Recent content by Eric V

1) Untold millions, huh? What about all the ones that DID run away? Or at least cower a bit? It's almost like some make their saving throws, and some don't. 2) "someone looking at them funny." Sounds like garbage narration on the part of the DM or player. That or a failure of imagination...

Why is "Levitating through magical power while casting a ritual" a pose that is apparently uniquely the province of super-heroes?

What's 4e support like on Foundry, does anyone know?

I really like Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's work, especially Eyes of the Stone Thief for 13th Age and The Mirkwood Campaign for Adventures in Middle-Earth, two of the most interesting adventures I have read in over 30 years. I LOVED Gming the first and can't wait to DM the 2nd.

Your point stands, but not this particular example...the Grand Caliph spent all his youth adventuring, presumably picking up those 20 levels.

For bards, what about the AD&D bard that appeared in (I think...) Best of Dragon Magazine 3? Perhaps Monte Cook's variant for 3e Book of Eldritch Might?

Not a hundred, but around 30-40. Tried to use gnolls against my high-level PCs. They needed 17+ to hit the heroes, and did negligible damage when they did. I can definitely see how theoretically they are a threat, but in reality they were just somewhat annoying; really the whole fight was a...

Don't look at me, I didn't say it's a flaw! It's a strategy.

No, they are not mutually exclusive. I hope you don't think I was saying they were. They can be, though. Yeah, 5e is generally well-designed, but my point was simply that being a well-designed game isn't the main priority for the company. If fixing the flaws in the system would mean losing...

Everything else.

ONE favourite? Yikes. I will say that, for all the problems/contradictions/craziness it had...I really liked the swing they took with the 3e Epic-Level Handbook.

So...a damage aura?

The bolded part is probably true if the goal is to make a really well-designed game. That is not the first priority of WotC as far as D&D is concerned; the first priority is to make a very popular game. And, ya gotta admit, it's working.

Maybe they are 4e minions, or 4e swarms? :) I would hate to be a player in a game where my DM makes this encounter in 5e; that's a LOT of dice rolling where the goblins need 17+ to hit only to do piddly damage. I suppose mathematically it's technically a threat, but I will be dead of boredom...

How many people play in games where no PC gets magic items, just out of curiosity?