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    D&D 5E (2024) Thoughts on New Bladesinger?

    And I just completely do not see that, at all, to even the tiniest degree. Show me the numbers, then I'll buy it.
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    D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?

    Warning: Vote carefully, you can't change it later! Also, while this is categorized as "D&D 5e (2024)", it applies to both versions of 5e. I can't do "5e general" unfortunately. Simple question, bit of a follow-up to my previous poll asking about what starting level folks run. Presume that you...
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    D&D General Highest level PC you've achieved.

    6th level in 4e (campaign ended because GM had massive IRL family disaster to address) 11th level in 5e (LMoP/PaB; I know it was 11th because I got to use eyebite all of one time, and it was mostly useless because my targets were all immune to nearly all of its effects) Would be higher, but the...
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    D&D General Bannerets: The Tactical Geniuses with Int 8

    Correct: they dissected the Warlord, divided it into tiny pieces, and then threw those pieces into the (four, separate) Fighter, Rogue, Bard, and Monk blenders. In other words, pretty much the exact opposite of what Mearls claimed. It isn't that the Warlord was a mix of Bard and Fighter. It was...
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    D&D General ENWorld is better that the pundits…change my mind

    And yet ignoring it has led to many of the design things that personally bother you. Like silvery barbs. Yes, I'm going to keep bringing that up whenever you invoke "white room". Same goes for Twilight cleric and various other things that I know you dislike specifically for being unbalanced...
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    D&D General ENWorld is better that the pundits…change my mind

    Why should I want to change your mind about something I agree with? Like I'm saying that slightly tongue-in-cheek...but honestly, even folks I disagree with on a lot of things, like Snarf, Zardnaar, Lanefan, Crimson Longinus, Micah Sweet...they clearly take the conversation seriously (most of...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Thoughts on New Bladesinger?

    Still baffles me that you think the Wizard starts off D-tier, but whatever. Beyond that, the Bladesinger looks pretty much exactly the same as it was before, I'm really not seeing major changes here. While I know homebrew solutions are much more problematic than most 5e boosters would like...
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    Again, this is you entering a discussion about PF1e and 5e, and then acting like folks are being weird or not listening when your responses about your game don't settle. I know the thread is categorized "D&D General", but the title says, "Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th...
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    Because there are many PF1e guns which have a higher misfire rate, and if you attempt to use a gun with which you are not proficient, the misfire range increases by +1. Which means that, when you become a more proficient gunslinger, you have more misfires each day, not less. Do you think the...
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    D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences

    Ah, yes, the ever-so-wonderful "white room" argument, which is no argument at all. It's just a no-engagement dismissal, "you have nothing worth listening to so I'm not listening to you" response. It is a big deal. I've seen it be a big deal. You are telling me my personal lived experience is...
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    It ironclad should be what you look at. Because that controls the player's experience of misfire. Absolutely not. Because if you misfire, you literally can make your weapon EXPLODE. So...no, it really really really is not that it doesn't matter. For more complex weapons (misfire 1-2, even 1-3...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Let's Write A High Level Adventure

    Full support on this project. I am happy to volunteer time on any combination of brainstorming, storyboarding, writing, editing/revision, and number crunching. I don't have much in the way of graphic design skill, but if there are ways I can support that, then full steam ahead. I think as a...
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    D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences

    Let me put it this way. It was already classed as a "half feat" back when that wasn't how most feats worked, so in theory it was meant to be on the slightly weaker side. It let you pick any one of several very useful stats, which is already a boost to flexibility. And then it made Advantage...
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    I'm aware of the regression to the mean. I have no confidence that Mearls knows about such a thing. Mostly because I have no confidence that anyone working at WotC knows more than the most fundamental baseline concepts of statistics. And WotC isn't alone in this, to be clear. Paizo is just as...
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    Monty Python references are almost always forgiven, at least in my house.
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