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Kurotowa replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses.Very little that's new. There's kind of a magic theme, but we already had that with the Arcane Subclasses and all those Wizard... -
Kurotowa reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Predict WotC's 2026 D&D releases with
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I think with some of them you a in a bit of a Ship of Theseus situation. How much can you change and have it still feel like that... -
Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Also Warlocks are the least castery caster in 5e. The fewest available spell slots to use in a given fight, and the most powerful...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Yeah, and I'm pretty sure that's by design. Low caster damage is a necessary incentive to make control spells attractive. I'm currently...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.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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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.I think it's important to reference my earlier post about what TTRPGs do better and what video games do better. We've had stories from...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.You know how people talk about flawed masterpieces, where you can list the flaws but they don't change the fact that the end result is...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Some people do play with that no holds barred tactical focus. But the thing is, if you want brutally hard tactical or action combat...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.There's some stickiness, it's just not in the PHB beyond the Sentinel feat and Protection Fighting Style. But if we look at post-PHB...
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Kurotowa reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced with Like.
As with a lot of things, there’s a healthy balance. All body systems grow weak if they aren’t regularly stressed, and also constant...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.D&D is just not built for a defense based gameplan. For one, the resource attrition model means that saving resources now doesn't pay...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced.No, BG3 was a dating sim with a combat minigame on the side. ;) Seriously though, the Romance genre has heavily codified tropes that...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Half that, half "Everything has to have rules, none of that handwavey DM fiat stuff". Like how in 3e monsters treated their creature...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Non-damaged based offensive actions have two major downsides. One is that they have to be pretty strong to be worth doing instead of...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem.Good luck trying to change human nature! A preference for big damage numbers and hitting the enemy until they stop moving holds true...