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Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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That's the balancing act. We want characters to get cool toys so we don't end up with 20 levels of "I attack" as your only meaningful... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The problem i see is that barring organized play, their is no enforcement mechanism for balance patches. If you introduce Wish the PHB...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I keep saying that you can only speed up combat by severe restrictions on available actions. You would have to cut bonus actions...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
But wouldn't it be a better design if you managed to have the best strategies also being the most fun to play? And just like there is no...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
And you know what your story actually upholds of my opinion? That the D&D board game can be really stupid sometimes and being beholden...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Enkhidu's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Going back to this for a moment, I find that giving bosses other form of hit points is more satisfactory for players that just...
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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.
I would add to this, in a simulationist and "skilled play" orientation, the dungeon should react to the players. Inhabitants notice the...
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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.
The idea of "Dungeon as Encounter" or "Dungeon as Boss" isn't "Megadungeon". It's "The dungeon itself, independent of the enemies...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Swarmkeeper's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Another point to be made here: that was some very weak sharing of spotlight going on there by players and DM alike. Some of those...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The problem now is D&D players have become impatient. The 5e Kernel is over a decade and a half old if you go though the Next play test...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
CiV III had those strategies at cov fanatics years ago. Hell I wrote some of them lol. ICS was still a thing in civ 3. Abused with...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
A lot of this depends on the experience you value as a player or as a DM. A certain player desires victory more than anything. They...
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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'd argue that to speed up combat, you need to decrease granularity, which is in line with your thinking here, but a little akimbo...
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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.
The idea that players will optimize the fun out of a game is an old one. For a TTRPG, the design challenge comes in finding ways to give...
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Flying Toaster replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Interesting that the Civilization games came up in this conversation. Turn-based 4X strategy games for desktop PCs would not seem to...