalance; it's considered a pretty weak spell in 5e, but A5E did not buff it. And...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Forgotten Realms subclasses discussion..They rebalanced a lot: some got nerfs, some got buffs, some were left as-is (hi stoneskin :( ) Casters can still do the reality-bending...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Forgotten Realms subclasses discussion..The point is that A5E martial characters, especially the berserker and fighter, are just better at all levels, whether in a fight, or in...
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Distracted DM replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Forgotten Realms subclasses discussion..The berserker is, in my experience at least, way overtuned. After having extensive play with half a dozen berserkers throughout various...
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Distracted DM reacted to MGibster's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
Because it's D&D. It's the same reason I saw an awful lot of Sailor backgrounds in D&D 2014. It wasn't so much about optimizing for...
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Distracted DM reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
That's not how it works. It doesn't matter how good the story is if the mechanics make it not fun to play. Just look at 3.5, mechanics...
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Distracted DM reacted to Horwath's post in the thread Unearthed Arcana WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book. with Like.
you optimize 100% for stats and balance and story will come by it self. Story does not need optimization and balance, mechanics needs...