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Well that was my thought, when a random encounter with incorporeal enemies came up. But Jeremy Crawford says otherwise, apparently, and...

I've called this out myself, very recently, within the last couple weeks at most. I was dismissed with, in brief, "It's in our...

I suppose that's fair. I thought of it like taking a hollow glass sphere and slicing it in half.

Yeah published adventures tend to suck. Leomunds Vault Tech Secure Nuclear Bunker can be a problem.

Except there aren't any in that adventure...* And saying "well the DM has to modify the adventure" is all well and good, but why does...

I thought so too, until I was introduced to the horror that is Leomund's Tiny Fallout Shelter.

On the other hand, some adventures are basically static, and have no ability to react to the player's actions. Acererak's Tomb of...

Yeah, having magic resistance sounds pretty cool until a Cleric's cure wounds fizzles, lol.

This has happened a few times in my D&D games, but not enough to be anywhere near the standard. Orcs, drow, etc are semi-common options...

Have a palate cleanser before we continue the debate...

Good points. Overall I think the "balance" lies somewhere in the middle between the two "opposing" viewpoints. Not in the polarizing...

Which games? I can't think of any that work quite how you describe. But I came from the era of Pong and Space Invaders, and we always...

I like how Draw Steel fixed this issue by have PCs start at middle of their pwoer and make both sides stronger the longer the fight goes.

Is there anything you can do differently? Consider that there is no "reduced power" statblock for any creature. Or that the CR system...