jmartkdr2's latest activity
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jmartkdr2 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with
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To respond to OP in a wider scale, again as somebody who has watched/listened to (0) CR episodes: Explorer's Guide to Wildemont... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
Okay so moving past people trashing on the setting with nothing to say… The Wildemount book is very very good. I wish more setting...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Seramus's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
Exandria has never been a "unique" setting. Instead, it takes some of the coolest elements of other settings and puts them in one place...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General How do you prefer your monster books?.I'm in favor of "all of the above" - as a dm, I want a many pre-calculated monsters to work with as possible.
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Also, I don’t know what you guys did in closed testing, but during the open playtest you got a lot of your feedback from people playing...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
They gave the monsters a giant pile of hit points and yeah, people looked for non-hit point ways to win. They discouraged using...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I was going to comment about this. 5e's Sleep was excellent design, and it bothered me that it wasn't used more. I was pretty bummed...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I still like the 13th Age solution: hp thresholds for crowd control spells. There is some of this in 5e with sleep and color spray, but...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I mean… yes, that is true, and anyone vaguely engaged in charop circles knows it. This reasoning for it, though, is frankly nonsense. I...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
It's the same problem as Magic: The Gathering. It's often a better play to nullify your opponent than to defeat them quickly (unless you...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I think it’s overblown. Magic resistance in 2e was a worse shutdown of character abilities to my mind. In 5e, those legendary...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to DarkCrisis's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
Not to sound like an ass but CR isnt the first to do that. I applaud them for taking a lot of old AD&D stuff (and other sources)...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Critical Role Tell me the selling points of Tal'Dorei / Wildemount, without mentioning Critical Role, Matt Mercer, etc. with Like.
Notably, Exandria’s pantheon is the 4e pantheon (with the serial numbers filed off in the published books, though they used the original...
