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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.
The post you're referencing was in direct response to the idea that "Life isn't fair" gets the response "Deal with it." It went outside... -
Lucas Yew reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
All the problems in the world encapsulated in a single sentence! "We should make things better than they are, now!" "No!" I get that...
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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
Sad.
"Fun" is subjective though. There is a certain class of player who enjoys finding exploits and, well, exploiting them. Out of morbid... -
Lucas Yew reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
But self nerfing is no fun either! Beating a challenging fight that was challenging only because you intentionally played stupidly just...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
No, that's exactly the transference that's being pointed out. You gave the player a problem to solve and tools to solve it, if the...
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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 Like.
I guess during session zero for my next campaign, I'll just ask the players if they want "epic boss battles" or not, because if they do...
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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.
RIGHT?! Which is why Mearls is saying this kinda stuff. He's away from the constraints of WotC and is doing what he can. Not always...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
And that is a sentiment I fully agree on!
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Lucas Yew reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Kinda, but I think it's really a warning aimed at game designers. Don't design your game so that the best strategies to play are unfun...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Considering this quote seemingly came out of, was it Sid Meier that someone said? I think it's about both designers and players. It's...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
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Lucas Yew reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
So this is sort of true, but the phrasing puts the blame on the players whereas I don't think it is their fault. What is going on is...
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Lucas Yew reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
@DEFCON 1 how do you come to terms with the fact that you as DM are essentially writing a story with all these narrative fingerprints...
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Lucas Yew reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Plus, let us point out the rhetorical trickery employed here. (Note that I am arguing to the thread at large; I know you don't need to...
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Lucas Yew reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
for a NPC yes, for PCs, not even close. Hard CCs on PCs that last more than a round are complete "insert swear word here". we played...