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DDMJon reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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kinda very debatable, on some things it went backwards rather than forwards relative to the books in between, whether you consider this... -
DDMJon reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I’d be fine with iteration if one iteration didn’t take 10 years and actually got us somewhere. As it stands that means we never really...
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DDMJon reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The idea that players will optimize the fun out of a game is an old one. For a TTRPG, the design challenge comes in finding ways to give...
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DDMJon reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
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DDMJon reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Wanted to come back to this. 4e did not "strip them out for the most part". A lot of the things folks want are in there. They've just...
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DDMJon reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I was going to comment about this. 5e's Sleep was excellent design, and it bothered me that it wasn't used more. I was pretty bummed...
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DDMJon reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
The rule is unusable as written then, because it includes no more than 2 hours of light activity as a qualifier as well. Well, what...
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DDMJon reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Quite frankly, nothing Crawford says can be trusted. He just calls it like it is written, whether it's intended that way or not. That...
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DDMJon reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Yeah. It doesn't take an hour of combat to ruin a long rest. The idea that it would take 600 rounds of combat before your long rest...
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DDMJon reacted to The Sigil's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Sounds like you are reading the list as follows: "Interrupted by a period of strenuous activity - at least 1 hour of walking fighting...
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DDMJon reacted to The Sigil's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I agree. It takes an hour OR combat to interrupt a long rest. ;) I know you actually meant "an hour OF combat" - but again, I ask...
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DDMJon reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
yeah, but usually a welcome one. No one is really expecting anything negative from going to a haunted house ride either, and they are...
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DDMJon reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Yeah, I will say one of 5e’s strengths is that it can make players feel like their characters are in great danger, even when their...
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DDMJon reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
I love Matt Mercer, but his skill isn't in balancing combat...it is usually in using his powers of presentation to trick his players...
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DDMJon reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
5e was coming off the heels of 4e, which was much more of a tactical combat game, and I think some of that expectation was still baked...