Recent content by Maxperson

I don't have the 5.5e MM. Those were from the 5e MM. ;) Or, since you have infinite time and exceeding powerful magic, make yourself some Gauntlets of Ogre Power. Better yet, since you are essentially a legendary creature, make a Belt of Storm Giant Strength. +9 strength saves!

I mean, when you own D&D and have access to creation of intelligent undead, why would you hire ones that were breathing?

Boss monsters rarely are at 0 when you're using CR 20+ monsters. The CR 10 Aboleth has +5, -1, +6, +8, +6, +4. The -1 is to damage dex spells. That's just CR 10 The CR 16 Planetar is at +7, +5, +12, +4, +11, +12 The CR 17 Death Knight is at +5, +6, +5, +1, +9, +10 The CR 19 Balor... +14...

Bounded accuracy means that the monsters' saves are not taking PC numbers into account. Just character class features. I think that's excessive. 8 + 5(if the PC even has a 20) + 6(if the PC is 17th level) is still only a 19. Even a monster with a 0 will make that 10% of the time.

Bounded accuracy makes that unnecessary. Especially with all the ways to make saves better.

Did I mention that I really dislike masteries? And what the hell? Longswords give you sap? When you sap someone, it's with a blunt instrument, not a sharp one. :rolleyes:

By 20th level you shouldn't have 0. There are too many spells that give bonuses, magic items that raise stats and give bonuses, resistances, and so on. 5e isn't 3e and can easily handle three saves. 1 good and 2 bad. In fact, 5e does that right now. You get proficiency in 2 saves, so you...

No. The problem with 3e wasn't the save system. The problem with 3e was how unbounded bonuses were. It's okay to have one good save and two bad ones if you aren't looking at a bad +8 vs. a DC of 32.

I still fail to see how the ogres only get in 1 single hit half the time, but then I don't play 5.5e, so maybe all that mastery mumbo jumbo that I didn't like in the playtest does it. Edit: And I see cleave, so he put the ogres next to each other to get that advantage.

I'm not going to say you did it wrong, because as you say it was 10 years ago and I have even less to go on since all I have is your post. However... What my group would have done, and we've played many high level 3e/3.5 games, is that we would have scryed out the room. Done auguries...

That is explicitly a check on the entire campaign and setting. "Ultimately, the Dungeon Master is the authority on the campaign and its setting, even if the setting is a published world." And in any case, the DMG also says the DM is not beholden to the rules in the PHB. Edit: They have a...

Where did he say focus fire? All I see are percentages of PCs staying up. If the ogres focus their attacks, there's no way a PC stays up unless in the entire combat the two ogres only score a single hit.

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