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Lanefan
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Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition
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The user can be as skilled as you like but if the gun itself is unreliable all that skill ain't gonna help. :)
Nov 22, 2025
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Sorry, but this makes no sense. I'm coming at this from the basis of there being no upcasting; if they've got any 1st-level slots left...
Nov 22, 2025
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If 5e had scrapped basic + magic weapons, every DM and their little dog would have immediately added them back in. Net result: the same...
Nov 22, 2025
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Yes, exactly. The other things that can (but for any given spell don't have to) scale by level are range and duration. For Hold Person...
Nov 22, 2025
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Maybe that's what this new ability is intended to do - give you the ability to 'dash' whenever you want within the round plus make...
Nov 22, 2025
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Man, Shadows must have been nerfed along the editions somewhere. In games I'm used to, 5 Shadows would annihilate any party averaging...
Nov 22, 2025
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Indeed, but there's no need to hand them those obvious "best" options on a plate. At least make them work for it. :) Not so sure here...
Nov 22, 2025
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These two statements are in direct contradiction to each other. Strengthening the weaker options while at the same time not weakening...
Nov 22, 2025
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It's not about the damage of upcasted fireball or those other higher level spells. Not being able to upcast spells means that web needs...
Nov 22, 2025
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What if each level had its own AoE damage spell (except 3rd by tradition has two: Fireball and Lightning Bolt) but each of those spells...
Nov 22, 2025
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You misread what I originally said. It's d6 damage per level. Period. Thus, 5th-level wizard gets 5d6, 8th-level gets 8d6, 15th level...
Nov 21, 2025
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Where it makes a difference is if you are giving individual xp based on who participated in what and not giving xp to characters who...
Nov 21, 2025
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No need to reorient the map, a letter N and an arrow pointing the appropriate way is all it takes. I just finished running a module*...
Nov 21, 2025
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