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I'm A Banana replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I'd love it if the designers were more open about how and why they make some of the decisions they do. In part, I'd appreciate that... -
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I think that's the key. Adoption isn't as important as having the option to adopt. If someone runs the game using the core rulebooks... -
I'm A Banana reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
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...
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I'm A Banana 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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I'm A Banana replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.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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I'm A Banana reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers in Faerun-The Book of Low and Mid Level Adventures? with Like.
While I agree some higher level adventures would be nice, I think the level ranges they provided are adequate for the majority of their...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Reverse Time Combat with Like.
I am going to run a combat encounter in reverse time. Do you have any advice for doing this? I'm going to run initiative order from...
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I'm A Banana 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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I'm A Banana reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Oh, nah. For me it's about changing some spells and cutting others. It's not "Tradition is Bad!" it's "Tradition can occasionally lead...
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I'm A Banana reacted to Incenjucar's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I'm a fan of the track methods and the like. A solo might escape Force Cage but be slowed, etc. Enough focus fire of hard control should...
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I'm A Banana replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I know "tradition" is a popular scapegoat 'round these parts, but honestly it's just differing priorities. While nuking traditional...
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I'm A Banana reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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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... -
I'm A Banana reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I think this gets to the heart of the matter, and shows why the 5E game works with fairly little friction if the latter approach is used.
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I'm A Banana reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Just wanted to specifically call out that this actually gets to the heart of the matter that Mearls, unfortunately, doesn't actually...
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I'm A Banana reacted to The Sigil's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Just have to echo that this is perhaps the most elegant expression of the tension this old-school DM finds himself in with new-school...