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What were they thinking? Some further musings on the subject of “What in blazes were they thinking when they created Appendix E!?”, in... -
Lanefan reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Everyone plays wow in real time simultaneously. That's not a particularly valid comparison given that it's not uncommon for a 5e... -
Lanefan reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Earlier on Mearls mentioned how wotc/ttrpg games (?) aren't really embracing gradual evolution over whole edition changes but failure to...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Turning into a long day, so not going to get too in-depth here... You've been talking about engagement, which participation is just...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.For the bolded to happen the overall design would need to be a whole lot more modular than it is. Modular design is antithetical to...
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Lanefan 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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Lanefan reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I know this is 20 pages back but I wanted to address it. As noted several times in this thread, control spells are not innately OP...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Unfortunately, I don't think the latter part of that can be designed. The entertainment piece has to come from the people at the table...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.If I'm out of action for an uncertain length of time, I have several options. In rough order of best to worst in terms of what I could...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.The people who made the Indy movies are trying to entertain an audience. I'm just trying to keep my character alive. Here, the "That...
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Lanefan reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Liches are normally intelligent(often very much so) and very driven by a desire to stay alive. Kinda how something becomes a lich...
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Lanefan reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I think that's the key. Adoption isn't as important as having the option to adopt. If someone runs the game using the core rulebooks...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.If you become completely disengaged when your character isn't or can't be involved, as opposed to staying engaged and entertained by...
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Lanefan reacted to Koloth's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The story wouldn't be any better if the end boss played weak so the characters could win easy. Pretty much a meaningless participation...
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Lanefan reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Ya, in 1E&2E, saves just got better from 1st level on. So everybody should have saved except on sub 5 rolls without bonuses. Save or...