Recent content by Gimby

There are three typical targeting rules for forced movement (or indeed, most powers) Ally : This requires a willing target - if the Warlord uses such a power on you, you can declare yourself unwilling and it has no effect. Enemy : This does not require a willing target, but is typically...

For 4e Warlord abilities at least, the difference is physical. The warlord can push/pull/slide allies because they are doing something context dependant to make it easier for their allies to move. And if the ally doesn't want to move, they don't, because the technical definition of an ally...

The reason they don't is because there aren't any (or at least no-one has presented an example) Every martial one we've been considering is voluntary

Ok, so given that the 4e version is a Melee power with a range of your melee weapon reach, requiring you to be in the thick of it to use while the 5e version is ranged at one character who can see and hear you, it seems much more like the 4e version is the buddy one and the 5e is the boss one...

Am I understanding you correctly then it is the default flavour text that you object to and because the Battlemaster ability has no flavour text at all, you prefer it as you can freely skin at as you like? Given that they are mechanically identical?

Text of 4e Commander's strike as of the Rules Compendium: So, basically identical? - edit If your objection is basically that you don't like the default flavour text, then fine, that's a perfectly reasonable aesthetic preference. From the actual mechanical implementation though, the only...

I'm assuming you are banning Commander's Strike from Battlemaster then? It's even worse in that case as the Warlord didn't spend any resources Or Bless, you are being forced to capitulate to making attacks or invalidating the other player's class and abilities? Or it would seem, any other...

A bit like that, sure :) I think that what makes them "horror stories" though are certain assumptions about the point of the game being a certain type of challenge based play - remove those assumptions and it's potentially a source of interesting interpersonal conflict that can fuel entertaining...

But it is a table choice - there's a certain social pressure sure, but there's a social pressure to do a lot of things in the game (not splitting parties being an obvious one). I'm interested though - you mentioned that there were cases where a leader could force you to do things. Do you have...

The point being is that the choice is yours - you aren't being forced to do anything, you never lose control of your character. Now, the other characters (and possibly players) might think you are being unreasonable not taking the offered bonuses, but the choice is ultimately up to the player...

Correct - it's a bit of a subtlety As far as I can recall, all Warlord bonus push/pull/shift/heal targets allies rather than creatures. They all require willing targets. The warlord can't force any PC to do anything - they can just give them the option. This is notably different to Clerics...

Nah, it's just something a lot of people are coy about wanting. I agree with the position that it's the intersection of stats and class that causes the imbalance and it's something that could be designed around that way - 13A for example gives you stats based on your class and you could very...

I actually had this a while back - rolled up three sets of stats, two which were pretty normal and one which was 5 stats at 16+ and one 4. Just leant into it and made a fairy wizard and put the 4 into Strength. Very playable and powerful, no-one expected him to perform any feats of strength...

For what it's worth, the last time I ran Ravenloft as part of Curse of Strahd I played up the unreality of the place and made it more theatrical - as written, only a small subset of the people there are actually "real" and the whole setup is there for the Dark Powers to torment the major...

For a magic system designed for this purpose, this is certainly something that can be answered. Perhaps combat magic is powered by the emotions generated by deadly conflict and there is no way of replicating this outside of fights to the death. Perhaps combat magic is provided by entertaining...