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Lucas Yew reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Yeah, well, I'm built different, I guess! While you're happy to have one of your players sitting around on their cell phone or whatever... -
Lucas Yew reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Not at all. Sure the lower-level parties might never get access to them, but their higher-level opponents do... :) Spells: they're not... -
Lucas Yew reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Ninja'd, I was right in the middle of cropping this:
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Lucas Yew reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Meant that you'd fix one problem just you enhance another problem. D&D should have supported Vancian Spells but have other types of...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I'll refer you to the table of contents for the AD&D 1E PHB:
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Lucas Yew reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Put more debuffs into the game. They require attack rolls or no saves. Tougher monsters wouldn't be universal. Also you can you...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Ehhh... I disagree. For starters: If I cast Hold Person on you and you get a saving throw at the start of your turn to resist it for...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
They made 2 options books and many monster books. There was time to make monster who could resist control and optional rules for...
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Lucas Yew reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I recall a time when an alternate system (Psionics) was found in the AD&D core books. I don't see why an alternative would "have no...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
My point was that for tradition, simplicity, and lack of modular rules is that .. 5e only supported one subsystem: Vancian magic...
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Lucas Yew reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
If you want your D&D sessions to feel like dramatic storytelling -- smash 'em up video games, pro wrestling, or action movies -- then...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Haha.
Last game I set up an encounter just for the PC who was a melee master duellist. Made a big show of having the antagonist challenge the...
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Lucas Yew reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I should also note that back in 2e days, Magic users would focus their attention more on buffing the melee PCs and protecting them when...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I think this gets to the heart of the matter, and shows why the 5E game works with fairly little friction if the latter approach is used.
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Lucas Yew reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The Incapacitation tag is working as intended then. You simply aren't meant to be able to use control effects against higher level foes.