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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Sounds like the condition track, no? If so, perhaps we could even make it have either 3 or 5 steps as desired for any particular... -
Flying Toaster reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
There is possible middle ground for those that like save-or-suck and those that prefer making a saving throw every round. This is but...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Not a Decepticon's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Then there should be built in mechanisms to ensure they don't either just auto-win the combat, or do nothing, making you feel like you...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Ehhh... I disagree. For starters: If I cast Hold Person on you and you get a saving throw at the start of your turn to resist it for...
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Flying Toaster reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I recall a time when an alternate system (Psionics) was found in the AD&D core books. I don't see why an alternative would "have no...
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Flying Toaster reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
For ten years I struggled a lot with this stuff and then Doom points from Tales of the Valiant came out. I renamed them "dreadful...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread White Dwarf Reflections #32 with Like.
System shock was a great example of an AD&D saving throw (effectively) that someone was clearly excited about, probably intended to use...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Ziran's post in the thread D&D General Metal Miniatures Based On the 1977 D&D Basic Set Box with Like.
Hey there, this is Justin and i am the producer of the Holmes Boxed Set - Sirius Metal. The box set was my entry point into the game...
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Flying Toaster reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
If you want your D&D sessions to feel like dramatic storytelling -- smash 'em up video games, pro wrestling, or action movies -- then...
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Flying Toaster reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I know "tradition" is a popular scapegoat 'round these parts, but honestly it's just differing priorities. While nuking traditional...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Last game I set up an encounter just for the PC who was a melee master duellist. Made a big show of having the antagonist challenge the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
In looking at 5.5 and playing it, there have been some adjustments to the math. I think it the spreadsheet balance is consistent, but...
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Flying Toaster reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
In a lot of ways, the job of a game designer works like this: Guess Get it wrong Adjust And you keep doing that until you are more...
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Flying Toaster reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
It's a pretty extreme deviation from the long post he actually wrote. I don't think that the selective quoting was deliberately...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread What is your favourite character type, (prof, class etc) And why? with Like.
One of the guys I gamed with the longest played a human wizard 90+% of the time I played D&D with him. From AD&D to 3.5Ed, his PCs...