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James Gasik reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with
Sad.
I agree, though subclass abilities coming way too late is a pretty universal problem in the game. -
James Gasik reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with
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I still think that Vigilant Defender should hit at level 10 or 15 instead of 18. By 18 it's so late in the game and monsters have so... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.I don't recall what the official stance is on that sort of thing. At least in my area, we were heavily encouraged to use "rules as...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.So I thought the same thing as you did. But when someone asked Crawford about it, he very emphatically said that the Hut has a floor...
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James Gasik reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with
Wow.
Nah, from what I've been reading "acting intelligently" means that everything in the dungeon is an advanced telepathic hivemind that can... -
James Gasik 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 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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James Gasik reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
We had this kind of personalized writing in 3.Xe, where the designers would speak to the reader and tell them what their intent was and...
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James Gasik reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with Like.
This honestly is a great idea and I'm going to remember to use this some time when we know enemies are nearby and need to set up a diversion
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James Gasik reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
This comment reminds me again of the Civilization games. In a 2014 interview with Ars Technica, franchise creator Sid Meier said that...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.So what I've learned about this is that you should totally make illusory Tiny Huts to mess with enemies, because they automatically...
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James Gasik reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
But doesn't this undercut your own argument? Expertise is worse than your claim of the +10 over 20 levels being a problem, because...
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James Gasik reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with Like.
Mostly yea. 1. Case: LTH Doesn't matter If they party didn't need to rest then LTH doesn't come into it. 2. Case: LTH always matters...
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James Gasik 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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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.I'm still not sure what stops the party from going "oh look, we are being attacked", fight the monsters, and then recast Tiny Hut and go...
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James Gasik reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Interesting that the Civilization games came up in this conversation. Turn-based 4X strategy games for desktop PCs would not seem to...