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I think this really depends on the type of players you have at your table. I have some players who're very active and will pursue leads, take hooks, pursue their own motivations that they find throughout the game. I have others that're strictly reactive and basically just enjoy the ride. Then I...

If they have nowhere to go and there's little danger of staying put, it doesn't seem like there's any issue hanging out all day and the ranger just making herbal bitters while everyone else hunts for food etc. Keep in mind ofc that the bitters stay potent for 24hrs, and the effect lasts 4hrs...

Why does a wizard using to True Strike to shine with a ranged weapon make me smile? 3e, light crossbow! 2e, whip'em with that sling!

Yeah, Skerples rocks. Yeah they said Treasure Overhaul on bluesky.

A5E's 3pp has an Elementalist class that's pretty cool. I think it's in MoAR Complete? You can see the messy version on the fan Foundry A5E site (messy cuz it's just the info pulled from the FoundryVTT files).

Reversible spells were such a great concept. I guess it adds more text to a single spell, though? Donno, I like'em. And they could play into counterspelling instead of having just a flat "counterspell" spell :rolleyes: I see the appeal of the counterspell spell, it's simple, but I guess I'm not...

Based on responses in this thread, the majority of posters' experiences here don't match Mearls' experience. I don't know if his experience is based off of his own personal tables, all the playtests he's been part of, convention games, or based off of WotC's own studies on the matter. If this...

Is this a 5e-OSR homebrew ruleset? Care to share? I'm curious how you work the roll-to-cast. Aaanyway, I'm still noodling around with this whole idea- I'm torn between options 2 and 3, but I also realized that while I'm at it I'd like to address low level spell slots becoming utility-only at...

Yup. 4e and 13th Age addressed this is different ways, the 13A casters lose lower level castings as they progress and gain higher level ones. Spells can still be "upcast" by using the higher level casts.

Where, at Gencon or something?

Wow, that the book includes those minigames has really turned this into a must-buy. Now it's just a matter of when...

While I wouldn't trust much coming out of that guy (during the CSIO debacle he posted saying he'd be doing more work with GG, which GG then had to refute), one questions the wisdom of continuing to do business with a guy that keeps starting fires you have to put out, and who has repeatedly put...