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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) How To Make High Level 5E Work.For You +.Can you expand on this? One comment I hear frequently is that it's too hard to kill high-level PCs, so how do you get character death to... -
jayoungr 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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And people know what I'm referring to when I reference grognards who can't accept the game has moved past 1986, but that probably isn't... -
jayoungr reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Sorry, I don't want a game organized around optimizers and tryhards. I want a relaxed game that can't be "solved" and is more...
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jayoungr reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
"WotC glazers" clearly implies mindless fans or defenders of the company no matter what. "Push back instinctively" also implying...
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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.My opinion is a tad more nuanced than that. I think most of these issues are only problems for certain tables with certain types of...
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jayoungr reacted to Not a Decepticon's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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That's just how ttrpg fandom is these days. Children no longer obey their parents and everybody is writing a game. -
jayoungr replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Isn't Mearls developing his own game these days? I'd take any statements about 5th edition being "ruined" with a grain of salt.
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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.If they ambushed while the party was asleep, they should catch the PCs prone and without armor, however. That's unlikely to be the case...
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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.The most recent one was in a supplemental side aventure to Descent into Avernus called Encounters in Avernus:
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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.I've had multiple cases where I was running a published adventure that called for an attack during a Long Rest. That obviously gets...
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jayoungr reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with Like.
There's been a bit of a renewed discussion on this spell, and now I'm curious. I've seen Tiny Hut matter exactly once since 5e came...
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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D General They're Building A Memorial Game Table Sculpture In Honor of Gary Gygax.Makes me wonder if they had some big-ticket donors lined up in advance. Or possibly they were out courting them while the KS was running.
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jayoungr reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E with Like.
I'd certainly check it out but, again, backwards compatibility is important to me now. I love the fact that I can now pick up an eight...
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jayoungr replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E.But the premise is also that the hypothetical new game is "innovative" and strays further from 2014 5E than 2024 5E does. For those who...
