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I like both. I agree that the characters are more unique in the Mighty Nein, and more archetypal in Vox Machina. However, I like the way...

I certainly think so. Vox Machina are a party of Big Damn Archetypes that make for a compelling action oriented story. When the cast...

IMO "get magic weapon" was never a puzzle. It's not like going out of your way to find wolfbane, adding silver to your weapons, or...

I am legitimately excited. I honestly believe that Eberron -- not Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance -- is the perfect D&D...

Back in my creator days, I was meant to be his DM for D&D Celebration after it moved online due to COVID, but I had a death in the...

Correct. Now contrast that with fireball that says this... "Besides causing damage to creatures, the fireball ignites all combustible...

Edit: I just noticed you guys already covered this :) however, I think mostly about how Fireball melts gold, not as much about other...

Fireball blowing up stuff was indeed an older rule- first codified in the 1978 PH and 1979 DMG for 1E AD&D. The 1991 D&D Rules...

I played with one DM who felt that Cone of Cold should shatter potions in glass/crystal vials, but that still wasn't too bad.

AD&D 2e Cone of Cold didn't damage items (but only did 1d4+1 cold damage per level). Fireball caused all exposed items to roll save vs...

What do you mean it didn't damage all the loot? If you failed your save, your items still had to save vs. Frost as well or be destroyed...

Which is exactly why Cone of Cold was invented and was a higher level spell than Fireball, it didn't damage all the valuable loot. The...

And go back to destroying items. :devilish:

And yet when I say that high stats don't matter much in 5e, I constantly get told that a couple of extra points due to a 16 or 18 prime...

I think the problem with Fireball isn't whether it is overpowered compared to other classes, but that it is overpowered compared to...