Recent content by Li Kao

Hmm, I don’t play the game, but the somatic thing seems moronic to me. I would probably ignore it until I know for sure it really hurts the balance in my game. Or if hurting the balance is that much of an issue.

I’m curious about what you mean by that, honestly, couldn’t care less about drama. Do you think the hegemony of D&D is truly over ? Or that WotC will fast track a 6e ?

Interesting comparison with the mass combat rules in some rpg, true. I would still say, at first glance and being a total noob, that it’s not really an option. It’s the first thing the rules tell you about enemy hp, that it’s an abstraction and that enemy can also mean enemies. But sure, I...

I'm not sure I'm good with the fact that an 'Enemy' can represent multiple opponents. It's a level of abstraction I'm not sold on at first glance.

I have no issue with your point, innate alignment is often (probably always) problematic. But the solution is not to try to pass an obviously humanoid species as what it is not, it’s just to nuke innate alignment. It would make sense, goblins are people, some people are good, some bad, end of...

Sorry for the possibly ignorant statement, I didn’t read the new edition after all, but I don’t like point 2 and 5 at all. For 2 it’s nice to save a roll to speed combat, but then if a creature can poison a character on a hit, what’s the point of having the Save mechanic ? And for 5, I can...