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jmartkdr2 reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D General Scryer's Guild email From WotC with
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jmartkdr2 reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
So.. Warlock. And I've added + 1/2 proficiency on all saves for everyone a while ago.
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Vael's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
Cantrips are also ... assuming you're not starting at 10th level, your bread and butter spells for the previous 9 levels of adventuring...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards. with Like.
In the context of "we're focusing on one big fight, not an attrition model", does a high level wizard having 5 5th level slots with 5...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.IIRC the meta-answer is to play an EK fighter with heavy armor and a shield, possibly the Defense fighting style, and then use magic to...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem with Like.
If action economy is king, then unless you're trading a low value action for a high value one via a powerful stun or the like, you want...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How Many Offensive Spells Do You Ned to Know? with Like.
I always liked to have, as a wizard, something like the following fire bolt or ray of frost as my main attack cantrip magic missile...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Exactly: it's not really tunnel vision so much as figuring out that the best strategy in 5e DnD is to focus on offense. If you play a...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
The "roman soldier who bought a farm" story, which is not "a tale as old as time" but is around 2,000 years old. I agree, some of the...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Silam's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Multi-Cantrip Build: 3 / round with BS Extra Attack, EK War Magic and Haste? (5 with Action Surge?) with Like.
Interesting ideas... the BS6 of this build can be swapped out for a Valor Bard 6, which has the exact same cantrippy-flavored Extra...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
Generally, every time I say to myself "ok, I'm going to super enforce vision ranges", it almost always ends up being more trouble than...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games? with Like.
You sound exactly like me, I want it to matter but completely forget about it. I think often the case is that someone, in 5e, casts...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Multi-Cantrip Build: 3 / round with BS Extra Attack, EK War Magic and Haste? (5 with Action Surge?).It's still not a good build, but if you add a couple levels of warlock you could get Agonizing Blast on Greenflame Blade, which would...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with
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Relevant OOTS comic cause there's always a relevant OOTS comic. https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0122.html -
jmartkdr2 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I don't personally aim for a gritty world, and definitely don't like grimdark, but I do think this is something you can pursue as a...