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I'm not saying any of the simplicity should be seen as improvement Personally I think "hard control" spells should be either 2 checks...

Some. But fans will want Stunned, Paralyzed, Frightened, and Restrained to be similar to what that seem in real life. One or two could...

You could just make the horde mostly valuable non magic stuff with the story that most of the magic stuff was either used to defend...

I'm not sure I want Star Trek to be a flat-out comedy, though. It worked for D&D (which had a choice--be LotR or a comedy) but I don't...

On one hand the WotC Circle Casting is easier, on the other hand the Circle Casting from the DMsG Thay book is better balanced. And has...

I’m glad that this thread exists because it has convinced me to nerf circle casting, or at least tweak the dials a bit to better match...

To put it differently, I think the use of Reactive Ward is overly narrow and should be relaxed to make it worth taking and useful across...

IMO this would be a balance issue IF you could trigger this ward in response to an AoE. But you can't. The only spell that has multiple...

Another thing some of you may have missed: the benefits (+5 AC and advantage to dex saves) is only against the triggering spell, instead...

Reactive Ward is a 3rd level combat maneuver. So, the earliest it can be taken is character level 8 per the Fighter maneuver...

Did you read OPs question? The keyword here is Targeted. When you cast Hold Person, you're targeting someone with that spell. When...

I think it was a song sung by... ...I might be wrong, though. :p

This just sounds like you value player content over GM content. They can both be viewed as having years of gameplay value, and they're...

Kind of depends. Monsters like the Drow statblock in FR: Adventures in Faerun could aslo be years of gameplay if the campaign is Drow or...

Mostly agree. Trouble is that the oversimplification broke a bunch of safeguards and outright removed most of the safety valves...