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Maybe. It’s certainly a design approach one could take. But, I do think having such strict role enforcement - casters are always bad in...

I think you’re right on the money. If we’re talking about pure combat balance, 2024 5e has reached a pretty good spot. Casters, for the...

i think it's because it's not about doing more damage, yes, martials have decent damage numbers, BUT, the casters don't really trail...

Why wouldn't they be? They're getting exactly what they asked for. They're being catered to. You yourself are one of them. You have...

From someone who has not purchased 5e24 this thread is VERY useful - not because of the OP but because as a neutral I can see how their...

As the business grew it was seen as a liability. When Baldur's Gate 3 was announced at E3 in 2019, I and Swen Vincke did an interview...

if that is due to there being next to nothing rather than to it being over a decade ago, I find that an interesting factoid. I would...

This is fascinating. Are you able to talk about what that process got hijacked by and why?

That's a relic of the design process. We started with the things with the lowest rating and worked our way up between packets. If...

There's a maxim of game design I have learned the hard way over the years: Good ideas and bad ideas only sort themselves out after a...

You've nailed how I've felt about it and put it into words, thanks! I'd have taken no issue with "needed more work". I certainly...

Honestly, I agree with your last statement, regarding use of hyperbole. I personally don't think that it's wrong to overstate things for...

they had the same approach in the 2024 UAs, did not like that then either

I mean, the stories I can think of that involve legendary Dwarf kings and dragons don't end well for the monarch.

Of course 20 vs. 21 wouldn't make it "perfectly fine" for me. But I admit that the 21 does annoy me, meaningless though it might be...