Recent content by Eric V

Hard disagree. I don't need all my superhero fare to be the same.

That's exactly what Snyder was going for...and what people hated. Too bad we never saw a Man of Steel 2. :/

Because then there's nothing to attack you with. Duh.

Do you just improv a lot?

Ok, so it IS on purpose then...you deliberately chose not to give him just one offensive cantrip to take advantage of his high CHA. A perfectly legitimate choice, for sure, but it supports my thesis that the only way in 5e to make a character lousy at combat is to do so deliberately.

Hawkeye Fisk has comic-book Fisk strength. DD: BA is toned down, though still strong. Having said that, characters' power levels in the MCU have varied wildly, and are in no way consistent.

What's a character who "has skills" instead of being good at combat in 5E? What example would that be? I'm honestly not sure how to make someone bad at combat in 5e unless it's on purpose...but even then that doesn't mean they get skills instead.

This is so sad...they had so many cool things for their rpg that were supposedly in the pipeline, and now I guess we'll never see them. To say nothing of my fantasy of seeing their IP cross over with the Dice Throne game...

Anyone think Claire Temple will join DD's army next season? Knight? Wing? Lopez?

Isn't Kate on the west coast doing recruiting with Kamala? ARE there any Avengers at this point? I am not sure there are...

I don't think it's (1e and 2e, anyway) being designed as an educational experience, and if it were, by any decent pedagogical rubric, it would be a poor one; especially since we say things like -10 ac is higher than -8.

Sorry, I am not understanding you here...what benefit are you talking about?

I don't know if I would use the word "better" but, based on the italicized above, it would definitely be accurate to say "more accessible." Purposefully making a game less accessible for no real play difference in the end definitely sounds like gatekeeping, which I believe is definitely "not...

The designers of the game are not pedagogues; they are trying to make a fun, accessible game that will sell well.

I don't think anyone is saying he should.