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Li Shenron reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions? with
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Yeah, same. We use full action potions and players use them quite a lot. If they don't, I think it might be related to two factors... -
Li Shenron reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions? with Like.
I agree with this. From a balancing perspective, it’s completely unnecessary. If anything, it makes combats longer, which is the...
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Li Shenron reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions? with Like.
I don't like bonus action potions. The characters are already indestructible and have way too many HP. There is also not a lot of good...
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Li Shenron reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions? with Like.
Using potions continues to be an action in my D&D games, assuming it is somewhere accessible. I can imagine it being deep in a pack and...
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Li Shenron reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge with Like.
You’re absolutely right that procedural segmentation guarantees everyone a turn and helps keep things clean, predictable, and fair. The...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge.Interesting thoughts. Keeping in mind that not all players are the same, therefore there is no solution which works for everyone at the...
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Li Shenron reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge with Like.
Inspired by another thread on the topic, I decided to take a slightly different angle and dig a bit deeper into why players lose...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Rank 5e skills from most useful (1) to least useful (18).1- any skill one of my PC has 1- any skill one of my PC has 1- any skill one of my PC has 1- any skill one of my PC has ... If they...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Help me Houserule 5e Equipment & Items.Some random comments... This shouldn't be too difficult. Go through the list of magic items and for each one try thinking of a...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on bonus action potions?.Well mostly I do think it just makes the game (even) easier. Potions more or less are like stored spells. They already have the...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread Which are you, The plan everything out GM, or the Ad lib?.I am definitely a planner. I start by reading a published adventure carefully, then typically in the days or weeks before the game night...
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Li Shenron reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Wow, 20 rounds of combat between long rests, with combats assumed to last about 3 rounds means they were expecting approximately 6 or 7...
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Li Shenron reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
If you can just use any stat you want for any task you want, you might as well just dump the lot and give everyone a single, fixed...
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Li Shenron reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
You're asking us to find a way to convince your DM to use CHA to find secret doors? Maybe just accept you have a party of dum-dums and...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread Time travel doesn't exist because time travel wiped out the timelines where it did.I don't think "time" is really what we think it is. I recommend reading "The Order of Time" by physicist Carlo Rovelli to get a new...