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Distracted DM
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Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition
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Perhaps the solution is to go back to Old School saves that aren't tied to ability scores directly. Fortitude Reflex Will Combat Magic...
Nov 23, 2025
Distracted DM
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Minigiant's post
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Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition
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No the flaw was the bounds decided on were too narrow. Thus you could not adhere to BA and have a sense of progression in a level based...
Nov 23, 2025
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D&D 5E (2024)
Eldritch Knight
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I guess I'm one of the hardass DMs mentioned. Two-hander? No problem, you just need two hands to attack, not hold. But you're not gonna...
Nov 23, 2025
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bedir than's post
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It's basic logic. Any other interpretation would require your character to sleep with two hands on their two handed sword
Nov 23, 2025
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bedir than's post
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RAW doesn't require two hands on a two-handed weapons at all times. The two-handed is for attacks only.
Nov 23, 2025
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They can. But that covers the M part of VSM. Not hands free. If you have a shield in one hand mace in the other you can't cast shield...
Nov 23, 2025
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Ed Greenwood to Publish 4 New Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks in 2026
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The only experience I have with his adventures are the Avatar trilogy, which get a lot of criticism for the railroaded nature. Same...
Nov 23, 2025
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Ed Greenwood to Publish 4 New Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks in 2026
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Details on local holidays and festivals? I wonder if they will let Ed get a little frisky, or see if he sneaks anything in.
Nov 23, 2025
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I like Ed Greenwoods Volo Guides for 2nd edition, but his adventures are not that great.
Nov 23, 2025
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Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood announced on a public Patreon post that he would be writing four new Forgotten Realms guidebooks...
Nov 23, 2025
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Charlaquin's post
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Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?
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Because there’s no record of the change. It’s just snuck in (hence the term “stealth”) under the radar, in hopes no one notices, and the...
Nov 23, 2025
Distracted DM
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bedir than's post
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It's errata that is changed in materials without notice
Nov 23, 2025
Distracted DM
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AnotherGuy's post
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Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition
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That's incorrect. That was not the point of BA.
Nov 23, 2025
Distracted DM
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Thinking a little bit about how something like this happens, I'd wager that they talked about changing Dash for D&D 2024 but didn't. I...
Nov 23, 2025
Distracted DM
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Exactly. For an off-turn dash to fire off movement, a game object needs specific permission to move. Otherwise everyone could move on...
Nov 23, 2025
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