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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.Nitpick: there's a fairly big difference between being "the most powerful person at the table" and "the most powerful character in the... -
Lanefan reacted to eclair~'s post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with
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I've seen many people play Eldritch Knights and Berserkers, and have played the latter myself. So these sorts of things might just be... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.Except it is still in the equation. Not everyone is going to realize right away that the 2-3-5-4 bits are weaker, particularly if...
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Lanefan reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
yes, but the chance of misfire is for the gun. You use it more, you misfire more yes, because the chance of misfire is tied to the gun...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I'm not trying to stick with the idea of cantrips being blasted all the time. Quite the opposite, in fact. :)
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.The user can be as skilled as you like but if the gun itself is unreliable all that skill ain't gonna help. :)
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.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...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.If 5e had scrapped basic + magic weapons, every DM and their little dog would have immediately added them back in. Net result: the same...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.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...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.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...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?.Man, Shadows must have been nerfed along the editions somewhere. In games I'm used to, 5 Shadows would annihilate any party averaging...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.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...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?.These two statements are in direct contradiction to each other. Strengthening the weaker options while at the same time not weakening...
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Lanefan reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
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...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.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...