Eric V's latest activity
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ESigh yourself, oh Condescending One. I am, at the moment, mostly discussing gamers who were new in the hobby, under one year. How many...
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EEric V reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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How? There are GM-less TTRPGs. There are TTRPGs with no randomness at all. There are TTRPGs with no classes or races. There are TTRPGs... -
EWow. I so do not agree. Just because you can drive a Toyota Corolla does not mean you would be a good driver for a large truck or a...
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EEric V reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Hello. I'm one of the supposedly rare specimens that find GM-ing very difficult. I find improv hard. It's very difficult for me to...
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EEric V reacted to Mistborn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with Like.
Crawford’s and Perkins’s departure doesn’t really matter much to me. My issues with the current state of D&D come from something else...
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EEric V reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
That's pretty similar to how 13th Age handles minions/mooks.
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EEric V reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
D&D tiers are about effects not numbers. For example healing. Tier 0: You can't bring people back from death Tier 1: You can't bring...
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Feeling high level isn't just about how much damage one can put out as a player. It's also about what one can survive. In epic 4e, you...
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EEric V reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I've posted examples, which you seem to be ignoring. A high epic tier fighter can do 600 hp of the damage to the tarrasque in one...
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.They can't be, can they? Didn't he claim they never made it to that level? Of the two people discussing high level 4e, only one...
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EEric V reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The post that I replied to just said "Have a look at the lvl 29 powers in 4E. Compare to synaptic static in 5E.". And Synaptic Static...
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EEric V reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
As I posted, So I'm not sure what point you're intending to make, that you think I'm missing. I'm not sure what "it" means here. But...
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EEric V reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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That's not my experience. Advancement in D&D has a significant arithmetic component. It's always possible to compress or expand the... -
EEric V reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
But this isn't simple. You're describing fairly complicated PC build rules. I can see what you're trying to do. But I'm not persuaded...
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EEric V reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I'm sure you would rather that. I'm even more sure that it isn't gonna happen. Folks are already souring on what 5e's designers sold...